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The Art of Poetry: The Lunatic, The Lover, and the Poet
Students, in groups, reflect on their attitudes towards poets and poetry. They read excerpts from George Puttenham's The Arte of English Poesie, which was written during Shakespeare's day. They compare their attitudes toward poetry to...
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Suffer the Little Children
Students explore, examine and study about and respond to the issues of child labor workers in Guatemala by reading and discussing the article, "Bush to Press Free Trade in a Place Where Young Children Still Cut the Cane." They write an...
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Cinderella Stories
Students in a teacher education program examine motifs within a fairy tale. Using that information, they discuss how the motifs can reflect the culture of the country of origin of the fairy tale. Using the internet, they research...
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TV Without the Television
Pupils consider their own understanding of advertising on the Internet and examine the latest form of advertising online to create "How it Works" posters for a variety of Internet technologies. They reflect on how these technologies have...
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Alaska's Cultures: Regions & Native Peoples of Alaska
Young scholars read the essay "Did American Aborigines have Culture?". They discuss culture and what is meant by culture.
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The Life of the Party
Students research and deliver oral presentations discussing how state governors' attitudes reflect those commonly associated with their national party leadership. They synthesize their knowledge by writing essays on centrist politics.
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Help Me Find My Keys
Fourth graders write a five-paragraph essay on the topic: What mistakes have you made and then learned a life lesson from that experience?
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Electronic Media
Students compare forms of electronic media. They watch a news broadcast and take notes on the content being conveyed. After viewing the broadcast, they read newspaper articles or news magazines to locate articles with similar content to...
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Oliver/Kenyon
Young scholars, through two pieces of writing, identify poetic/language devices through the speakers, personification , imagery, metaphor, etc. They assess the patterns those devices are used in and analyze the theme of each. Each...
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What Death Brings to Life - English Component
Learners are introduced to the characteristics of ancient Indian, Chinese and Aztec cultures. They consider what was valued by these cultures and compare the cultures' values to their own. They write an essay on their reflections.
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Memory and Legacy: Building Monuments and Memorials
Learners analyze the reasons why groups build monuments and memorials. Using the Holocaust as an example, they reflect on issues that are addressed in monuments related to it. They create a monument of their own and write an essay about...
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Contrivances: Orchids and the Panda's Thumb
Middle schoolers read and discuss selected and edited excerpts from the essays of Stephen Jay Gould on the subject of contrivances.
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Spirituals
Students review factors that contributed to the development of the spiritual, which reflects the influence of African religious and Christian traditions, and slavery. Students collect spirituals/songs of their heritage from family...
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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit (A)
Students interview a representative from a local nonprofit organization and share the learned information with the class. Each group gives basic information regarding the work of the nonprofit, then speaks to the class about some of the...
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Miao Minorities
Students conduct Internet research to identify the cultural aspects of the Miao minority group from China. They, in groups, create a brochure with their research and write an essay on the predicted future of the Miao culture.
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Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children
Students experience issues of intercultural children born as a result of the Occupation of Japan by American soldiers. They reflect on how these experiences and issues might be relevant to our own lives. Task cars are available to print...
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Domains Portrayed and Invaded
Students examine the art and work of Carl Runguis. After reading a play, they discuss how an artist portrays his feelings about a topic in his work. They view the preplay and write an essay reflecting on their experiences. They also...
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Texas Estuary Project
Students practice the proper lab techniques of coring, seining, taking temperatures, and salinity. Students analyze and graph data. Students write a 3 part essay and correctly draw and label a food web of their field site.
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And the Nominee Is...
Students research commemorative coin honorees and share the reasons for the recognition with the class. Then the teams select individuals they believe deserve to be on a coin, write short essays explaining their selection, and illustrate...
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Emersonian Jelly Beans
Students write a journal entry describing how a jelly bean is like an idea. They discuss the entries and write why jelly beans are not like an idea. They create an Argus-like poster of one of the ideas and describe how the idea shows...
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Personally Speaking
Seventh graders read, "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," and write an expository essay discussing choices they have in society today compared with the character Kit.
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Metropolitan Areas in the USA
Fifth graders explore why people live in certain regions of the United States. They investigate information on specific metropolitan areas such as temperature, population, natural resources, precipitation and landforms. In groups, 5th...
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Should We Allow New Mining in the Upper Peninsula?
Students compose an essay taking a position on whether or not a proposed
mine near Marquette, MI should be opened. Students defend their position addressing relevant issues through factual supporting details. Their essay includes an...
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Develop Your Own Interpretation
Students use pieces of Andy Warhol's art to write critiques. Using different points of view, they answer discussion questions and share them with the class. They also interpret the art from a historian and artist point of view. They...
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