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APUS Government Shared 16 AP Government Public Policy. Public Policy. Introduction Economic Policy Federal Budget Social Policy Foreign Policy and the National Defense Module Wrap Up Final Assessments
AP Microeconomics AP Micro Macroeconomy And Personal Finance. The Macroeconomy and Personal Finance. Introduction Macroeconomic Indicators Business Cycle Fiscal and Monetary Policy Personal Finance Module Wrap Up Final Assessment
Students learn about the stock market and start a project involving tracking investments.
Students explore human nature through careful study of the Russian Revolution, focusing on the ways in which leaders manipulated and oppressed their own people.
Students form literature circles, read "Esperanza Rising" or "Becoming Naomi Leon" by Pam MuĐoz Ryan, use a Critical Thinking Map to discuss social issues, and use a class wiki.
Students are introduced to the differences between acids and bases and how to use indicators, such as pH paper and red cabbage juice, to distinguish between them.
In this video segment, the ZOOM cast demonstrates how to use cabbage juice to find out if a solution is an acid or a base.
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, two cast members demonstrate what happens when vinegar is added to baking soda inside a container. The resulting chemical reaction produces enough carbon dioxide to launch their paper rocket skyward.
Recommended for: Grades K-5
A car propelled by the reaction between lemon juice and baking soda has more in common with rockets and jet aircraft than one might think. In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, two cast members demonstrate the power of rocket-propelled vehicles and how to exploit the force produced by the carbon dioxide gas. Grades 3-8.
This lesson teaches elementary students new vocabulary terms through book discussion groups. Students use context clues, prior knowledge, and print and online resources for vocabulary understanding in their discussion.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about adding and subtracting money with pictures in columns.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about adding and subtracting money using words.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about adding and subtracting money using words.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about adding and subtracting money with pictures in columns.
Students extend their computational work to include fractions and decimals, adding and subtracting numbers in those forms in this unit before moving to multiplication and division in subsequent units.
Interactive lesson plan which allows for elementary students to learn the "Part of speech," concepts of adjectives as well as effective characterization techniques. Uses the story of Charlotte's Web.
Advanced Composition 16 Advanced Composition Letterand Resume Writing. Letter and Resume Writing. Letter and Resume Writing Resume Writing Business Letters Personal Letters Module Wrap Up Review Final Assessment
In this unit, students will become familiar with fables and trickster tales from different cultural traditions and will see how stories change when transferred orally between generations and cultures. They will learn how both types of folktales employ various animals in different ways to portray human strengths and weaknesses and to pass down wisdom from one generation to the next. Use the following lessons to introduce students to world folklore and to explore how folktales convey the perspectives of different world cultures.
In this lesson students analyze a propaganda poster, a photograph, and a poem to understand the tensions unleashed by the entry of African Americans into the industrial workforce during World War II.
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the exploration of the Americas. Site includes primary source documents, videos, essays, and lesson plans to help students research the exploration of the new land.