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31. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters
    Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.
32. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Building Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry
    Students research the effects of the Vietnam war on a specific group of people who were involved. They then create Internet scavenger hunts to share with the class.
33. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Captioning the Civil Rights Movement: Reading the Images, Writing the Words
    Teachers guide students to carefully view images from the Civil Rights Movement and write captions that accurately describe the images and/or their probable purposes.
34. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Chasing the Dream: Researching the Meaning of the American Dream
    By conducting interviews, sharing and assessing data, and writing papers based on their authentic research, students reach their own conclusions on the meaning of the American Dream.
35. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Comparing Electronic and Print Texts About the Civil War Soldier
    Which side will win as students investigate both sides of the battle of using print versus online text for research as they learn about the lives of Civil War soldiers?
    
36. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Comparing Portrayals of Slavery in Nineteenth-Century Photography and Literature
    In this lesson, students analyze similarities and differences among depictions of slavery in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Frederick Douglass' Narrative, and nineteenth century photographs of slaves. Students formulate their analysis of the role of art and fiction, as they attempt to reliably reflect social ills, in a final essay.
37. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Connecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project
    In this unit, students become active archivists, gathering photos, artifacts, and stories for a museum exhibit that highlights one decade in their school's history.
38. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Copyright Infringement or Not? The Debate over Downloading Music
    This lesson takes advantage of students' interest in music and audio sharing. Students investigate multiple perspectives in the music downloading debate and develop a persuasive argument for a classroom debate.
39. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Copyright Law: From Digital Reprints to Downloads
    Students investigate how and why copyright law has changed over time, and apply this information to recent copyright issues, creating persuasive arguments based on the perspective of a particular group.
40. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Creating Better Presentation Slides through Glance Media and Billboard Design
    This lesson introduces the concept of "glance media" through an analysis of billboards. Students apply design concepts by creating a slide presentation to accompany an existing historical speech.

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