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African-Americans and the New Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps
EDSITEment

In this EDSITEment lesson student examine primary source documents pertaining to the establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corp and evaluate the impact of this program on race relations in America.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

America and the Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1933-1939
EDSITEment

This lesson will examine the overall principles which underlay both Japanese and American foreign policy in the mid- to late-1930s. Through the use of documents and an interactive timeline, students will be invited to assess the effectiveness of U.S. policy toward East Asia.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

An Egg Is Quiet
Science NetLinks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students learn about eggs and observe and describe changes in a variety of simple activities involving eggs. The lesson is written to utilize the book, "An Egg Is Quiet," by Dianna Aston.
Grade:  K | 1 | 2

Animating Poetry: Reading Poems about the Natural World
EDSITEment

In this EDSITEment lesson, which is centered on poems about the natural world, students are encouraged to make the reading of poetry a creative act, and to appreciate familiar literary devices in their functions as semaphores or interpretive signals. Several pieces of literature appropriate for use with this lesson are suggested.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Astronaut Health Risks
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about two of the health risks astronauts on long-term space missions may face that their predecessors didn't have to worry about. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Averaging Faces
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about how creating composite faces may help computers recognize people. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Becoming Aware of the Japanese American Internment Camp Experience
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

What would it have felt like to be forced to move into an internment camp during World War II? This lesson, from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, will help students become aware of, and sensitive to, the Japanese American internment camp experience. By creating a list of things that are important and familiar to them and then choosing what they will take and leave behind, students will develop a sense of empathy by simulating situations which Japanese American children faced. This lesson is included in the online exhibition entitled "A More Perfect Union," which focuses on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in internment camps during World War II.
Grade:  2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Black History Month Teaching Resources
Science NetLinks

This collection of teaching resources from Science NetLinks highlights achievements and scientific work of African Americans.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Cell Phone Medicine
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about how cell phones may help bring expensive medical devices to people in need. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Classifying Transformations
Illuminations

Students will identify and classify reflections and symmetries in figures and patterns. They will also have the opportunity to create frieze patterns from each of the seven classes using the supplemental on-line activities.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Combustion
Science NetLinks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students understand the transfer of energy that occurs in a combustion reaction. This lesson includes an E-sheet, two student sheets, and a teacher sheet.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Cycle of Life 1: Food Chain
Science NetLinks

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Science NetLinks, students find that almost all kinds of animals' food can be traced back to plants and that the sun is often the ultimate source of energy needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow. This lesson includes an E-sheet, a student sheet, and a teacher sheet. Click "View Details" and see the Relation field for a link to related resources.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

Cycle of Life 2
Science NetLinks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students find that some insects depend on dead plant material for food and that they interact with other organisms in various ways. This lesson includes an E-sheet and three student sheets.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

Degrees of Change: Conservation in My Community
Xpeditions

This "Six Degrees" activity introduces students to the concepts of climate change. They can learn the causes and consequences of global warming, and discuss how climate affects daily life in their areas. The lesson includes an activity where students can learn about global warming and their community's conservation efforts. Students develop and complete a project documenting, via reporting or photography, a local conservation effort.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Degrees of Change: Conservation in My Community Photographer's Workbook
Xpeditions

This "Six Degrees" handout supplements the Photographer's Project activity. It can help students to organize their photography projects, take better pictures, and structure presentations and layouts.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Descriptive Video: Using Media Technology to Enhance Writing
ReadWriteThink

This lesson teaches students to use descriptive language, including content vocabulary, to write a retelling of a segment of a movie scene,use a technology called Descriptive Video to enhance their writing skills, and employ and practice a variety of writing strategies.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

Earthquakes
Science NetLinks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students verify that earthquakes follow the natural plate boundaries and that these boundaries help us predict where earthquakes are most likely to occur. They also examine changes in the earth's surface caused by earthquakes.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Edith Wharton: War Correspondent
EDSITEment

In this EDSITEment lesson, through reading chapters of Edith Wharton's, "Fighting France, From Dunkerque to Belfort", students learn how an American correspondent recounted World War I for American readers.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Elevator Integers
Illuminations

Students will use vertical movement of an elevator to evaluate signed number expressions. The idea behind the method of adding and subtracting signed integers offered in this lesson and the next is that the number of rules that students have to memorize and the amount of understanding are minimal, while the underlying concepts are not trivialized.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" in Graphical Representation
EDSITEment

