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Unit |
Description |
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Adapt
6th Grade
Students understand how environmental factors shape the
cultures of past societies and use problem solving and
analytical skills to defend their choice of habitat. |
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Bones and Stones
6th Grade
Students participate in a simulation of what life was like
for early humans in the Stone Age. |
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Disease Survivor Game
6th Grade
Students become aware of communicable diseases that affect
them and people worldwide by examining symptoms, methods of
transmission, treatments, and historical perspectives of
each disease. |
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Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles
6th Grade
Students learn about the scientific phenomena associated
with bubbles by experimenting with various objects to
determine which objects can be used
to make bubbles. |
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China 6th Grade
Students learn about and participate in the “ways” of
ancient Chinese history and culture. |
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Contemporary Affairs
6th - 8th Grade
Students develop an enhanced understanding of contemporary
affairs by incorporating critical thinking skills and
analysis. |
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Murder in Athens 6th Grade
Murder in Athens is a teacher created unit in which students
re-create an actual murder trial from ancient Greece, and
then use modern day forensics to examine the “evidence”
surrounding the crime. |
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Greek Mythology 6th Grade
This is a teacher created unit written with the intention of
providing students with a solid background and understanding
of Greek Mythology. Students will learn the story of the
creation of the earth and mankind, according to Greek
Mythology, and illustrate scenes from the story. They will
examine and interpret the Greek Mythological Family Tree.
Students will read and act-out published plays of numerous
Greek Myths, and evaluate and record the myth’s meaning.
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Solutions 6th Grade
The
objective of the unit is to allow students to explore some
of the characteristics and properties of common mixtures and
solutions. In the process they will become acquainted with
a scientific understanding of some of the everyday language
associated with solutions. |
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Caravans 7th
Grade
Through role-playing simulations students improve their
knowledge of world geography while they travel around the
world on a treasure quest as a member of a caravan. |
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If Shipwrecks Could Talk
7th Grade
Students learn the methods and tools ancient mariners used
to navigate and some of the most common causes of
shipwreck. They discover how archaeologists work in the
marine environment to discover, map, and interpret historic
shipwrecks. |
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Debate And Genetics
7th Grade
Students learn the elements of a well-constructed argument,
and then apply that skill to a critical evaluation of the
ethical application of genetic research. |
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Renaissance Man
7th Grade
Students
explore
some of the exceptional art, artists, and scientists of the
Age of the Renaissance. |
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Our Neighbors: Canada & Mexico 7th Grade
Many people in the United States are not familiar with the
geography or culture of our neighbors to the north and
south, Canada and Mexico. Students will focus on Canada by:
completing a Canadian map exercise, doing an activity to
discover what they really know about Canada, completing a
video guide while viewing a video on Canadian geography and
culture, researching a Canadian province, creating a travel
brochure on the province, and sharing their brochure with
the class. Next, the students will focus on Mexico by:
completing a Mexican map exercise, doing an activity to
discover misconceptions about Mexico, viewing and discussing
videos on Mexican geography and culture, and playing the
Mexican Cities Flag Race, which involves “visiting” Mexican
cities to discover the variety of geography, climate, and
culture in the country of Mexico. |
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Money 7th Grade
Money is a teacher created unit designed to allow students
to explore the history, production, and design of the coins
and currency they use everyday. |
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Music 7th Grade
This teacher created unit is
designed to help students become familiar with music in the
world’s cultures, and the instruments that make music
unique. Students will make musical instruments imitating
those studied, and play simple songs together as a “band”. |
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House Design
8th Grade
Working as members of an architectural firm, students apply
their math skills, cooperation skills, and creativity to
design a new house within a budget. |
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Dinosaurs 8th
Grade
Students make observations and do simulations based on the
fossil evidence paleontologists have gathered about
dinosaurs, use the information to examine theories about
dinosaurs, and formulate with their own inferences and
ideas. |
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Debate at Seneca Falls
8th Grade
Students investigate the reasons women held the first
women’s rights convention, recognize how long it took to
actually achieve many of these rights, and give their
viewpoint as to whether these rights have been fully
realized. |
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Federal Lands Road Trip Race
8th Grade
As part of a tour
group, students become familiar with the variety of federal
lands in the United States by following an itinerary
visiting and completing a challenge on fifteen federally
regulated sites. Students contemplate dispersal versus
preservation of federal lands, striving to answer the
question, “How can the common legacy be best managed for the
greatest good to the greatest number over the longest time?" |
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Aerodynamics 8th Grade
Aerodynamics is a unit created
by teachers to expose students to the history of flight, the
dynamics of flight, and to allow students to experiment in
building paper airplanes and participate in an Air Fair. |
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Mountain Man & Trapping Issues 8th Grade
Mountain Men Rendezvous is a unit from Interaction
Publishers in which students gain a basic understanding of
the role of the mountain man and re-enact the running of the
gauntlet and the telling of yarns. Information on the
unusual exploits during the lives of individual mountain men
and an investigation on the ethics of trapping in our
society has been added to the unit. |
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Spanish American War 8th Grade
Rough Rider Interviews is a unit from Interaction Publishers
in which students gain a basic understanding of the causes
and effects of the Spanish American War, participate in
interviews to become a Rough Rider, and discover what it
means to be a “yellow journalist”. |
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Cattle Drive 8th Grade
Cattle Drive is a unit from Interaction Publishers in which
students gain insight into the life of the mythic cowboy and
re-enact a cattle drive. Information on Mexican Vaqueros,
African American cowboys, cattle brands, original historical
cowboy photographs, and primary documents describing cattle
drives through Champaign County has been added to enhance
the unit. |
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Native Americans and the U.S. Government
8th Grade
What are some of the major conflicts of the past that
occurred between the United States Government and Native
Americans? How have these conflicts affected the lives of
Native Americans? What is the relationship of Native
American tribes and the United States Government today?
Students will investigate the answers to these questions
through research of primary and secondary documents. They
will create presentations to share the information they have
discovered with the class. In addition, students will give
their viewpoint on the moral dilemmas presented by issues
surrounding Native Americans today. |
