Social Studies

Student will discuss the difference between essential facts, secondary facts, and emotive statements.

Students will make connections between history 600 years ago and present problems confronting South American Countries such as Brazil and Peru.

This lesson will help students apply knowledge of language to understand how it functions in different cultures and contexts.

Students will learn about the importance of water safety and collect class data on swimming involvement.

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Various standards-aligned lessons to support student learning around the importance of language diversity.

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Standards-aligned lessons to support student learning around overfishing and ocean health.

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Students outline a typical lunchroom at their school - drawings preferably - and predict what a lunchroom in another country might look like.

This lesson supports student explorations into the ethics of using drones in civilian life and warfare.

Students will analyze whether technology can increase citizens’ abilities to fight corruption when speaking out can result in jail time or death.

Students will analyze how important school lunches have become in India.

Students will analyze both sides of the mistrust between Iran and the US and will create their own informed opinions of the nuclear negotiations.

Students will expand their understanding of Islam by comparing press coverage to what Muslims in the Middle East are doing to try to prevent the world from misunderstanding what most Muslims believe.