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Lesson Plan
University of Arizona

Pulse: From Global to City Air: Air Quality, City Design and Disease

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are challenged to design a healthy city in this unit plan. The cross-curricular unit covers content standards for ninth grade in science, language arts, world geography, and math. Students explore air quality and the impact it...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Other Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
For students that have already been introduced to the water cycle, this lesson is intended as a logical follow-up. Students will learn about human impacts on the water cycle that create a pathway for pollutants beginning with urban...
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Unit Plan
Other

Columbus Museum of Art: Art and Social Issues in American Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Great reference tool for exploring American history and culture through artistic images. The visual images shown relate to issues Americans face today: economics, war, and race & ethnicity. Included is a teacher resource page with...
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Article
Other

Institute of Hydraulic Research: Flood Management in South America [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A 33-page paper presented at a symposium in 2006. It discusses flood control in South America, breaking the topic down into easily understandable chunks with lots of visuals. Topics covered include the impact of urbanization, two types...
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Article
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: The Art of Romare Bearden

For Students 9th - 10th
Newshour with Jim Lehrer, a nightly news broadcast on PBS, offers a wealth of material on Romare Bearden. Content includes the NewsHour report, a gallery of his artwork, extended interviews with the artist, and a companion lesson plan.
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Website
Historica Canada

Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Stratford, Ontario

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a video series, this clip profiles Stratford, Ontario which evolved from a small rail town into the Canadian home of Shakespearean drama. Learn about the men who conceived of The Stratford Festival, and make use of included...
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Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Cities and Towns in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they investigate changes in population for different Texas counties, and the...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This audio excerpt from Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech outlines a nine-year plan to end poverty in America.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Revolution '67, Lesson 1: Protest: Why and How

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students examine the reasons for protests by reading about the riots in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967. By using primary source documents, learn historical reasons for protesting and compare them with the situation in...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Revolution '67:What Happened in July 1967? How Do We Know?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students learn about the riots in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967. Using primary sources, identify the causes of the disturbance in July, 1967. Links to the relevant information is provided.
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Handout
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Immigration in the Gilded Age:using Photographs as Primary Sources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource presents a lesson plan about immigration that uses photographs as primary sources.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Land of Plenty, Land of Want

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan encourages students to explore sustainable agriculture. They are asked to identify problems faced in sustainable agriculture and offer possible solutions. A great deal of supplemental activities and information are...
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Article
Other

City Journal: Let's Break Up the Big Cities

For Students 9th - 10th
This lengthy article offers many examples in its claim that smaller municipalities do a better job of governing and providing services than huge megacities.
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Lesson Plan
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 15: The Changing American Landscape

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The rise of American cities between 1865 and 1900 was spawned by the industrial revolution. Technological advancements in industry and transportation fathered the enormous growth of large cities across the United States. This led to the...
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Activity
Other

Nyc Transportation Alternatives: Bicycle Blueprint

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details "a plan to bring bicycling into the mainstream in New York City." Offers maps and detailed information on improving big city other-than-auto transportation choices.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Whitney Young, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article gives biographical information about Whitney Young, civil rights leader and president of the National Urban League.
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Primary
Rice University

Rice University: Focus on Your Community

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A resource page for teachers and students with lesson plans and varied resources to study your local community.
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Handout
Other

Environmental Organization Web Directory: Forestry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links and web resources, including teacher lesson plans, about forestry.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Roman Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of 24 introductory videos on Roman architecture and its history, presented by Professor Diana E. E. Kleiner of Yale University.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Traffic Lights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about traffic lights and their importance in maintaining public safety and order. Using a Parallax Basic Stamp 2 microcontroller, students work in teams on the engineering challenge to build a traffic light with a specific...
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Interactive
Burke Museum

Burke Museum: Waterlines: Discover & Explore Seattle's Past Landscapes

For Students 9th - 10th
Seattle is one of the most dramatically engineered cities in the USA. This rich interactive website enables people to see how Seattle's various landscapes have changed over time. The site starts out with an interactive map of the Puget...
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Dimensions

For Students 9th - 10th
The College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan publishes a student-produced journal of architecture titled "Dimensions." Aimed at showcasing the best student work and at increasing the quality of the...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: History Trails: Victorian Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
Victorian Britain experienced dramatic economic growth but at great social cost. Read about the times, and play online learning games as well.
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Teaching Geography: European Union

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the European region and consider what makes a successful city and how effective is supranationalism? A video features Berlin and Amsterdam for urban development and then looks into the concept of supranationalism in the European...

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