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Coping With Divorce

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read about what causes stress for students when their parents divorce, how students of different ages respond differently to divorce, and strategies that can help all family members cope.
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Playing Psychologist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, research one of the following: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Schizophrenia, and any other disorders that...
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Case Study: Hutu and Tutsi

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze the ethnic conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi in Rwanda and Burundi. They identify the three elements of ethnic conflict, read a handout and answer questions, examine a timeline, conduct research, and write an essay.
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The Human Mind, Alcohol and the Brain

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create a diagram showing the effects of alcohol on the brain and then create a lesson plan to teach this information to middle school students. They contact middle school teachers and make arrangements for students to actually...
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Thai Children's Trust: Drop-In Center

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Learners examine a case history of a street kid in Thailand. In this case history lesson students explore the reasons children end up living on the streets. The references in the lesson are to The UN Conventions of The Right of a Child.
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in African American Students: Exploring African American Achievers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to ways to increase their self-esteem. As a class, they share their specific talents under three categories. In groups, they use the internet to research the lives of various African Americans making sure...
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Test Yourself for Hidden Bias

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine their own hidden bias. In this diversity activity, students link to an Internet website to test their own stereotypes and prejudices. Students discuss how bias is perpetuated in society and determine what they can to...
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The Great Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use Using specific examples, compare and contrast how President Hoover and President Roosevelt responded to the Great Depression through relief, recovery and reform. They evaluate whether their attempts were successful.
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Sigmund Freud

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Sigmund Freud and his work. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet. 
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Letters from the Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine letters of Japanese-American children during internment in World War II. They discover what it was like in the camps and how they were treated once they were released. They also view photographs of the camps.
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Positively Respectful

For Teachers K - 8th
Create a positive environment by teaching young scholars to show respect and share compliments. Students use drawing paper and create a self-portrait. Young scholars are encouraged to discuss things they like about themselves. As...
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Special Protections-Session Six

For Teachers 1st - Higher Ed
Parents and children work together in a community circle to discuss caring for people with special needs. In separate groups, the children sing and listen to a story. They discuss ways people are alike, and ways they are different....
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Is That Fair: What is Fairness?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars discover the meaning of fairness. In this character education instructional activity, students create their own meanings of fairness and compare them to their classmates' definitions. The young scholars discuss fairness...
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Facial Studies Through Creation of a Face Jug

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study facial expressions and create a face jug. In this facial study lesson, students look at images of face jugs through history before drawing thumbnails of facial images. They use the coil method to make a jug, and use a...
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Art Through the Eyes of Youth

For Teachers K - 8th
Students take a field trip to an art gallery reflecting on the paintings they like the most. Individually, they use magazines to find pictures related to their personality. In pairs, they make a mask to represent their ethnic group and...
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Stereotypes and Tonto

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify stereotypes, especially those applied to American Indians.  In this teaching tolerance lesson, students read an essay entitled " I Hated Tonto (Still Do)" and discuss the negative impact that stereotypes may have on a...
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Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer questions about the accomplishments of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
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Protagoras

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy learning exercise, high schoolers respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Protagoras by Plato. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive learning exercise. 
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Care of Prisoners During the Civil War

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students identify the needs of prisoners through the study of the Civil War. For this Civil War lesson, students are divided into two groups to represent the two armies. Students simulate a situation where students are captured prisoners...
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Classical Conditioning Experiment

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students define classical conditioning and examine the effects on their everyday life. They participate in a classical conditioning experiment involving tapping a pencil, hopping, and taking their pulses.
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An Investigation of the Effects of Marijuana and Alcohol

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars, in groups, research the physical, psychological and social effects of alcohol and marijuana on the people who use them. They prepare a class presentation with their research.
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Motivation

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this pscyhology learning exercise, students take a 10 multiple choice quiz about motivation, gender differences and sexual behavior.
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Accentuate the Positive

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students analyze the attitudes, ideas and beliefs of characteristics that assist humans in living a positive, proactive life that values self, family, community, nation and world. Students identify their own strengths as individual....
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Treating Substance Abuse Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an open discussion on the legal, social, and health consequences associated with substance abuse. Working in pairs, students discuss the effects of substance abuse and brainstorm possible solutions. Independently,...

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