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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrisoner in One's Own Home: An Examination of the Internment of Japanese-Americans During World War II
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the causes and effects of the internment of 120,000 J...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Worker's Compensation: Exploring the History of Labor Day
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the history of Labor Day while learning how to cite W...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRevisiting 'Separate but Equal': Examining School Segregation 45 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, United States HistoryIn this two-day lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the struggle for desegregation during the Civ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHuddled Masses Still Yearning to Breathe Free: Examining the Modern "Immigrant Experience"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Geography, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning network, students examine the experience of modern-day immigrants. A "New York ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"I" Witness to History: Writing First-person Accounts of Historical Events
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students read a first-hand account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Har...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Race to Learn: Exploring the Historical Role of Race in Education
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, American DemocracyIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the history of education and race in the United S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen Worlds Collide: Exploring the Impact of Immigrant Minorities on American Society
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, World History, Visual Arts, GeographyIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the intersection between immigration and America's vi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStop Signs: Exploring How Different Parties Might Promote an End to the Violence in the Middle East
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, World History, Psychology and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research the positions of different interested parties regard...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs All Well in Welfare? Exploring Solutions for Welfare Reform
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, 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: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, 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 & Performing Arts, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, American Democracy 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: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, World History, American Democracy 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: Reading Comprehension, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, English-Language Arts, American Democracy 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: Oral Presentations, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, 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: Life Sciences, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Science, Theatre 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: World History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, Geography 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, World History, Geography, United States History, 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, World History, Geography, United States History, 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: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Economics, History-Social Science 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