In this EDSITEment lesson students learn to appreciate aspects of Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" -- such elements as character, setting, and plot -- by rendering scenes of the story into carefully considered graphical representations that engage them actively in analysis and the production of meaning.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Exploring Consumerism Where Ads and Art Intersect
ReadWriteThink

In this lesson, which can also be used in middle school classrooms, students look at how advertisements use images and language to appeal to consumers, look at examples of art that use images from popular culture, and create their own artistic interpretations of advertisements.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

FDR and the Lend Lease Act
EDSITEment

In this EDSITEment lesson students examine the broad grant of power which the Lend Lease Act gave to the executive branch and investigate how FDR promoted the program in speeches and photographs.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

FDR's Fireside Chats: The Power of Words
EDSITEment

In this EDSITEment lesson students gain a sense of the dramatic effect of FDR's voice on his audience by listening to audio recordings, consider the scope of what he was proposing in these initial speeches, and make an overall analysis of why the Fireside Chats were so successful.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Fighting for Peace: The Fate of Wilson's Fourteen Points
EDSITEment

In this lesson, students are introduced to Wilson's Fourteen Points, as well as his efforts to have them incorporated into the final peace treaties.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Flipping for Integers
Illuminations

Students will adapt expressions practice interpreting and then adding and subtracting signed numbers. This lesson builds on a previous lesson, where students add/subtract just a positive integer from a signed integer. Then, students will play a game that practices adding and subtracting with signed integers. The game will enforce the skill of arithmetic with integers, but will also get students thinking about maximizing their sum, and ordering signed numbers.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Fragment on the Constitution and Union (1861)-The Purpose of the American Union
EDSITEment

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine Lincoln's brief but insightful reflection on the importance of the ideal of individual liberty to the constitutional structure and operation of the American union. Click "Display Full Record" and see the Relation field for a link to the unit overview.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Fungal Sex
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about fungi with a primitive sexuality that may shed light on the origins of maleness. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Funny Money or Phony Money?
EconEdLink

Money is used to pay for goods or services and shows their worth based on the amount paid. Some people try to make fake money, committing a crime called counterfeiting. The United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing is responsible for making U.S. money.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

Further Investigating Greater Than, Less Than, and Equal To
Illuminations

Students build upon their understanding of greater than, less than, and equal to by observing quantity and making comparison using varied instructional materials. The fish cut-out, with its mouth open, represents the greater than or less than symbol; the clam cut-out represents the equal to symbol. Using fish lips as a transition point, children will apply their understanding of greater, less, and equal to the standard symbols (>, <, =) as the teacher introduces symbolic notation at an developmentally appropriate level.
Grade:  Preschool education | K | 1 | 2

Healthy Eating
Science NetLinks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students learn the importance of eating a variety of healthful foods and getting enough exercise.
Grade:  K | 1 | 2

How Labor Got Its Day
EconEdLink

The purpose of this EconEdLink lesson is to broaden and deepen student understanding of the Labor Day holiday. Students will learn why workers organized unions during the nineteenth century to fight for higher pay and better working conditions. Cover this lesson just before Labor Day or on May 1 - the International Worker's Rights Day!
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

How Much is a Million?
Illuminations

This lesson focuses students on the concept of 1,000,000. It allows students to see first-hand the sheer size of a million while at the same time providing students with an introduction to sampling and its use in mathematics. Students will use grains of rice and a balance to figure out the approximate volume and mass of 1,000,000 grains of rice.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Human Footprint
Xpeditions

In this non-sequential Xpeditions Lesson, students can learn about the "Human Footprint Atlas", analyze a map showing where and to what extent humans have influenced Earth. Students can learn about the world's largest 'landfill', a collection of trash covering an estimated five million square miles of the Pacific Ocean. Students can learn how a growing demand for natural resources, such as wood and coltan threatens habitats and wildlife.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Identifying Species
Xpeditions

In this Xpeditions activity, students learn that scientists identify species by examining physical characteristics and that this can sometimes be a challenge. They learn about physical characteristics that distinguish between foxes and wolves and examine a pair of illustrations to identify the fox.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

In the Style of Ernie Pyle: Reporting on World War II
ReadWriteThink

This lesson has high school students use the Internet to enhance their study of World War II and encourages them to model their writing on that of Ernie Pyle, a respected war reporter from that era.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Investigating Greater Than, Less Than, and Equal To
Illuminations

