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Curated OER

A Clockwork Orange: Anticipation Guide and 4 Corners

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Get your kids up and moving with this prereading activity for A Clockwork Orange! After your class completes the anticipation guide (included), they walk to the corner of the room that you've deemed for those who strong disagree,...
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Outdoor Learning Center

Outdoor Survival

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Which of the following can you survive without for the longest time: water, food, or a positive mental attitude? The answer may surprise you. Guide learners of all ages through games, activities, and discussions about surviving in the...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Shakespeare's Macbeth: Fear and the "Dagger of the Mind"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read and analyze Shakespeare's play, 'Macbeth.' They analyze how Shakespeare uses metaphors, imagery and dramatic cues to demonstrate Macbeth's response to fear, and perform without words a scene dramatizing Macbeth's...
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Curated OER

Journey to America

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders carefully analyze the artwork, Les Emigrants, and explore the reasons that people emigrated to the United States, and what life was like for new arrivals. They discuss what things immigrants were able to bring with them and...
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Curated OER

The Great Depression and Everyday Life

For Teachers 11th
Examine everyday life during the Great Depression, as well as the effects if the Depression on American population, society, and economy. Learners write who, what, where, when, and why summaries of a person who relocated to California...
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Curated OER

What's the Difference?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast living conditions in a different country and the United States. They use the internet to gather their information. They finally read letters from volunteers to the Peace Corps.
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Curated OER

Hunger Usa

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Young scholars participate in a variety of activities as they explore and discuss their attitudes and values concerning hunger and other poverty-related factors in the USA.
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Curated OER

Needs & Wants

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine the definitions of needs and wants. They write the definitions down and make a personal list explaining their own wants and needs. They cut out pictures from magazines showing their wants and needs which they...
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Curated OER

Fighting Corruption

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research the different types of business ethics.  For this Economics lesson, 12th graders read various handouts on corruption.  Students participate in a discussion on trying to end corruption.  
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Curated OER

Is the media aiding Global Peace when reporting on religion?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students play 'telephone' to simulate communication difficulties. In this media analysis lesson, students read and analyze newspaper articles related to religious tensions between the Pope and Muslims. Students  evaluate the media's...
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Curated OER

Migrants and Immigration Jigsaw

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine facts and recognize that racism, prejudice and discrimination can result from ignorance. They brainstorm for common myths based on stereotyping. Students share their findings with their classmates.
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Curated OER

Master Race

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a short film on the rise of Nazism and its main principles. They read first hand accounts of Kristallnacht and identify turning points in Hilter's foreign policy. They write a newspaper article describing what...
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Curated OER

A Toast to Our Community

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students bake bread with a dual purpose: to explore, through the metaphor of baking bread, the potential dynamics and purposes of a classroom, and to begin investigating the idea that everyday things are connected to the local/global...
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Curated OER

Students Speak Out: A Discussion Activity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils read a collection of student essays addressing racism and racial disparities and discuss them. In this racism lesson plan, students discuss the essays and talk about their impact.
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Curated OER

What do we know about Iraq?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop viewpoints on world issues and concerns. Students review facts on historical time periods. Students compare past happenings to present situations in history. Students differentiate between various forms of ethnic...
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Curated OER

Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes

For Teachers K - 12th
Students are given certain privileges or have freedoms taken away based on their eye color to demonstrate what it feels like to be singled out by uncontrollable factors. In this singled out lesson plan, students discuss how it feels to...
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Curated OER

The borders of Europe. Geographically location or cultural artifice?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders discuss where they regard the boundaries of Europe to be. They raise their awareness that "Europe" may be more of a cultural construct than geographical defined continent.
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Curated OER

Lost Peace

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a television program that chronicles the failure of the League of Nations as a deterrent to further war. They create a timeline of events that led from WWI to WWII and hold a mock town meeting in which they discuss the pros...
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Curated OER

The Immigration Debate: A Lesson from Viva La Causa

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the social justice issues of the immigration debate. For 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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Curated OER

Who Are You Calling a Yob?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine anti-social behavior issues. In this current events lesson, students discover the attributes of Asbos and discuss the controversial use of Asbos by British police agencies.
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Curated OER

How 9/11 Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the U.S. foreign policy and the components they consider important. They read and discuss President George W. Bush's speech of November 10, 2001. Students locate and mark countries President Bush identified in his speech...
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Curated OER

Our Troubled World: A Study of Global Issues

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars analyze global issues. In this research skills lesson plan, students research selected global issues. Young scholars create e-collages or digital videos that feature their selected issues.
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Curated OER

House on Mango Street

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars complete a guided reading study and autobiographical essay for Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street. In this literary analysis lesson, students read the novel, complete novel response activities, book review worksheets,...
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Pimsleur

Food and Drink

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Talk about healthy lifestyle choices... in Italian! Class members categorize food cutouts into a food pyramid and discuss why some items are healthier than others. The plan offers additional vocabulary reinforcement ideas for younger as...