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Alexander Hamilton: Most Likely to Succeed?

Alexander Hamilton: Most Likely to Succeed?

Explore the conditions and circumstances of Alexander Hamilton’s youth and the strengths he carried with him into his adult life.

5-8

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Art in the Muslim World

Art in the Muslim World

Through the materials presented in this lesson, students will explore basic elements of Islamic art, learn about the origin and styles of the specific art of Islamic calligraphy and create their own piece of artistic calligraphy.

5-12

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Russian/Chechen relations are the focus of this lesson on nationalism, separatism, and terrorism. (Chechnya)

9-12

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The Business of Credit

The Business of Credit

Students apply the basics of credit to managing a small business.

7-12

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The Business of Interest

The Business of Interest

In this lesson, students learn about loans, interest on and repayment of loans through a model small business interactive.

7-12

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Campaigns for Economic Freedom

Campaigns for Economic Freedom

This lesson plan explores the economic impact of racial discrimination and campaigns for jobs and justice.

9-12

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The Changing Face of War

The Changing Face of War

In this lesson students watch and discuss videos from the PBS series Women, War & Peace to explore what warfare in the “new world order” means for the millions of people—especially women—affected by today’s intense but often obscure conflicts.

9-12

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The Colonization of the United States

The Colonization of the United States

Using video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots, this lesson explores Spanish colonialism in the Southwest; the lesson also expands the discussion to include other countries that colonized in North America.

9-12

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Discovering Alexander Hamilton

Discovering Alexander Hamilton

In this lesson inspired by the PBS program Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton students learn about Hamilton's contributions to the United States when it was a young nation.

4-6

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Domestic Terror: Understanding Lynching During the Jim Crow Era

Domestic Terror: Understanding Lynching During the Jim Crow Era

This lesson exposes the crime of lynching and explores the many political, legal and social attempts made by individuals and organizations to seek justice.

9-12

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Dying to be a Martyr

Dying to be a Martyr

This lesson investigates conflict in the Middle East using interviews with young would-be suicide bombers. (Israel, Palestine)

9-12

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes

Students explore the causes of earthquakes, including the role of tectonic plates, and consider the efforts scientists are making to better understand and predict these sometimes deadly events.

6-12

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The Economics of Jim Crow

The Economics of Jim Crow

In this lesson, students learn how the laws and practices of Jim Crow crippled many African Americans and lead to economic destabilization.

9-12

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Extreme Global Makeover

Extreme Global Makeover

This lesson explores the pros and cons of life in a modernized and global age. (China, India)

9-12

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Faith in Change: John Lewis

Faith in Change: John Lewis

This lesson uses video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots to explore the American civil rights movement of the 1960s through the personal experience of one of its most prominent leaders—Congressman John Lewis.

9-12

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Fighting Jim Crow in the Schools

Fighting Jim Crow in the Schools

In this lesson students map the events in the fight for education for African Americans from the Jim Crow era to the Civil Rights movement.

9-12

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Filling Empty Pockets

Filling Empty Pockets

Students explore the basic concepts of borrowing and credit with an emphasis on credit cards.

9-12

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Finance and Responsible Lending

Finance and Responsible Lending

In this lesson students learn the role of banks and the criteria they use to determine when to lend money.

9-12

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The Five Pillars of Islam

The Five Pillars of Islam

In this lesson, students explore and understand the basic beliefs of Islam as well as the Five Pillars that guide Muslims in their daily life: belief, worship, fasting, almsgiving, and pilgrimage.

5-12

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Free, but not Free: Life of Free Blacks before the Civil War

Free, but not Free: Life of Free Blacks before the Civil War

This hands-on, media-enhanced lesson explores the life of free blacks in the United States prior to the Civil War using video segments from Finding Your Roots.

9-11

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Girls Speak Out

Girls Speak Out

This lesson follows girls in several developing countries to evaluate their access to education, a basic human right. (India, Benin)

9-12

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The Hajj: Journey to Mecca

The Hajj: Journey to Mecca

In this lesson, students learn about the activities involved during the Hajj, the pilgrimage that makes up one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and their historic and spiritual importance to Muslims.

5-12

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Hamilton's Bank

Hamilton's Bank

In this lesson inspired by the PBS program Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton students explore the political and philosophical differences between Alexander Hamilton's Federalists and Thomas Jefferson's Republicans.

9-12

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An Honorable Death?

An Honorable Death?

This lesson plan for high school students explores the dispute of honor between Alexander Hamilton and then-Vice president Aaron Burr.

9-12

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I'll Take Mannahatta

I'll Take Mannahatta

In this lesson students learn about the original ecology of Manhattan and about the Lenape, the native people who inhabited the island for thousands of years before the arrival of the Dutch in 1609.

3-5

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I'm Watching you 24/7

I'm Watching you 24/7

This lesson elaborates the characteristics of totalitarianism, using contemporary North Korea as a focal point. (North Korea)

9-12

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Invest in Yourself

Invest in Yourself

Learn the basics of personal financial management including how to manage various income and savings scenarios.

