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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…
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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…
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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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Lesson Plan March 13 2013

How much is a gigabyte of music? - Lesson Plan
Author Mary Klein is a mathematics teacher in Urbana, Illinois Time One class period …
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Lesson Plan March 01 2013

What is sequestration? - Lesson Plan
Subject(s): Economics, U.S. Estimated Time: One 45-minute class period Gr…
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Lesson Plan February 25 2013

What can you do for your country? - Lesson Plan
Subject(s) Social Studies, Government, History Estimated Time Three class period…
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Lesson Plan February 22 2013

Faster than the speed of light? - lesson plan
OverviewRemind students of the significance of the Laws of Motion and the scientific principle that…
podcasting
Lesson Plan February 20 2013

Podcasting: Sharing your ideas About featured topics - Lesson Plan
By Lisa Prososki Subject(s) Social Studies, Communication Arts, Technology, Science, J…
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Lesson Plan February 20 2013

Reel politics: How Hollywood exercises its freedom of speech - Lesson Plan
By Rachel Klein Subjects Civics, Fine Arts, Visual Arts Estimated Time A…
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