Big Ballin’ – 7802
Summary In this lesson, students listen to a rap song entitled “Big Ballin,” which discusses the “Captains of Industry” and the success of big business …
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Latitude, Longitude, and Geocaching – 7800
Summary Many 6th grade students have learned latitude and longitude to some extent in elementary school and are able to plot coordinates on a world …
World War II Events Timeline
Summary In this lesson, each student puts himself/herself into the shoes of a museum curator. The teacher assigns each student a primary or secondary source …
Four Documents That Rocked Our Nation – 5680
Summary Students were given these directions: “ You are making a presentation on the following documents: The Charters of the Virginia Company of London, The …
Questions about Islam
Summary This lesson focuses on the creation of effective research questions and the role that the religion of Islam plays in current world events. Throughout …
Freedom Project
Summary This lesson was written for a smaller classroom of students, so the focus was not necessarily on group work. Students independently read an article …
It’s Showtime! Fireside Chatting with FDR and Obama
Summary During this lesson, students will review communicat Nions from two famous Presidents. They will then work in pairs to develop their own speech. One …
Traits of a Good Citizen
Summary The object of the lesson is for students to recognize and demonstrate the character traits of a good citizen. After a discussion of what …
Road To Revolution
Summary The students are instructed that they are reporters and have to report on one of eight key events that led the country into and …