Students are introduced to the concepts of "greater than," "less than," and "equal to" by observing quantities and making comparisons. Using varied instructional materials such as play dough, buttons, beans, and cotton balls, students will create amounts to compare with the use of a double-sided fish. Depending on its position, the fish cut-out (with its mouth open) can represent either "greater than" or "less than." For equivalent amounts, a clam cut-out can represent "equal to."
Grade:  Preschool education | K | 1 | 2

Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice": The Novel as Historical Source
EDSITEment

In this EDSITEment lesson, Jane Austen's classic novel offers insights into life in early nineteenth-century England. This lesson, focusing on class and the status of women, teaches students how to use a work of fiction as a primary source in the study of history.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Japan's "Southern Advance" and the March Towards War, 1940-1941
EDSITEment

In this lesson students examine primary documents and maps to discover why Japan embarked on its "southern advance." They also consider the U.S. response to this new policy, and how it contributed to war between the United States and Japan
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Japanese American Exclusion Orders During World War II
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

When Japanese Americans were ordered to move to internment camps during World War II, they were forced to sell most of their possessions and take only what they could carry. This lesson, from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, will help students identify with the experiences of camp internees during World War II. Students will be divided into four-member "family" groups that are to be relocated to an internment camp. They will then read two sections of the A More Perfect Union online exhibition and, based on what they have read, make decisions about what they will take with them. After discussing their decisions, students will visit the "Reflections" section of the A More Perfect Union Web site and write a response to at least one of the topics. This lesson is included in the online exhibition entitled "A More Perfect Union," which focuses on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in internment camps during World War II.
Grade:  7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Katrina Mental Health
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about how the mental health of Katrina victims isn't improving like it should-and in some cases, it's getting worse. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Legislating Neutrality, 1934-1939
EDSITEment

In this lesson, students examine a series of primary source documents that will help them understand why these laws were passed, and how they were applied in the mid- to late-1930s.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Life in a Sod House: Background Information
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

In this reference included in the "OurStory" module from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History entitled Life in a Sod House, students will learn about life on the prairie and in sod houses. Discussed through the use of text and photographs are the Homestead Act, everyday life on the prairie and the challenges and realities of building and living in a sod house. "OurStory" is a series of modules designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through the use of objects from the Museum's vast collections, quality children's literature, and engaging hands-on activities. Ideal for afterschool use, "OurStory" resources will allow students to think critically, to be creative, and to achieve academic standards both in and out of the classroom.
Grade:  K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Life in a WWII Japanese American Internment Camp
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

In this "OurStory" module entitled "Life in a WWII Japanese American Internment Camp", students will learn about the lives of Japanese American children who were forced to leave their homes and move to internment camps during World War II. The module includes links to hands-on activities, pertinent websites, and a list of recommended readings. "OurStory" is a series of modules designed by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through the use of objects from the Museum's vast collections, quality children's literature, and engaging hands-on activities. Ideal for afterschool use, "OurStory" resources allow students to think critically, to be creative, and to achieve academic standards both in and out of the classroom.
Grade:  K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Make a Splash! Using Dramatic Experience to "Explode the Moment"
ReadWriteThink

Engage your students in using descriptive language. After hearing vivid sensory language from popular literature and participating in a staged dramatic experience, students are encouraged in this lesson from ReadWriteThink to use a graphic organizer to detail what they saw, felt, thought, did, said, and heard during the memorable moment and to elaborate or "explode" the details using descriptive writing.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

Mapping
Xpeditions

In this Xpeditions activity, students learn how maps reveal patterns between natural resources and species that live nearby. The mapmaking process and key elements to include are introduced.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

Mapping Our Human Footprint
Xpeditions

This Xpeditions activity has students use geographic analysis of a world map to learn where and to what degree human activity has influenced Earth.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Marketplace: Price Increase or Price-Gouging?
EconEdLink

Students learn about price-gouging. Using a hypothetical post-disaster example, they will learn more about supply and demand, as well as the complexities associated with price increases in a supply-constrained market
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Marketplace: Real(ity) Estate
EconEdLink

This EconEdLink lesson teaches students about opportunity cost through some of the steps in buying a house. It also shows students how advertising affects consumer decision-making.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Marketplace: School Competition
EconEdLink

