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Abraham Lincoln: A Good Man? or A Good Man! In this lesson, students use video from American Masters: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man along with primary sources to investigate the life of Lincoln and write a one page argument essay on whether Lincoln was "a good man."	9-12	Lesson Plan
Analyzing McCulloch v. Maryland In this lesson, students watch a video segment from the PBS series The Supreme Court about the landmark case Maryland v. McCulloch while considering the powers of the national government and state governments.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Animal Hearing Students explore how sound is created, the importance of hearing in certain environments and some environmental causes of hearing loss.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Animal Intel In this lesson, using video segments from Nature episode “A Murder of Crows,” students will explore different aspects of animal intelligence, with a focus on crows.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
A Tale of Two Heavens: Escaping North Korea In this lesson, students will learn about the conditions in authoritarian North Korea that have compelled many North Koreans to attempt a dangerous escape to what they see as the “Heaven” of capitalist South Korea.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties In this lesson, students examine the basic American principles of civil liberties within the context of World War II.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Bird Brained Using selected segments from the Nature episode “Ravens,” this lesson will explore some of the more commonly accepted indicators of animal intelligence as demonstrated by the raven, the most brainy of all birds.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Black Pioneers: Building African American Communities During the Jim Crow Era Students are introduced to all-black, self-sustaining communities established as a response to the imposition of Jim Crow laws and practices.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Breaking it Down - Weathering and Erosion This Nature lesson discusses the processes of weathering and erosion and how they work together to shape the earth’s landscape.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Russian/Chechen relations are the focus of this lesson on nationalism, separatism, and terrorism. (Chechnya)	9-12	Lesson Plan
The Business of Credit Students apply the basics of credit to managing a small business.	7-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Campaigns for Economic Freedom This lesson plan explores the economic impact of racial discrimination and campaigns for jobs and justice.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Chain Reaction This inquiry-based Nature lesson plan will challenge students to design and conduct scientifically valid experiments to evaluate hypotheses regarding an animal’s expected behavior in response to changes in its environment.	9-11	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
A Cold Reception: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in the United States In this lesson, students explore the hostile reception immigrants have often received from anti-immigrant “nativists” in an America not always eager to accept them and the change they represent.	7-9	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Coming to America Using video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots, this lesson explores why groups of people leave their native countries, often to come to the United States, and what major historical milestones prompted mass migrations.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Crescent City Gumbo: Race & Jazz in New Orleans This lesson uses video excerpts from the PBS series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to explore the history of racial diversity and intermingling in New Orleans, and how it gave rise to the uniquely American art form of jazz.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Dare to Care for a Grizzly Bear Using the Nature episode “The Good, The Bad and the Grizzly,” students will be able to articulate the complex and competing perspectives on how to best handle the growing bear population, and they will investigate the factors contributing to the destabilization of the bear’s Yellowstone ecosystem.	9-11	Lesson Plan
Deadly Letters: The Anthrax Mystery In this media rich lesson plan from NOVA scienceNOW, student teams investigate a fictional anthrax case by modeling DNA sequencing and tracking down the guilty lab.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Define and Classify the Powers Associated with Federalism In this lesson, students watch video segments from the series The Supreme Court as they explore how the Supreme Court defined the balance of power under federalism.	9-12	Lesson Plan
The Developing Child Students explore the stages of development children experience from birth the age five including brain growth, language development and what shapes their views on right and wrong.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
The Ethical Considerations of Personal Genomics In this media-rich lesson, students explore some of the ethical, legal, and social issues related to personal genetic testing and genome sequencing.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Evidence for Evolution Students learn about the fossil record, the primary type of evidence scientists use to piece together the history of life and to support and refine the theory of evolution.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Extreme Global Makeover This lesson explores the pros and cons of life in a modernized and global age. (China, India)	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot! In this Nature lesson, students will learn about different types of volcanoes, how and why they erupt and the physical impact of volcanic eruptions.	9-11	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Filling Empty Pockets Students explore the basic concepts of borrowing and credit with an emphasis on credit cards.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Freak-Genomics In this lesson students will enter the world of the genome, learning about human history and evolution by using video segments from The Human Spark.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
The Geography of Jim Crow In this lesson, students locate statistical information using census data from the United States Historical Census Data Browser.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Helping and Harming: Human Impact on Salmon Populations In this lesson, students use segments from the Nature episode "Salmon: Running the Gauntlet" to explore ways in which humans have impacted salmon populations.	8-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
I Dream of Genome This lesson, based on the series Faces of America, explores the various types of genetic information contained in the human genome.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Innovative Approaches to Healthcare in Mozambique and Beyond Using video from the PBS program Wide Angle, students learn about limited health resources in Mozambique and innovative approaches taken there and in other countries to combat public health problems.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Investigating Kinetic and Potential Energy Students use media resources and an in-class investigation to explore the types of energy within different types of systems. They also use the formulas for kinetic and potential energy to examine the path of a projectile.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Invest in Yourself Learn the basics of personal financial management including how to manage various income and savings scenarios.	7-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Jet Streams and Weather Students learn about jet streams and explore the effects of the polar-front jet stream on weather conditions in North America.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Journey Into the Brain Using segments from the PBS program The Human Spark, students learn about the human brain, including information about brain regions, brain activity and technologies used to explore brain activity.	9-12	Lesson Plan
