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Dress in the 14th Century

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this history worksheet, learners explore the clothing styles of the 14th century. Students draw a picture of a knight or a girl. They answer questions about various items of clothing.
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Mother's Day Lesson Plans

For Teachers K - 5th
Mother's Day lessons provide students a way to learn about art, music, and history.
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Math Trailblazers and Their Modern Day Connections

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
There are many ways to connect math with topics your children are interested in.
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Government: Defending the Bill of Rights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils examine the proposition of a country without the Bill of Rights. In a role-playing activity, teams of young scholars gather information to build a case for retaining the Bill of Rights and present it before their congressperson.
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Civil War Museum Exhibit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders summarize the participation of Indiana citizens in the Civil War. They research an assigned topic and build a museum exhibit that displays at least five points of information relating to the topic. Students write a...
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Social Studies: Workplace Law

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine laws to protect employees from sexual harassment and other violations. After defining sexual harassment, they discuss how to avoid harassing co-workers. Other topics students investigate include theft and drug use in the...
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Two American Entreprenuers: Madam C.J. Walker and J.C. Penny

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils identify the attributes that helped Walker and Penney to succeed as entrepreneurs. They compare and contrast Walker and Penney for similarities and differences in backgrounds and business methods.
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Time Travel

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders become familiar with the early explorers of our state. In addition, they conceptualize life during the 1800's in relation to their own personal histories and knowledge of 19th century events.
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WRITING THE WIND

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will compose sentences using adjectives that describe windmills.Review adjectives. Write a noun on the board and have students name the appropriate adjectives. 2. Hand out worksheets and review directions for making windmill...
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Class Penny Quilt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore penny quilts made in the late 1700s through the early 1800s. They identify significant events from their lives and create their own class penny quilt displaying this information.
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America's Castles: The Age of Invention

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils tour the estates built by America's wealthiest visionaries during the years 1911-1929. They discuss the Age of Invention and the people associated with that age in US history.
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A Brief History of Los Angeles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the diverse cultures that make up the population of Los Angeles.
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Structural Comparisons

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study structural elements of a picture's composition. They scan images and compare the structural elements of the images.
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Strangers and Dangerous Situations

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover how to identify trusting adults and how to respond to dangerous situations. They discuss different situations and how they should react. They draw a picture of an adult who could help them.
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Major Issues Facing America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students continue to examine the issues of the 2004 presidential election. Using the internet, they discover where they stand on each issue and where each candidate stands on the issues as well. In groups, they participate in a...
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Children of Loneliness: Immigration and Intergenerational Stories

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students evaluate Anzia Yezierska's story, "Children of Loneliness," in relation to Jewish immigrants coming to America. They discuss the connections in the story to their own coming to America and their roles as parents. After...
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Pioneering Spirits: A Personalized History of Our Jewish Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students travel in groups to various stations to discover the history of the Jewish community. At each station, they read primary source documents about the history of their community and research their own family history. They mix...
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Icky, Sticky!!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an emerging literacy instructional activity that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme of choice is the letter "i". Students need to recognize the letter in correlation to its sound.
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Powerful Signatures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experience famous historical documents that were initiated and propelled by signatures such as Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution. They create a school amendment using the information gathered.
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the Not Forgotten - Sharing History & Archaeology

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create a catalog of gravestones in a cemetery that includes a burial ground from the Revolutionary War. They photograph and document the grave sites, research the Battle of Bunker hill and work with community members to create...
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Breaking News English: Spain Legalizes Same Sex Marriage

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read " Spain Legalizes Same Sex Marriage," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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National Women's History Museum: Lesson Plan: Martha Hughes Cannon

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Lesson plan on Martha Hughes Cannon, the first female state senator in U.S. history.
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National Women's History Museum: First Ladies Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of the United States' First Ladies.
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National Women's History Museum: Eleanor Roosevelt: An Agent of Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Eleanor Roosevelt redefined the role of an agent of social change as the First Lady of the United States and later as a representative to the United Nations. She helped to create The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which remains...