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Grades:
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The purpose of this lesson is for students to continue to explore the Native-American traditional beliefs of Mother Earth through contemporary Native American writers and to express this concept through Haiku and visual art.
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Unit: Earth Connections
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Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of this lesson is for students to explore the concept of the planet earth and our connection to it in the Native American traditional beliefs of “Mother Earth.”
Unit: Farm to Table and Food Security
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson students collaborate within their groups to bring their project and solution to fruition. This solution will be revised and practiced several times before it is presented and implemented.
Unit: Kwanzaa: Unity Within Community
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K
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Students are introduced to the origin and purpose of Kwanzaa and make a kinara, or candle holder, to use for the rest of the unit as they learn about the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
Unit: Pilgrim's Progress
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Grades:
K
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This lesson gives the students background information on the voyage of the Mayflower to America. Students role-play the relationship between the Pilgrims and the sailors.
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Grades:
K
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2
Students explore the definition of community as a group coming together for the common good. Students work cooperatively to form rules and compare their rules to the compact made by the Pilgrims before they left the boat.
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Grades:
K
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2
The purpose of this lesson is to give the children background information on the early pilgrims and the reasons for their migration from England. It will also introduce them to the idea that in leaving their home, the Pilgrims met people of different cultures.
Unit: Sharing Our World
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Grades:
3
4
5
Using technology, students will work in a cooperative team to explore the effects of industrialization on wildlife.
Unit: Social Justice: Here! There! Now! Then!
Grades:
9
10
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12
This lesson will explore the events and circumstances (the Jim Crow Laws) that led up to the Civil Rights Movement. The lesson is designed to provide the learners with an historical understanding of circumstances of African - Americans prior to the Civil Rights movement as well as...
Unit: Mile In My Moccasins (A) (7th Grade)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will recognize the value of giving to the community by looking at examples of the sacrifices and traditions of people of Native American culture.