The Language Spark In this lesson, students use selected videos from the PBS series The Human Spark to explore how the capacity for language develops in the human brain, and about how that capacity distinguishes us from other animals.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Life As We Know It Using video segments from The Human Spark, students will explore how life on Earth began in this lesson on evolution.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Looking for Lincoln During the Civil War This lesson explores the unique challenges Lincoln faced during the five years of bloody civil war which made him America’s ultimate but most controversial wartime leader.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Making a Difference in the Midst of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Using segments from the PBS program: Wide Angle, this high school lesson explores the history and complexity of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and examines the roles individuals and organizations can play in promoting understanding and peace.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Marathon Mouse In this lesson from NOVA scienceNOW, students explore how our bodies respond to exercise at the cellular level.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Minersville School District v.Gobitis In this lesson, students examine the Supreme Court’s evolution in its decisions to support individual liberties.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Modern Family In this lesson based on the PBS program The Human Spark, students learn about an important yet extinct branch of the human family tree – the Neanderthals.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Muscles and Mitochondria Students learn about the role of mitochondria in a cell's energy production.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
On the Road Again What factors spur migration? Contemporary examples frame a discussion of migrations past and present. (China, Botswana, Zimbabwe)	9-12	Lesson Plan
Pay Credit When Credit is Due Students investigate the fundamentals of credit including credit cards, credit ratings and credit management.	7-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
The Perfect Cow? This Nature lesson focuses on how and why humans have been so successful in selectively breeding cattle to suit human needs.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Performing Well Under Pressure In this Nature lesson, students will explore the characteristics of diamonds. They will begin building an understanding of their formative environment, the resulting crystal structures and the physical properties of earth materials.	9-11	Lesson Plan
Picky Eaters In this lesson from NOVA scienceNOW, students take a taste test as they explore the role of genetics in our sense of taste.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
The Real Cost of College This lesson teaches the basics of budgeting, including understanding how revenue and expenses interact.	7-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Resilience and Ecosystem Adaptation in a Changing Pacific Climate In this lesson plan, students explore Pacific Island ecosystems and the threats they face from human activities and climate change. They also learn how adaptation strategies can increase ecosystem resilience, and then engage in community-focused activities.	7-12	Lesson Plan
Risky Business--or Not! Find out what it means to buy stock in a company.	7-12	Lesson Plan
Risky Genetics In this lesson from NOVA scienceNOW, students explore genetic testing for specific diseases, and consider the pros and cons of discovering a person's genotype for a particular disease.	9-12	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
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	Lesson Plan
Seeing the Way: A Brief History of Cataract Surgery In this lesson, based on the documentary Through My Eyes: The Charlie Kelman Story, students learn about the history and state-of-the-art of one of the world's most commonly performed surgical procedures--eye cataract removal and replacement.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Seeking a Home Away from Home: Exploring the Plight of Refugees from Iraq and Beyond Using segments from the PBS program Wide Angle, students learn about refugees in Iraq and beyond, as well as the challenges refugees face and laws that have been passed to protect them.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Slavery in the North This hands-on, media-enhanced lesson uses video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots to explore the extent to which slavery existed in the North.	8-11	Lesson Plan
Social Skills Students think about the building blocks of human society and investigate how different or similar they are to behaviors found in the animal world.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Sources of History This media-enhanced lesson features video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots and explores primary source material - how it can reveal information about the past and the different information primary sources provide.	8-10	Lesson Plan
Sticks and Stones: Prehistory Technology Students learn about the construction and context of some prehistoric tools which allowed early humans to survive and thrive.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Stressed Out! In this lesson, students will identify methods for detecting and locating earthquakes, utilizing excerpts from the Nature episode titled “Can Animals Predict Disaster?”	9-11	Lesson Plan
Symbiotic Strategies In this Nature lesson, students will investigate the many ways in which species that live in close proximity to each other might interact in an ecosystem.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Taxes--Where Does Your Money Go? Learn why the government taxes citizens, where the money goes, and how different income brackets pay different taxes.	9-12	Lesson Plan
The Importance of Precedent in the Decisons of the Supreme Court In this lesson based on the series The Supreme Court, students define the terms "precedent" and "stare decisis".	9-12	Lesson Plan
This Land is Our Land How have political borders been drawn in different historical situations, and how does their presence impact people? (Botswana, Zimbabwe)	9-12	Lesson Plan
Trading Up: Bringing Ethiopia’s Economy Into The 21st Century In this video from Wide Angle Ethiopian reformers create a new commodities exchange to modernize traditional approaches to trade.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Truth and Consequences In this lesson, using video segments from Women, War & Peace, students will examine the unfortunately widespread and longstanding phenomenon of wartime rape through a case study of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, convened in 1995 to prosecute atrocities committed during the 1993-1995 war in Bosnia.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Understanding and Applying the Miranda Decision In this lesson students learn about the landmark Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966) and apply the principles of Miranda to subsequent cases.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Understanding White Supremacy This lesson plan explores how white southerners tried to protect their economic, political, and social privilege in the face of the Civil Rights movement.	9-12	Lesson Plan
What Can I Afford? Students learn to budget and keep track of expenses to help decide which cell phone plan they can afford.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Women in Islam Students explore basic beliefs and practices of Islam and examine the different views of women's roles in Islam and modern American society in this lesson. They look closely at two issues that affect American Muslims: hijab and prayer.	5-12	Lesson Plan

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