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CICADA
Lesson Plan June 17 2013

Periodical cicadas are back! - Lesson Plan
By Jennifer Cutraro and Katherine Schulten. Cross posted from New York Times, The Learning Ne…
university
Lesson Plan June 14 2013

Are colleges affordable? - Lesson Plan
By Mary F. Klein a mathematics teacher from Urbana, Illinois Subject(s) Second-year a…
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Lesson Plan June 13 2013

Lesson plan: middle east and North Africa geography
OverviewThis lesson plan gives students an overview of the region’s geographical past, while exposi…
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Lesson Plan May 16 2013

Is the world's climate changing? - Lesson Plan
Subjects Secondary science, Geography, Climate change Estimated Time …
syriarebels
Lesson Plan April 30 2013

Syria's Role in the Middle East
By Greg Timmons Subjects Government, Social Studies, International Studies, Geography…
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Lesson Plan April 24 2013

What are your thoughts on the 2013 immigration reform Proposal?
OverviewFor several years, Congress has been struggling with the issue of immigration. After the 20…
boston2
Lesson Plan April 19 2013

How do we define terrorism? - Lesson Plan
This lesson is adapted from Responding to Terrorism: Challenges for Democracy used with …
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Lesson Plan April 16 2013

Understanding your water: From source to tap and back - Lesson Plan
OverviewRoughly 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered in water. Even though water seems to b…
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Lesson Plan April 15 2013

Lesson plan: Mental health and disasters — how your body reacts during and after a tragedy
OverviewPsychologist Abraham Maslow is famous for describing a hierarchy of needs, that can be illu…
greenroof
Lesson Plan April 13 2013

Green roofs + greener streets = a cooler city - lesson plan
OverviewChicago is a city that is now creatively keeping cool in the face of global climate change …
GZA
Lesson Plan April 11 2013

Lesson plan: Science genius — creating a rhyme
The original lesson was published in 2013.Subject(s)Music, Science, Arts & Culture, TechnologyT…
Iraq War
Lesson Plan April 11 2013

Lesson plan: the Iraq War, 10 years later
OverviewMarch 20, 2013, marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, but was also the …
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