In June 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that Cleveland's system of giving students vouchers to attend private or religious schools did not violate the constitutional separation of church and state. In this lesson, students listen to an audio file about school vouchers creating market competition for public schools in June 2002. Students will identify the story's major concepts and their supporting details using an interactive note-taker.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Modeling Academic Writing Through Scholarly Article Presentation
ReadWriteThink

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students use an online database to access an appropriate article of literary criticism connected to a work of literature they have already read as a class assignment. Students then prepare the article for presentation by highlighting key elements of its structure and content and present the article to their peers.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Nitrogen Pollution
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about why human sources of nitrogen may be just as environmentally costly as carbon emissions. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Obesity
Science NetLinks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students learn about the relationship among the amount of food energy (calories) consumed, weight, and metabolism and how making good decisions about diet and exercise can lay the groundwork for a healthy lifestyle.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Observing and Recording
Xpeditions

In this Xpeditions activity, students learn why and how scientists make field observations, how observations are recorded, and details scientists might include as part of their observations. Emphasis is placed on three methods of recording observations: photographs, sketches, and notes.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

Perils of Plastic
Xpeditions

This Xpeditions activity illustrates the human and environmental causes of the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" and features a classroom recycling activity.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Photographer's Project Organizer
Xpeditions

This "Six Degrees" handout provides students with a frame work to begin their own photographic project. Students can learn how to research and photograph a conservation effort in their local community. It guides the student through the steps of identifying and researching a local conservation effort, and identifying key individuals involved. The organizer can help students prepare equipment and give tips for taking good photographs.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Pieces of Proof
Illuminations

This lesson offers an intermediate step of putting together the statements and reasons to build a formal geometry proof. There is a leap to be made from understanding postulates and theorems in geometry to writing proofs using them. Students are given the parts of the proof and have to put them in a correct order, like a puzzle, rather than starting with a blank page to generate the statements and reasons themselves.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Platypus Genome
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about how scientists have sequenced the genetic code of one of nature's strangest animals. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Postwar Disillusionment and the Quest for Peace, 1921-1929
EDSITEment

In this lesson, students examine the rise of antiwar sentiment in the United States, as well as some of the concrete measures taken during the 1920s to prevent the outbreak of future wars.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Power Up!
Science NetLinks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students compare and contrast different energy sources and the trade-offs of using them. This lesson is built around an interactive called Power Up! in which students choose how to power a city. They have to choose between various energy sources, taking into account the trade-offs between cost and the environmental impact of each choice.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

Protecting Earth's Wildlife
Xpeditions

This Xpeditions activity examines how the rising demand for natural resources threatens wildlife and wild lands. They select one issue and develop a list of actions to reduce or reverse the problem.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Pueblo Pots
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

In this "OurStory" module entitled "Pueblo Pots", students will investigate the roles that pottery and water played in the lives of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. Students will learn about Native American culture by reading the book entitled "When Clay Sings" and discover the symbolism of two modern pots in a hands-on "Explore Pueblo Pots" activity. The module includes links to the activities and a list of other recommended readings about Native American culture. "OurStory" is a series of modules designed by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through the use of objects from the Museum's vast collections, quality children's literature, and engaging hands-on activities. Ideal for afterschool use, "OurStory" resources allow students to think critically, to be creative, and to achieve academic standards both in and out of the classroom.
Grade:  K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Pushing Atoms
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about scientists who have calculated the force it takes to move one atom. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Reporter's Project Organizer
Xpeditions

This "Six Degrees" handout provides students with a frame work to begin their own reporting project. It guides the student through the steps of identifying a local conservation effort, identifying key individuals involved, and arranging interviews. The organizer can help students research issues, prepare questions, and gather necessary materials prior to the interview.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Rummaging for Fiction: Using Found Photographs and Notes to Spark Story Ideas
ReadWriteThink

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students use found notes and found photographs as inspiration to help them identify subjects, settings, characters, and conflicts for pieces of creative writing. Students then write an original short story and peer review another student's work.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Searching for Oil
Science NetLinks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students explore how geoscientists use technology and computer modeling to find oil and natural gas. This lesson includes an esheet and a student sheet.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Seeing Sense in Photographs & Poems
EDSITEment

In this EDSITEment lesson students explore how poetry can be, in Plutarch's words, "a speaking picture," and a painting (or in this case a photograph) can be "a silent poetry." Several pieces of literature appropriate for use with this lesson are suggested.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Semicolons and Swift: Analyzing Punctuation and Meaning
ReadWriteThink

