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Jen Bartsch's List: "NCSS People, Places, and Environment"
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Oct 06, 09
Students discuss merchants located in their community. Then students choose a local business to write to
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Oct 06, 09
Scholastic's Global Trek is a way for students to travel around the world without ever having to leave their classroom. \n\nWhen students arrive in the country of their choice they are supplied with a suggested travel itinerary. This itinerary offers them links to background information and a chance to read about the country's people. \n\n
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Oct 06, 09
Students will analyze how the 50 State Quarters Program represents both the diversity and unity of the United States. They will identify human and physical geographic characteristics of Roman culture from Roman coins and examine how Roman emperors used coins to help unify their empire.
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Oct 06, 09
"There is no single objective way to describe why an artifact is significant to a culture. Objects are important to different people for different reasons. To make this idea personal, students will be invited to bring to class important cultural artifacts from their own lives. Each object will be "interpreted" by a student anthropologist who will make hypotheses regarding the importance of this object. The student anthropologist will also determine what this artifact says about the culture of the owner. The owner of the artifact will get a chance to tell their actual story."
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Oct 31, 09
"Students who participate in this activity will research different forms of democratic governments, will be able to differentiate among them, and will learn something, as well, about forms of government that are not democracies. They will also investigate the many ways in which our own democratic government affects our daily lives."
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Oct 31, 09
"The focus for students in this age group is on the challenges faced by the Corps of Discovery, and the effect the journey had on American history and Native American cultures. Students will practice their reading comprehension, visual literacy, writing, and map skills throughout the activity."
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Oct 31, 09
"Students will learn about the slavery issue and other events of the Civil War from the perspective of a newspaper reporter. This lesson will require students to learn details of certain events surrounding the Civil War and compose one or more articles suitable for a newspaper."
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Oct 31, 09
"Students who participate in this activity will study the political debate surrounding the Freedmen's Bureau as well gain an opportunity to use primary sources as a means of understanding the trials and successes of the effort to educate newly-freed slaves of all ages. Students will research the reasons put forward for the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau, President Johnson's reasons for vetoing the legislation, and what happened in the aftermath. They will also produce written descriptions of some Freedmen's schools and the students who benefited from them."
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Oct 31, 09
"Students will develop a consideration of the changes that occurred from the First Thanksgiving to the reservation era in Native American History."
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Oct 31, 09
"The focus for students in this age group is on researching the effects of immigration on American history and culture."
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Oct 31, 09
"Students will dentify important civil rights leaders and describe the life and legacy of a particular civil rights leader."
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Nov 01, 09
"Students who participate in this activity will investigate and compute the time it took to travel by various means in the 18th century, and learn about the types of vehicles available to people of different social classes."
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Nov 01, 09
"In this lesson students will learn about the Roaring Twenties and explore connections between economic prosperity and societal change."
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Nov 01, 09
"Students who participate in this lesson will read Black Beauty and study the history of the founding of the ASPCA and learn about endangered species today. Students will write a short paper about the book, or on some aspect of the history of the ASPCA, and, after exploring the Endangered Special website, propose actions that they can take locally to protect endangered species of animals."
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Nov 02, 09
"The purpose of this lesson is to acquaint students with the first successful explorations of the North and South Poles, through a study of the four men who accomplished them. Students will present the fruits of their research on posters, or with PowerPoint presentations."
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Nov 02, 09
"Students will understand the competitive, interdependent, cyclic nature of living things in an environment."
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Nov 02, 09
"The purpose of this lesson is ambitious-students should emerge from it with an understanding and, hopefully, a deeper appreciation of the culture of the Native Americans who were displaced by Manifest Destiny."
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Nov 02, 09
"In this lesson students will learn about famous female scientists and will gain an understanding that science is also for girls."
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Nov 04, 09
"Students who participate in this activity will learn about various historical attempts at conservation and pollution control, as well as about current environmental issues, and will gain experience in synthesizing information, creating logical arguments, and comparing and contrasting efforts at conservation over time."
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Nov 04, 09
"Students will understand the many opportunities and complications that arose from the Gold Rush of the 1800's. Through research and role-playing, students will examine economic, social, medical, and political issues that developed from this event."
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