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The Rain Forest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students acquire knowledge about the basics of the tropical rain forest ecosystem. They analyze the cause/effect relationship between humans attitudes and behavior and the evnvironment. Students list the four general layers of vegetation...
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What's Mongolia Really Like?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students look at rural Mongolian nomadic culture through the eyes of a Peace Corps Volunteer and examine the dynamics of a people in transition. They give one important reason for migration from a rural to an urban setting and explain...
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Filigree Jewelry

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students describe physical and human characteristics of North Africa and the Middle East, plot on a map areas populated by nomadic people in those areas, explain importance of filigree jewelry in Arab culture, and create their own jewelry.
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Native Lands: Indians in Georgia, How Do We Know What We Know?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils examine Native American oral traditions. In this Georgia history instructional activity, students discuss Native American oral traditions and research stories of migration. Pupils create their own oral history projects that...
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The Immigration Debate: A Lesson from Viva La Causa

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the social justice issues of the immigration debate. In this immigration lesson, students examine the role of undocumented Latino workers as they explore how trade policies and competition influence immigration and...
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Animal Adaption to Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils explore the concept of adaptation as a means of surviving in varied environments. They discuss human adaptations and then view slideshows and video that present animal adaptations in the following environments: cold regions,...
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A Place Called Nepal

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Learners investigate maps of Nepal and then create their own to disover how human activity is influenced by terrain and climate. Students participate in a trek across Nepal simulation to imagine the challenges people have to face...
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Birds of the Northeast

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students identify several common birds through field observations, preserved specimens and personal experience. They classify the species and choose one to research. They draw a migration map and participate in a project that benefit...
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Pictograph Robe Stories

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the diversity and commonality of human interdependence. Also, the global cooperation of the people of the United States and the world through a multicultural and historical perspective. They describe the...
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Panther Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the Florida Panthers through a Web-quest. In this web-based lesson plan, students find clues that will help them to identify the habitat of the Florida Panther and the history of human activity which threatens these wild...
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The African-American Family in Crisis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a definition for family that is applicable to the African American. The make a collage made up of family pictures and present it to the class giving a brief explanation of the family members present in the collage....
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The Many Faces of Paul Robeson

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss and construct timelines based on the life of author/performer/Civil Right's activist, Paul Robeson. They view photographs of him at various times in his life and discuss the roles he may have been playing at those times.
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Traveling as an Ancient American

For Students 7th
What would you bring on a trip...if you had to carry it all through freezing temperatures for 3 months? Historians consider this question, faced with their family's need to move south for warmer temperatures in the ancient world....
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Folk Games

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students listen to the poem, "De Cunjah Man" and discover how and why this language came into existence. They are introduced to the idea that songs are a way of expressing human feelings and name a song that makes them feel happy or sad.
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Walking for Water Mini-Unit

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students participate in an activity that requires them to consider the availability of water. In this "walking for water" lesson, students read "Women Bear the Weight of Water," and respond to discuss questions regarding the article....
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Nazism

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the acts of the Nazi party and discuss how people can commit atrocities against humanity. They discuss the aspects of the Aryan race that the Nazis identified with and how they led them to think they should purify...
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Terrestrial Ecozones, Population Density and Species at Risk

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders navigate and use the online Atlas of Canada. They explain the cause and effect relationship between human settlement and the natural environment and wildlife species. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan.
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Defense Against Infectious Diseases

For Students 9th - 12th
In this infectious disease defense activity, high schoolers will review the immune system including acquired, antibody, and cellular immunity. Students will then compare passive and active immunity to infectious diseases. This activity...
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Make Way for Wild Migrants

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss the threats facing migratory species and track the seasonal journeys of wildlife in real space and in cyberspace. Once they have gathered information from several sources, they create a portfolio to share with others...
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Let's Have a Lesson Within a Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils role-play the role of a student who does not comprehend the language the lesson is being instructed in. Using the internet, they research the characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations over time. In groups,...
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Bats

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars examine the migration patterns of the long-nosed bat. They identify threats to the animal and the plants bats help pollinate. They participate in a game to help them with the information.
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National expansion of the United States (1815 to 1850), and its connection to local Illinois history.

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of establishing the I & M Canal water route. They watch a video about the canal's history. They collect and write a personal migration story by interviewing a family member. They analyze trends and...
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Hole Hole Bushi

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a written rhythm pattern. They state when a rhythm pattern varies from a given pattern by listening to an ostinato. They state reasons why people migrate to different lands.
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Priorities and Power: Migrants and Voting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the African-American migrants entry into the political process. They summarize their findings in a short essay.

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