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George Washington: Was he a responsible family man as well as a great leader? As a team effort, students will write a letter of recommendation to the editor of a local newspaper supporting the idea that George Washington was a good father and a great leader of our country. Essential Questions: What are primary sources? How could George Washington be a good father if he had no children of his own? Was George Washington a great leader? Why did he deserve to have a place on Mt. Rushmore? 3, 4, 5
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Dr. Seuss and Read Across America The essential question, What important facts about Dr. Seuss influenced the Read Across America movement in America? This lesson is designed to teach students to analyze the life and works of Dr. Seuss and to infer why he was important to the Read Across America movement. Students will use note taking skills to write their paragraph from reliable, teacher selected sources. 5, 6
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Endangered Animals Trading Cards This lesson is designed to help students understand that they can apply their knowledge about endangered animals to helping make a difference in a real-world context by spreading awareness and raising money for a cause. 1, 2
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Food Webs As a connection to a unit on ecology, fourth grade students are given the opportunity to create multimedia projects in which they use digital images and text to illustrate food webs. The essential question is: How do food webs work? 4
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Human Interactions with Living Systems Seventh-grade students will work in small groups to create a three-minute video in which they will share their research on how humans impact living systems . Each project must include images, video, text, and sound. It must also clearly describe the issue, including the cause and consequence of human interaction with the living system, work that has been done to combat the negative aspects of the issue, and a proposal for a sustainable solution. 7
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Nutritional Value of Snack Foods Fifth grade students investigate the nutritional value of foods, specifically determining which snack foods are healthiest,and prepare a brochure based on their research for the school health fair. 5
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My Personal Wellness Students answer the essential question(s): What do I need to know and do to live a balanced and healthy life? What do I need to know and do to become a life-long learner? They design advanced research strategies to access, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information from appropriate sources to construct understanding and to become health-literate. They research a wellness concern and create an evaluative annotated bibliography to demonstrate creativity and productivity. 9
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Thematic Analysis Research Paper - English 11: Part 1- Thesis Statement In preparation for writing a thematic analysis paper, students complete exploratory reading about their author using general reference books. The essential questions are: Which themes common in your author’s life and works do you find applicable to your work? How can you apply your new knowledge to create a thesis statement for your research paper? Once students have constructed a thesis statement, they will be guided to critical literature and begin the research process. 11
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