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The Five Food Groups

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the five food groups. They discuss the importance of the five food groups in their diets. Students research each of the five food groups using a WebQuest. They use the information from the WebQuest to make healthy...
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Government

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze the purposes of government. They examine or assess the importance of citizenship to the individual or to society at large (e.g., the importance of voting). Students explain the structure and functions of the three...
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Hachimaki/Shibori Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to the technique of Arashi Shibori and its history. In groups, they discover how to perform this process and examine how to do hachimaki. To end the lesson, they make their own hachimaki to wear and share it...
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Are We Alone

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders collect/analyze data and draw conclusions; support reasoning by using a variety of evidence; construct logical arguments; access information at remote sites using telecommunications; apply the concept of percent;...
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Cave Painting in the Ice Age

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students take notes and sketch during the Internet research. They take notes of the colors found in the cave paintings (black, browns, ochre, sienna). They create an initial full size comprehensive sketch on scrap paper and in their...
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Lesson Plan 4: Political Advertising

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe a political advertisement and evaluate the views promoted in the ad. After exploring governmental policies, students create their own 30-second ad to promote a specified cause and publicize their views. Students share...
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Ohio Animal Activity

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the various animals of Ohio. They compare the activities of the different animals during the different seasons throughout the year. Students publish their findings in a report and share it with the class.
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Surfing to the Planets on the Internet

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the planets using computers and other forms of electronic technology. They research data on two planets and compare the data. Students make conclusions regarding the size of their planets. They calculate how long...
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Tribal Termination & Urbanization

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils list the main events in historical sequence of tribal termination and urbanization. They identify a present-day American Indian experience or phenomenon as a result of termination and urbanization and refer to 'Navajo...
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Other

Media Education Lab: Assignment: Media Literacy: Secondary School

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A well-done set of units that helps teachers teach the importance of media literacy to their students. Click on Secondary School Introduction to see a video of teachers in the classroom instructing students in ways of using and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What Is Social Media's Role in Election 2016?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson, students examine the different ways candidates use social media, including Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter in their presidential campaigns. They will watch videos, read articles, and examine candidates' social media pages.
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iCivics

I Civics: The Role of Media

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the types and roles of the media by taking on the role of newsmaker and agenda-setter.
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Other

Wosu Public Media: Are You Digi Fit?: Who Are You Online? [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
This is a brief K-4 lesson summary that links to a Common Sense Media slideshow. It looks at what a digital footprint is and how it can be positive or negative and influence how people see you now or in the future. The slideshow can be...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Lesson Plan: How Media Shapes Perception

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Interesting activity that allows students to explore the messages and influence of the media, especially on young minds. Objectives, standards, and procedures included for teachers.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Government, Statistics and the Media

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Dig into the role media has on public opinion by discussing questions raised and reviewing resources provided with this lesson.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How Technology Changed the Way Candidates Run for President?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan focuses on how technology has changed Presidential election campaigns. It includes reading articles and conducting research.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Working for the Party | 60 Second Presidents

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan focuses on the influence party system has on American presidents. Some presidents were willing to do whatever their party said, while others were much more independent. Students will view videos featuring presidents...
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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: International Conflict & the Media (Unit)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This curriculum guide broadly examines the relationships between the media and the military during wartime.
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Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network: What's in a Word? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Help 5th through 7th graders explore the power of words and their capacity to influence our thinking with this lesson from the Media Awareness Network. An easy-to-print .pdf version is linked from the top of the page.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this interactive lesson, students explore the extent to which society (and they themselves) may discriminate based on factors they're not even aware of, implicit biases. Why haven't laws been enough to eliminate discrimination? After...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Precipitation on the Planet

For Students 3rd - 5th
Precipitation affects many aspects of our lives, from drinking water and food to devastating rain or snow storms. NASA gathered information from satellites to study factors that influence precipitation. View these narrated and unnarrated...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Meet the 2016 Presidential Candidates: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will get to know the candidates running for president and where they stand on important issues. They will create a flow chart documenting the steps a candidate must take to be elected. Then they will conduct...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Making Civics Real: Electoral Politics

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson from Annenberg Learner, students divide into small groups to brainstorm and research specific community issues, prioritize the issues studied on the basis of what they have learned, present their findings to the class both...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Montana: Lewis and Clark Find the Great Falls of the Missouri River

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This activity gives students an introduction to the state of Montana. Students will be introduced to key events and people from Montana, as well as learn how boundaries are established and maintained, and how culture influences one's...

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