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Coral Reef Geography: learning how to read and map and use a compass on a map. One-page map of California

STANDARD: National Standards for History (The National Center for History in the Schools) Era 10, Standard 1: Contemporary United States (1968 to the Present). Understands recent developments in foreign and domestic politics. Standard 1B: The student understands major foreign policy initiatives. This lesson accompanies the article for student reading on the next page. LEARNING OBJECTIVES In this article, students will learn ...

How can a new justice affect the Supreme Court? When the Supreme Court begins its fall session on October 5th, its newest member, Sonia Sotomayor, will be present as the Court’s first-ever Hispanic justice. In a happy coincidence, she will join her fellow justices during the heart of Hispanic Heritage Month, a month set aside each year between September 15th and ...

Find the accompanying article here. National Standards for Civics and Government (Center for Civic Education) Standard 3: Principles of Democracy. How Does the Government Established by the Constitution Embody the Purposes, Values, and Principles of American Democracy? What is the place of law in the American constitutional system? LEARNING OBJECTIVES In this article, students will learn about: • The significance of ...

TheApple created the US State Capitol IQ quiz to test how much you know about the current debate about capital cities of the United States. Here's the answers! h4. Don't cheat! If you haven't taken the US State Capitol IQ quiz yet, go take it first! See answers on the next page... [page] 1) Wyoming: Laramie Cheyenne - Correct answer Boise ...

TheApple created the World Capital IQ quiz to test how much you know about the current debate about capital cities all around the world. Here's the answers! h4. Don't cheat! If you haven't taken the World Capital IQ quiz yet, go take it first! See answers on the next page... [page] 1) Australia: Canberra - Correct answer Sydney Darwin Melbourne 2) ...

Can you name all the U.S. States? Type a state name into the box below. If you correctly name a state, it will show up on the map below. You've only got 8 minutes after you click the start button. Go!

Here is an activity I did with my high school U.S. History students to help them understand the multi-dimensional nature of the Civil War Conflict.  Students were divided into groups and given specific 'causes' to argue.  For example, one group had to try to convince the rest of the class that the Civil War was caused by geographical/cultural differences between the ...

Need a quick fun Friday or day before a vacation activity? Try one of these role-playing plays I designed to make my students laugh, learn and interact with one another. Based on the Mark Goodson Production To Tell The Truth Game Show, kids learn about famous people with these fun and informative plays! Kids don't realize that famous people were once ...

Learn about the world and solve the secret message,too! GEOGRAPHIC SECRET MESSAGE 1 Find the answer to the following geographic puzzlers. Then, place the first letter of the word in the proper space below to solve the geographic message. A. The world's largest desert is 3.5 million sq. miles in size and is found in Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia , Algeria ...

US Landmarks Let’s go around the country and visit some of our famous Landmarks.... 1.  The world's tallest trees are found inRedwood National Park in Humboldt County. The tallest tree rises to 379.1 ft.  What is the tree’s name AND compare its height to the Statue of Liberty. Find the answers at this site: http://redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=3154   2. The Liberty Bell, ...

In this lesson, students investigate the ways science fiction comments on current events and culture by considering the contexts of the new "Star Trek" film and interpreting an episode from the original television series.  

Objective: Students learn about the origins of last names in Medieval times. Directions: Introduce to students "The Story of Last Names." A long time ago, four men named Thomas lived in a little town. That was the only name any of them had. In those days, only kings and nobles had last names; most men and women had only first names.Because ...

This study guide is designed to enhance students’ mastery of key content and skills in social studies through examination of recent statistical data about the United States collected from congressional districts, states, and regions of the United States. It is intended to be used in conjunction with The Measure of America: American Human Development Report 2008-2009 by Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, ...

  American Holidays           What do we celebrate on Thanksgiving Day? We celebrate our thanks.   What do we celebrate in Independence Day? We celebrate our separation from England.   Who are we honoring on Presidents’ Day? We honor Washington and Lincoln.    Who are we honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day? We honor MLK Jr.   ...

Using the process of elimination and critical thinking skills, students determine the correct answer to questions about geography and world culture and then demonstrate their understanding of the process of elimination strategy by creating their own WorldTeaser Challenge questions. Objectives Students will: • Understand the meaning of process of elimination • Learn how the process of elimination can help in answering ...

 And some more from the same site:   http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/maps/8x11_nameless.pdf   http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/maps/smallmap.pdf    

Civics Quiz

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Your high school students create change on the issues they care most about!Open Caucus (OC) is a community-based and online civic activity for high school classes. It's a series (3 lesson periods or more) of creative social studies activities that teachers can incorporate into their high school lesson plans for 10th - 12th Grades. OC’s activities bring current news topics and ...