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American Pop Icons

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students analyze art and decide if the images are an attempt to celebrate or criticize American Popular Culture of the fifties and sixties and discuss how successful "Pop Art" mirrored society. Students also discuss the difference...
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Mixing Up the Melting Pot

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the cultures of indigenous peoples and how they have or have not assimilated into modern society. They create reports with recommendations on how the Nukak of Columbia could be assimilated into society.
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Chapter 8: Deviance and Social Control

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this deviance and social control worksheet, learners respond to 14 fill in the blank questions and 15 matching questions pertaining to crime and how societies attempt to control it.
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Struggling To Survive: Life In Sarajevo

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students gain an understanding of the impact that wars have on society. They use Web sites to gain information about Sarajevo, create characters using what they learn from watching video clips and viewing news footage online and engage...
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Computer Applications - 6

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become familiar with the course requirements and class procedures. They develop a list of ways that the computer has changed modern society and review the Board of Education policies regarding computer and Internet use by students.
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What Was the Cold War About?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore a website to gather some first impressions of the Cold War era and its impact on Canadian society and politics. They, in groups, answer questions about the Cold War on a worksheet imbedded in this plan.
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Why Juveniles Commit Crimes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the reasons why juveniles commit crimes. As a class, they watch movies showing juveniles committing crims and discuss the impact on societies. They take a field trip to adult and juvenile courts and compare their...
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Origins of Ethnic Stereotypes

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students continue their discussion of stereotypes. In groups, they brainstorm a list of ethnics living in the United States today and research their origins. They examine how the stereotypes began and why they are still prevalent in...
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What is Communism?

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore Communism. They explore Communism's roots in economics and discuss the spread of Communism in the Eastern Hemisphere. They evaluate a Communistic and a Capitalistic society. Students reflect upon the positives...
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Integration of Education

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the history of Civil Rights and how the struggle for Civil Rights and the Second Reconstruction, transformed society and politics in the United States in the 1950s. Then they identify why American Schools are integrated...
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The Study of Life

For Students 6th - 8th
In this scientific research worksheet, students will complete a chart by determining if the statements given are examples of quantitative research or descriptive research. Then students will fill in the blank of 8 statements about the...
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Contemporary Trends in Poverty

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this Contemporary Trends in Poverty, students answer questions about why women tend to be among the poorest members in society.
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Respectful Interview

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students interview elderly people in a senior citizen community center. In this character counts lesson, students interview the elderly about how society can be more respectful.  They videotape and watch the interviews together. 
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Political Systems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this political systems worksheet, young scholars discuss the type of society they would prefer, a class-less one regulated by democracy or a society with all levels of income and wealth, regulated by free market.
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Career Development (Career Exploration)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify and describe career opportunities in a changing society
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The Battle of Good and Evil on the Big Screen

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners evaluate how the movie industry depicts heroes, villains, and events, and how these characters and plots relate to the society and time period in which the films are created.
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Japan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students locate Japan's absolute and relative location on a globe and various maps. They describe Japan's various regions and islands and their system of education, customs and religion. They assess Japan's impact on our society.
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Chaucer's Wife of Bath

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze Chaucer's portrayal of the Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales. Students prepare class reports on the institution of marriage and the place of women in the Medieval society.
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Lesson plan: Today's young leaders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain teen involvement in integrating society, and determine programs for teens in different organizations.
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Modern Counterculture Movements

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students prepare a presentation examining anti-establishment activity by groups in society today. They prepare a presentation, on poster board or presentation software, about one contemporary protest group.
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Money Management

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students discuss the differences between needs and wants, practice budgeting resources and investigate the workings of a capitalist society, by creating a mock store.
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Weaving Weather Maps with the World Wide Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils access the Internet and use real time data from the American Meteorological Society to create a detailed weather map. They make weather predictions based on the data collected.
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Political/ Social Statements- Relief Printmaking with Styrofoam Insulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create relief prints using Styrofoam insulation which make a political or social statement about today's society.
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The Battleground: Separate and Unequal Education

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine the purpose and goals of education in African American society. They analyze photos, answer discussion questions, and participate in a class discussion.