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Self Esteem
To middle schoolers, there's nothing worse than being excluded from a peer group. Developing important self-esteem skills can not only get them through awkward adolescent times, it can carry them through the rest of their lives as...
Facebook
Introduction to Privacy
Sharing may be caring, but how much is too much? Young digital citizens ponder personal information during a activity from a module about privacy and reputation. Individuals take a survey, then mingle with classmates in a privacy game...
Media Smarts
Packaging Tricks
As part of their study of how advertisers use various techniques to influence consumers, kids examine the design, the promotions, and the product placement in the packaging of their favorite foods.
Curated OER
About Life: The Photographs of Dorothea Lange Going to the Promised Land
To better understand the migrant experience during the Great Depression, pupils analyze two primary resources: photographs by Dorothea Lange and a U.S. Map that shows the Dust Bowl. They compare and contrast Lange's images to Steinbeck's...
Tennessee State Library & Archives
Vietnam War
A picture can speak 1000 words. Scholars research the Vietnam War through the lens of a camera. Examining photos from the collection of Christopher D. Ammons allows open interpretation of life during one of America's darkest conflicts....
Curated OER
Influence of Music On Our Lives: How Does Music Influence our Actions?
Eighth graders research how music influences our actions. They form an educated opinion of how music can influence our actions. Students create a computer generated presentation to outline the research methods used to form their answer....
Curated OER
Book Education, Work and Play in One Building
Students gain an understanding as to how the development of different institutions can differ and evolve with time. This lesson focuses on the development of Gary, Indiana's schools in the early 1900's.
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Lesson Six: Discovering the Power (Point) of Presentation
Young scholars prepare multimedia presentations. In this computer technology lesson, students use PowerPoint and other multimedia sources to compose individual presentations. Young scholars complete an interactive tutorial on...
Curated OER
It's in the Paper! (Newspaper In Education Unit)
Fourth graders brainstorm a list of the kinds of information found in newspapers, present examples, and state how reading a newspaper is useful to them and people they know.
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The Goat in the Rug
Students define productive, capital, human and natural resources and intermediate goods, then classify these things by how they are used in a production process. In this resources/goods lesson plan, students listen to the story The Goat...
Curated OER
Money, Money, Honey Bunny!
Students determine the differences between goods and services, and saving and spending. In this economics lesson, students listen to a rhyming story about a bunny with money. They play a matching game with the associated cards and work...
Curated OER
A Nation of Nations Lesson Plan: Charting African Ethnicities in America
Students read a portion of the narrative, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, to explain the ethnic origins of enslaved Africans brought to the US. They create charts and bar graphs comparing ethnicities in the lowlands and tidewater regions.
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Bodhidharma/Daruma Doll Lesson Plan
Students study Japanese Daruma dolls and the Legend of Bodhidharma. They create their own Daruma Dolls.
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Lesson Plan Three: Sense of Hearing and The Ear
Students use their sense of hearing to observe sounds at school, label parts of the ear, and write their own version of the "Ears Hear" poem by following the example provided.
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Globalization - Lesson Plan: Flexible Number of 1 Hour Lessons
Young scholars study the scope of international economics especially as it relates to trade issues. They examine the development of international economy and examine the costs and/or benefits of globalization as they develop a presentation.
Curated OER
An Earful of Sound Lesson
Fourth graders examine how the human ear receives and transmits sound from the environment. Through a book, they hear and discuss the importance of hearing. Students view an Internet site of the function of the ear and record the...
Curated OER
Why Money?
Students participate in a trading simulation to learn about barter and the benefits of using money. In this barter lesson, students participate in a trading simulation and learn about coincidence of wants. Students then use money cards...
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The Rule of Law
Students examine the rule of law and government in this civics lesson. They discover the origins and how it impacts them on a daily basis. They also analyze its role in the judicial system.
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Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan:Launching the New U.S. Navy
Students demonstrate understanding of the issues related to the creation and ratification of the United States Constitution and the new Government it established.
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Exploring Heroism
Students examine the concept of heroism in this lesson, through personal reflection, group activities and a thoughtful analysis of the documentary, HEROES OF GROUND ZERO. They explore their own understanding of what it means to be a hero.
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The Truth About Human Rights
Students explore the concept of human rights. In this human rights lesson plan, students watch 2 videos regarding human rights violations around the world since 2001. Students explore several websites that feature human rights...
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A Bug's Journey
Students research the art of John Baldessari. In this art history lesson, students examine Baldessari's drawing of a beetle and discuss the characteristics of these bugs. They write a story from a bug's perspective and create their own...
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Invest In Yourself
Students learn about budgeting, saving, dept, financial management, opportunity cost, and self-regulation. In this financial management lesson, students apply their knowledge of finance components and create their own web based plan...
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The Business of Credit
Students explore the concept of credit. In this credit lesson, students discuss the necessities to start-up a new business. Students discuss cost of a new business, loans, and credit. Students create their own business and apply what...