Lesson Plans - Social Studies

Grade	Title
K	Taking Care of Business
K-1	"My Family's Journey"
1	David’s Big Problem
3	Charter Oak Tree Introductory Activity
3	Mapping Your State
3	A Bad Case of Bullying - Using Literature Response Groups
4	“Children at Sea?”
5	Shay's Rebellion
5	American Revolution: Are All Men Created Equal?
5	Benjamin Franklin: Inventor, Printer, Writer

Grade	Title
7	Current Events in Africa
8	A Letter to Harriet Tubman
8	If Men Were Angels - Teaching the Constitution with the Federalist
8	“In Response to Executive Order 9066 – All Americans of Japanese Descent Must Report to Relocation Center”
8	Writing an Objective Summary (Abby Sparrow)
8	Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave, Written by Himself
8	The Preamble to the Constitution - A Close Reading Lesson
8-12	A History of Discrimination and Its Consequences

Grade	Title
8-12	A History of Discrimination and Its Consequences
9	Communicating on Local Issues - Exploring Audience in Persuasive Letter Writing
9-12	The Little Rock Nine and the Children’s Movement
9-12	How Has Technology Changed the Way Candidates Run for President?
9-12	Civil Conversation – The Syrian Refugee Crisis and U.S. Policy
9-12	A Fire Waiting to be Lit–The Bosnian Crisis of 1908
9-12	A Fire Waiting to be Lit–Did the Serbian Government Meet the Austrian Demands?
9-12	A Fire Waiting to be Lit–Which Country was to Blame for World War I?
9-12	The Art and Accessibility of Music
9-12	For the Sake of Argument - Writing Persuasively to Craft Short, Evidence-Based Editorials
11-12	Edward Snowden, The NSA, and Mass Surveillance
11-12	Supreme Court Case: Korematsu v. U.S.
11-12	Teaching About Children’s Rights Through the Work of Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi
11-12	Learning from Disaster—Exploring the Ebola Epidemic
11-12	I Am an American Day by Learned Hand

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