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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs All Well in Welfare? Exploring Solutions for Welfare Reform
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, American DemocracyIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore current welfare reform issues. They then create plans...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReign of Terror? Learning About Acts of Terrorism Around the World in Modern History
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, World History, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research acts of terrorism around the world over the past thi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStrike Up the Band: Exploring the Role of Organized Labor in the Entertainment Industry
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts & Performing Arts and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students first examine the value of live music by writing about person...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen Human Rights Are Wronged: Designing a "Bill of Human Rights" in the Social Studies Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, World History and 3 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the concept of human rights by examining the arre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSpeak Out!: Examining the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the United States Through Editorial Writing
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Reading Comprehension and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider their opinions on various topics and issues related ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWeighing the War: Debating For and Against the War in Iraq
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, World History and 3 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students examine President Bush's September 2004 address at the Un...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistory of the Vote
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from EdGate, is a timeline of the Constitution from its adoption in 1787 through the ratification of the 26th Ame...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Experience: Monkey Trial
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Christianity, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts and 5 additional..This ReadWriteThink-reviewed Web site, developed by PBS, features detailed information about the Scopes Trial, or Monkey Trial...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMeet the New Americans
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, American Democracy, United States History and 2 additional..This page, from the EDSITEment-reviewed PBS Web site, provides access to features on five new types of immigrants to the United ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMexican Laborer
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, World History, Geography, American DemocracyThis page, from the EDSITEment-reviewed PBS Web site, features a Mexican laborer whose family lives in Mexico while he works as ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLearn More About the New Americans
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, World History, Geography, American DemocracyThis page, from the EDSITEment-reviewed PBS Web site, provides links to resources on American immigration, with particular focus...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStop the Flow!: Creative Solutions for Stemming the Tide of Illegal Immigration from Mexico to the U.S.
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students brainstorm creative and imaginative solutions to economic and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDuking It Out: Exploring Duke Ellington and Jazz Along with Other Composers and Musical Styles
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Reading Comprehension and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students read and discuss "Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Mixing Treas...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTactics in the Persian Gulf: From Diplomacy to Force -- Interpreting Past and Current Events in Iraq
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Reading Comprehension, Career & Technical Ed and 4 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students trace the United States' involvement in Iraq from 1991 th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBataan Rescue
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, American Democracy, GeographyThis PBS Teacher s Guide accompanies their Bataan Rescue film and Web site. The film and Web site offer insights into American...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDaughter from Danang: Economics
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, GeographyThis PBS Teacher s Guide accompanies their Daughter from Danang film and Web site. The film and Web site offer insights into A...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentCoolies, Sailors and Settlers: Voyage to the New World
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this PBS lesson, students familiarize themselves with larger social, political, and economic issues that influenced the first...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Great Depression: What Would It Be Like Today?
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this PBS lesson, students calculate the percentage decline in factors affecting the quality of life such as wages and unemplo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStriking a Deal: Learning the History of American Labor Strikes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the economic repercussions of a potential Major L...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Arms Race to Arms Sales
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, World HistoryIn this PBS lesson, students examine geographic, economic, and political factors that influence the illegal running of guns an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0