Encourage students to learn about punctuation and its influence on meaning. In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students identify and categorize different ways Jonathan Swift and those who have edited his text since its initial publication used semicolons in the essay, "A Modest Proposal." They compare these uses with rules for semicolon use as indicated in online guides, theorizing about uses that do not follow the rules. Following this analysis and theorizing, students use what they learn about punctuation and its influence on meaning to write insightfully about their findings, using semicolons as they do so.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Sensing Calories
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about how our brains may crave calories, not just the taste of sweetness. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

SETI at Home
Science NetLinks

n this Science Update from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, which is looking for more recruits to hunt for aliens with their home computers. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

Southpaw Minority
Science NetLinks

In this Science Update from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about why left-handed people are in the minority. Science Updates are audio interviews with scientists and are accompanied by a set of questions as well as links to related Science NetLinks lessons and other related resources.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Spelling in Parts: Learning to Spell, Write, and Read Polysyllabic Words
ReadWriteThink

In this lesson students will learn the Spelling in Parts Strategy by dividing a polysyllabic word into parts, thinking about the spelling patterns of each part, saying each part, and spelling each part. Students apply the SIP strategy during content area or literature vocabulary study.
Grade:  3 | 4 | 5

Supply and Demand
Illuminations

Students write and solve a number of systems of linear equations in the context economics as supply and demand. Students should be familiar with finding linear equations from two points or slope and y-intercept.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

The Civil War: A War of Resources
EconEdLink

In this EconEdLink lesson, students will learn the difference between capital resources, human capital, and natural resources. They will investigate and compare the resources held by the North and the South during the Civil War, classify them, and make a value judgment as to which were the most important in the war.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

The Culture of Puerto Rico: A Puerto Rican Carnival
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

In this "OurStory" module from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History entitled "A Puerto Rican Carnival", students will learn more about the carnival traditions of Puerto Rico. The module includes links to hands-on activities and a list of recommended readings. "OurStory" is a series of modules designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through the use of objects from the Museum's vast collections, quality children's literature, and engaging hands-on activities. Ideal for afterschool use, "OurStory" resources will allow students to think critically, to be creative, and to achieve academic standards both in and out of the classroom.
Grade:  K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

The Failure of Diplomacy, September-December 1941
EDSITEment

In this lesson, students consider whether there was any reasonable chance of preventing the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

The First Inaugural Address (1861)-Defending the American Union
EDSITEment

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine Lincoln's First Inaugural Address to understand why he thought his duty as president required him to treat secession as an act of rebellion and not a legitimate legal or constitutional action by disgruntled states. Click "View Details" and see the Relation field for a link to the unit overview.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

The Gettysburg Address (1863)-Defining the American Union
EDSITEment

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine the most famous speech in American history to understand how Lincoln turned a perfunctory eulogy at a cemetery dedication into a concise and profound meditation on the meaning of the Civil War and American union. Click "View Details" and see the Relation field for a link to the unit overview.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

The Great Debate: Internationalists vs. Isolationists
EDSITEment

In this lesson students are introduced to the main arguments used by both sides in this great debate between internationalists and isolationists. Through the use of an interactive map and primary source documents they trace the events of 1941, and think critically about what foreign policy would have best served national interests.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

The Growth of U.S.-Japanese Hostility, 1915-1932
EDSITEment

In this lesson, students explore the rise of animosity between the United States and Japan beginning with Japan's "Twenty-One Demands" on China during World War I, and continuing through the Manchurian Incident of 1931.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

The Illusion of Race
Science NetLinks

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students learn about the ways that we have classified and defined groups, and to help students understand basic genetic traits that we have inherited from our common ancestors. This lesson includes an E-sheet, a student sheet, and two teacher sheets.
Grade:  6 | 7 | 8

The Second Inaugural Address (1865)-Restoring the American Union
EDSITEment

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address to determine how he sought to reunite a divided country through a providential interpretation of the Civil War. Click "View Details" and see the Relation field for a link to the unit overview.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

The Social Security Act
EDSITEment

In this EDSITEment lesson students examine the 1935 Social Security Act, and the debates surrounding it, in order to evaluate the reasons for this act and the related agency.
Grade:  9 | 10 | 11 | 12

The Solution Square: Strategies for Conflict Resolution
ReadWriteThink

This lesson uses literature as a springboard for learning