7-12

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Islam in America

Islam in America

In this lesson, students explore some of the religious and cultural variations and diversity within Islam, as well as the relation of Muslims to members of other religious groups.

5-12

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The Jim Crow Years: People Who Made a Difference

The Jim Crow Years: People Who Made a Difference

In this lesson, students identify individuals who distinguished themselves and made contributions to their communities during the Jim Crow era.

9-12

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The Law and Politics of Jim Crow

The Law and Politics of Jim Crow

This lesson examines the changing legal status of African Americans after slavery, the political violence that accompanied that change, and the legal challenges to Jim Crow.

9-12

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Living with Jim Crow

Living with Jim Crow

This lesson examines how the history of Jim Crow can be understood through the stories of individuals while still recounting a larger historical narrative.

9-12

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No Trepassing!

No Trepassing!

In this lesson inspired by the PBS program Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton students learn about the issues that created tensions between Loyalists and Patriots in the years immediately following the American Revolution.

6-8

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One Nation: Two Futures?

One Nation: Two Futures?

Showcasing the differing viewpoints of "haves" and "have-nots," this lesson covers economic and political shifts in China. (China)

9-12

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On the Road Again

On the Road Again

What factors spur migration? Contemporary examples frame a discussion of migrations past and present. (China, Botswana, Zimbabwe)

9-12

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Painting a Picture of the Life and Times of Alexander Hamilton

Painting a Picture of the Life and Times of Alexander Hamilton

Using video segments from Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton, students learn about the life and times of Alexander Hamilton and how paintings can convey information about people and historical events.

3-5

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Peaceful Protests

Peaceful Protests

This lesson uses video from Women, War & Peace: “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” to help students learn about nonviolent resistance movements that have taken place around the world and to explore how women’s nonviolent protests helped bring about the end of a bloody civil war in Liberia in 2003.

9-12

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Populations at Risk: The Problems Facing Internally Displaced Persons Worldwide

Populations at Risk: The Problems Facing Internally Displaced Persons Worldwide

In this lesson, students use video segments from the PBS series Women, War & Peace, as well as information from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the United Nations to learn more about internally displaced populations existing in nations and territories today.

9-12

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The Quest for Religious Freedom

The Quest for Religious Freedom

In this lesson, video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots are used to explore how religion has played a part in attracting immigrants to the U.S. and the role it plays in the lives of modern American families.

10-12

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The Quest for Success: The Alexander Hamilton Story

The Quest for Success: The Alexander Hamilton Story

In this lesson students watch video segments from Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton and learn about how Alexander Hamilton overcame a difficult childhood to become a successful lawyer, a military hero and an advisor to George Washington.

3-5

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Qur'an: Sacred Scripture of Islam

Qur'an: Sacred Scripture of Islam

The Qur'an is believed by Muslims to be God's final revelation to humankind. In this lesson, students learn about the Qur'an and its rich history of promoting learning and providing Muslims with guidance in their lives.

5-12

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Ramadan Observance

Ramadan Observance

In this lesson, students investigate the traditions and spiritual aspects of Ramadan (one of the Five Pillars of Islam), such as the observance of the Fast.

5-12

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Read All About It!: The African American Press in the Jim Crow Years

Read All About It!: The African American Press in the Jim Crow Years

In this lesson, students explore the organizational structure of newspapers and learn about the significance of the African American Press during the Jim Crow era.

Pre-K-12

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The Real Cost of College

The Real Cost of College

This lesson teaches the basics of budgeting, including understanding how revenue and expenses interact.

7-12

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Realities of Life in the Jim Crow Era

Realities of Life in the Jim Crow Era

This hands-on, media-enhanced lesson explores life in the Jim Crow South using video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots.

8-11

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Re-Examining <i>Brown</i>

Re-Examining Brown

This lesson explores the historical complexity of the struggle to desegregate schools, the geographic scope of racism, conditions that prompted activism and litigation, and how laws have changed over time.

9-12

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Religion and the First Amendment

Religion and the First Amendment

In this lesson, students learn about the First Amendment and its protection of religious freedom as well as various Muslim practices and rituals. They prepare and present an arts-based project about freedom of religion.

5-12

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Risky Business--or Not!

Risky Business--or Not!

Find out what it means to buy stock in a company.

7-12

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Rwanda - You Go, Girls!

Rwanda - You Go, Girls!

How is the empowerment of women linked to their legal and human rights? Postwar Rwanda yields some answers. (Rwanda)

9-12

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Salat: Prayer in Muslim Life

Salat: Prayer in Muslim Life

Muslims pray at five specific times each day in a practice known as salat. In this lesson, students examine the role of prayer, which is a central feature of every religion, in the lives of Muslims.

5-12

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Scholarship and Learning in Islam

Scholarship and Learning in Islam

In this lesson, students look at several aspects of lslamic learning and scholarship. They are introduced to the madrasah (Islamic religious school), learn about the history of Timbuktu and explore Muslim contributions to math and science.

5-12

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