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Upper Eastern Peninsula Intermediate School District: Unit 2: Where Am I?
This unit plan from the Upper Eastern Peninsula Intermediate School District provides focus questions, content expectations, and resources to support social studies units. During Unit 2, students will learn about their "local" and...
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Michigan State University: United States History Since 1920: Truman Loyalty Oath, 1947
In March, 1947, President Truman issued an executive order requiring that all Federal employees take a loyalty oath swearing loyalty to the United States. This was a time of fear of Communists and the Soviet Union. Read the entire...
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Michigan State University: Global Edge: United States: Introduction
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the United States in North America.
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Michigan State University: Global Edge: United Kingdom: Introduction
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the island country of the United Kingdom in Western Europe.
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Michigan State University: Global Edge: United Arab Emirates : Introduction
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East.
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Michigan State University: Japanese and American Propaganda During World War Ii
This site from Michigan State University is an interesting article analyzing the propaganda war between the U.S. and Japan during World War II. Also has cartoons that were used.
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Global Connection: The Language of Art
Art unit that integrates foreign languages. Learners learn how to discuss and critique art in a foreign language and then write about a piece of artwork in that foreign language. Includes unit description, list of materials, and links to...
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Global Connection: Art Across the Planet
Art unit in which students draw their homes and share these drawings with students in a foreign country Includes unit description, list of materials, and links to lesson plans.
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Electronic Field Trips: Comparing Landscapes
Art unit teaching how to compare landscape paintings. Includes unit description, list of materials, and links to lesson plans.
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Michigan State University: Physics: Coulomb's Law
Here is a presentation of Coulomb's Law and the electric field potential formula, with example problems.
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University of Michigan: Museums
Links to dozens of art museums all over the world, by geographic region.
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Michigan State University: Climate and Weather Unit
A weather unit designed to help the students examine 3 factors to determine weather and climate: latitude, elevation, and nearness to large bodies of water.
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: What's for Dinner?
In this lesson unit, students locate recipes for a dinner meal, create a list of ingredients, then calculate the quantities needed for a given number of people, and the overall cost.
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Growing Plants Unit
In this unit, students can learn about the affects of water, soil, and sunlight on plant's growth while learning about the scientific process. Unit allows students to create a controlled experiment while studying plants.
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Ellis Island Unit
The Ellis Island Unit focuses on immigration, ethnicity, and cultural backgrounds. It will provide students opportunity to explore their individual heritage through primary and secondary research techniques and share the results of their...
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Dinosaurs and Us Unit
The focus of this lesson unit is on adaptation - how dinosaurs adapted to their habitat in order to survive. Learners will explore online dinosaur exhibits and record information they find. This leads to a discussion of adaptation and...
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Michigan State University: Peptides and Proteins
If the amine and carboxylic acid functional groups in amino acids join together to form amide bonds, a chain of amino acid units, called a peptide, is formed. A simple tetrapeptide structure is shown in the following diagram. By...
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Fat Counting Unit
Have you ever wanted to know how much fat you consume each day? How does that fat fit into your daily intake according to the food pyramid? 4 math lessons are included here that help both upper and lower elementary grades understand how...
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit
A great compilation of ideas to use when teaching about Ellis Island. Lists of resources, materials, and very detailed lessons are provided in an easy to follow and organized way.
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Holiday Explorations Unit
A great compilation of ideas to use when teaching about celebrating holidays. Lists of resources, materials, and very detailed lessons are provided in an easy to follow and organized way.
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Michigan State University: The Hispanic World Unit
These lessons are designed for students to conduct research to know the "hispanohablantes" in the world. Resources are included.
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Npr: Week of 8 8 16: Has My Child Been Exposed to Lead? When and How to Test
Connie Hill of Columbus, Ohio, got some unsettling news after her son's 12-month checkup .A nurse called to say that the 1-year-old's blood lead level test had come back as slightly elevated, which would put him in the top 2.5 percent of...
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The Us50
This clickable map of the United States gives students access to research information from history and tourism to attractions and famous historic figures.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Anishinabe Ojibwe Chippewa: Culture
Though written for grades 3-5, this lesson plan can be easily changed to help students of all ages learn about the Chippewa people. Additional resources provide historical, cultural, and geographical facts concerning this Native American...