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Electrical Engineers for a Day
High schoolers build a robot out of a 3-¿¿ inch floppy disk drive, two floppy disks, and some other miscellaneous supplies. They apply information they gather about electrical circuits from a web-based circuit design program.
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Dirty Water: A Case Study
Students identify the causes of arsenic contamination. They list the world organizations involved in ensuring sanitary water supplies. Students describe various methods to mitigate arsenic contamination.
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What Was It Like?
Students use the Internet to gather historical facts about the county in which they live. Using the information, they discover how to check it for accuracy and present their findings to the class. They write an essay about the history of...
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Communication in Bees
Eighth graders identify and interpret a scientific investigation and a hypothesis through experimentation and testing a hypothesis. They identify what scientists hypothesized about the communication of stingless bees. Finally, 8th...
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Glad to Meet You, Newfane
Young scholars brainstorm a list of important community locations or buildings. We take pictures of inside and outside and include the history of each. They describe the service or product it provides, the date originated, etc. They...
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Scrapbook
Students read a book and use the internet to find images to accompany it. After choosing one of the artifacts, they complete a full analysis worksheet and write a journal entry about how the artifact was used. To end the lesson plan,...
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Children and Young People and HIV/AIDS
Students in an ESL classroom review what they already know about HIV and AIDS. In groups, they analyze their lives to discover how their lifestyle can make them more prone to the virus. They create their own slogans to make others more...
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Worksheet #57 Questions- Citizen Jefferson
In this Thomas Jefferson quiz, students define the meaning of several terms to demonstrate their understanding of elements of this founding father's life.
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Government & Politics
In this United States history worksheet, students reference their textbook to answer 16 fill in the blank questions and 8 short answer questions regarding the early government of the nation.
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Facts About Australia: Fill-In-The-Blank
For this geography worksheet on Australia, students fill in blanks in a paragraph about Australia with words from a word bank; the paragraph contains basic facts about geography, settlement, etc.
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Seeing/Reading Photographs Lesson Plan: An Interactive History Discussion
Students analyze and read historic photographs. In this historic photographs lesson, students explore history and writing by looking at photographs. Students discuss the photographs and produce a written record of the historical photograph.
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Variation in Human Skin Color
Students classify themselves according to the six skin types. In this biology lesson, students explore the causes of human skin variation. They present their findings in class.
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Dialogue: Sport
In this dialogue about sports worksheet, students read a questions and answers concerning sports.
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Identifying Conflicts in Stories
Fifth graders practice analyzing story points by discussing Cinderella. In this reading comprehension lesson, 5th graders identify the four main types of conflicts in stories and how they are presented in modern day...
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Breaking News English: Russia Issues 5000-Rouble Note
For this English worksheet, students read "Russia Issues 5000-Rouble Note," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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The Search for the Lost City of El Dorado
Ninth graders research the reasons to why people want to find the city of El Dorado. In this Spanish exploration lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students present their findings to the...
US National Archives
National Archives: Congress, the Great Society, and Today
Students will study the Great Society and the role Congress played in shaping it. This lesson plan focuses on small group research to draw conclusions on the historical significance of each aspect of The Great Society Congress. Sources...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Contesting Futures: America in 1960s: Lyndon Johnson and Great Society
Read about the reforms and legislation undertaken through Lyndon B. Johnson's concept of the Great Society. These included economic and educational reforms, consumer protection, changes to immigration laws, and the Voting Rights Act of...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Great Society
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs, i.e., Medicare and Medicaid, were created in the 1960's to curb poverty and racism. This lesson offers students the opportunity to read about the programs and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
This collection uses primary sources to explore programs and impact of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
Digital History
Digital History: The Great Society and the Drive for Black Equality
Read about President Lyndon Johnson's vision for the Great Society. See how the programs instituted were focused on lifting the poor from poverty, especially African Americans. Included were laws to increase civil rights and voting...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
This primary source set uses photographs, videos, reports, speeches, and memorandums to explore the motivations and effectiveness of the Great Society. Includes Teacher's guide.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson: "The Great Society"
This is the text, audio, and video [7:33] of President Lyndon Baines Johnson's speech "The Great Society" delivered on May 22, 1964, in Ann Arbor, Michigan; It outlines his plans for the Great Society.
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Washington Monthly: What Was Really Great About the Great Society
This site offers an article from the "Washington Monthly" in which Joseph Califano, Jr. disputes the claims of conservative pundits that Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs constituted a failed social experiment that wasted the...
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