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Making Treaties and Weaving Wampum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are exposed to the cultural and artistic importance of wampum belts and the importance of the belts in American history as markers of relations between the Native Americans and European settlers.
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Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Activist

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students analyze the life of Jackie Robinson and determine which characteristics contributed to his success as the baseball player who broke the color barrier and as a political activist.
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Worksheet
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International Competition

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Imperialism worksheet, students read a 1-page selection about international competition as well as Internet articles about the topic and then respond to 12 short answer questions.
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Frequency Distributions and Measures of Central Tendency

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use the Internet to research information on NFL players and construct frequency distributions from the data. They calculate the mean, medium and analyze their data.
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The Negro Renaissance

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research the Negro Renaissance, its important contributors, and society's affect upon the Negro Renaissance contributor's products. Students create an online biographical presentation of Negro Renaissance contributors as a...
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Helping/Linking Verbs

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the correct verb or expression in parentheses that makes twenty sentences grammatically correct.
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Helping and Linking Verbs

For Students 5th - 6th
In this grammar activity, learners choose the appropriate verb or helping/linking verbs in twenty sentences that make each one grammatically correct.
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Michael Jordan

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Michael Jordan worksheet, students read a 1 page reading on the life and basketball career of Michael Jordan. They then answer the 15 questions in the packet. The answers are located on the last page.
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Scoring a Financial Education

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of money management. In this money management lesson, students read an article about students taking a finance course in high school and college. Students discuss the importance of money management. Students...
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Decimal Stories

For Students 4th - 5th
In this decimal worksheet, students fill in decimal numbers in a story, choosing from a "decimal box" at the top of the page, filling in blanks so that the story makes sense. 
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Is Your Home Bugging You?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners look into the world-wide rise in allergy rates. In this personal health lesson, students research and discuss possible reasons for the spike in allergies. 
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Football Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this football learning exercise, students match football terms with their definitions. Students complete 20 matches total on this learning exercise.
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Noun and Pronoun Review

For Students 4th - 6th
In this noun and pronoun worksheet, students define related words, replace words with specific nouns, identify common and proper nouns, classify pronouns and fill in blanks to complete sentences. 
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The Pyramid of Alliance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine ways people take action against bigotry. They consider ways a person can be an ally and assess how building alliances strengthens a community.
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Women in Baseball:Talk Show

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the development of women's baseball during the 20th century. They "role play" women who participated in some form of baseball (amateur, semi-professional, or professional) as well as other advocates of women's sports as...
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Play Ball

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students calculate baseball statistics and ball field dimensions. In this Pythagorean Theorem, percentages and metric conversion lesson plan, students are given formulas to find earned run and batting averages for White Sox baseball...
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Theoretically Speaking

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define probability. They determine outcome from a given situation based on simple probability. Students create experimental data using a coin and a number cube. They write how theoretical and experimental probability are different.
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The Baseball and Air

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students use Curveball to complete the activity to determine how the speed of airstreams changes in relation to changes in the distance of the airstream from the center of the baseball.
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Did You Catch My Drift?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students, through the use of the Curveball interactive software package, become familiar with the way in which the flow of air across or around an object affects its ability to lift, spin, and curve. After reading the explanation given...
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Predator Prey Population Links

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders relate population of animals to its available food supply. They participate in an experiment and gather information. They use the data to draw conclusions.
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Kangaroos

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine the food web of the kangaroo. They discover the consequences of modifying ecosystems and discuss the issue of kangaroo culling. They view this issue from different viewpoints.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Woodrow Wilson: The League of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Woodrow Wilson's speech explaining the content and purpose of The League of Nations.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: The League of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive history of the League of Nations which gives details on the many drafts that were put forward before it was formed, the founding countries and their different perspectives and problems which occurred later.
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Northwestern University

League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
"Contains the full text of 260 League of Nations documents. The documents focus on three areas: the founding of the League, international statistics published by the League, and the League's work toward international disarmament."