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Curated OER

Life in Nazi Germany

For Teachers 6th - 7th
For this Nazi Germany worksheet, students present a project that illustrates what life was like in Nazi Germany. Students include 6 specific sections for their project.
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Museum of Tolerance

Documents That Shape Society

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
The Bill of Rights is a foundational document of American democracy, much like the Nuremberg Laws were a foundational document of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany. But that's where their similarities end. Engage high schoolers in a...
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DocsTeach

Exploring America's Diversity: Gertrud Danneberg (Beginner)

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Everyone is an immigrant in their own way. Young scholars read historic documents to understand one woman's journey from Germany to the United States. The activity uses a mixture of text, discussion, and written prompts to help...
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Novelinks

The Book Thief: The Power and Influence of Words

For Teachers 7th - 12th
To culminate a study of Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, individuals craft a persuasive essay in which they assume the voice of a member of one of the political parties during the early 1920s, and advocate that their party offers the...
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AGTV

Ein Interkulturelles Projekt!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Get your class in touch with other students of German (or German students) through this intercultural project. Your pupils can correspond with others in any or all of the ways listed here. The resource provides links to special programs...
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Mrs. Robbins' Social Studies Site

The Berlin Blockade

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
The Berlin Blockade may not take up as much space in the history books as other events of the Cold War, but for the citizens of west Berlin in 1948—and the events to follow between the Soviet Union and the United Stattes—those 318 days...
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Curated OER

Bus and Car

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Would you go by bus or car on the autobahn? Here, learners use distance, time, and average speeds to investigate the fastest way to get from Berlin to Frankfort for a soccer game. It might be fun to start with a discussion or short video...
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Education World

Every Day Edit - Jesse Owens

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Jesse Owens. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Curated OER

Fuel Efficiency

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Looking for a real-world situation to practice converting units? In this problem, learners must change miles per gallon to liters per km (or vice versa) to determine which car gets better gas miileage. It is a relatively short problem,...
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Lesson Plan
Boston University

Scramble for Africa

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
In this fantastic simulation, your young historians take on the roles of imperialistic European countries in the nineteenth century and then "scramble" to carve up the continent of Africa! This is a very hands-on activity that will help...
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American Immigration Law Foundation

No Pretty Pictures

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Here is a nice set of activities and discussion questions to accompany your class reading of No Pretty Pictures, a memoir of a young girl's experiences and struggle for survival during the Holocaust.
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TRAIN Educational & Community Services

Multicultural Activities

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
From catching stars developed by African pygmy tribes to chop stix pick-up or the Hanukkah dreidel, use this list of diverse multicultural activities to help your learners draw connections to unique cultures of the...
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Scholastic

Groundhog Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th Standards
A simple activity for a simple, but special, holiday. Young learners read a brief history of Groundhog Day, practice reading aloud, and then discuss how shadows are formed.
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Teach Engineering

Cartesian Diver

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Amaze your scholars with an activity that uses a Cartesian diver to demonstrate Pascal's Law, Archimedes' Principle, and the Ideal Gas Law. Groups then repeat the process and make their own diver move up and down in a bottle.
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Lesson Plan
Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Honoring All Who Served Veterans Day

For Teachers K - 12th
November 11th, Veterans Day, is a holiday set aside to honor all those who have served in the military. Here's a resource packed with ideas, activities, projects, and materials that will provide inspiration for ways to celebrate those...
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US Holocaust Museum

The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Have you ever listened to a song that had a deeper political meaning to it? Every examined a work of art with layers of meaning? Pupils analyze the drawings of Arthur Szyk. They research the deeper meaning of several artistic cartoons...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

The Cold War: How Did It Start? How Did It End?

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What is the difference between a Cold War and a Hot War? Scholars research the beginning of the Cold War. They analyze diary entries as well as excerpts from various events during the 45-year standoff. To finish, they prepare final...
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Education World

Every Day Edit - President Woodrow Wilson

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President Woodrow Wilson. The errors range from capitalization, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Country Study: Germany, East (Former)

For Students 9th - 10th
U.S. Government report on the history, society, economy and government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from its establishment in 1949 until 1987, or two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and four years before...
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Other

Climates of the World Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Germany's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
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Other

Golf Europe: Golf Clubs in Germany/other

For Students 9th - 10th
"Germany has 500+ golf clubs with some 300,000+ members which may come as a surprise to some. The game enjoys increasing popularity, attracts respectable sponsorship money and boastsone of the the finest European golfers ever, in the...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Holocaust Denmark: Resistance From Nazi Germany

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Denmark and their resistance to deporting Jews to Nazi, Germany. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

German National Tourist Board: Germany the Travel Destination

For Students 9th - 10th
All sorts of information for the visitor, real or virtual. It's a bilingual (German and English) site and covers most every conceivable topic from hotels to transportation, type of government to culture, national parks to eating out, etc.
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Olaf Vernunft

Ulm Deutschland Panorama

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a truly fabulous view of all the sites to see in Ulm, Germany. Click on the thumbnail pictures and you are directed quickly to full panoramic pictures that you can control. The site includes such places as the Gansturm,...

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