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MacDonald, David R. – 2000
The key way for government to legislate the scientific revolution is to know when science threatens to ethically destroy the fabric of society. The U.S. President has asked you (the student), his senior advisor, to test the waters of this new science and evaluate what stance he needs to take regarding issues like cloning, cryogenics, assisted…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 7, Interdisciplinary Approach, Junior High Schools
Frank, James – 1983
This module is an activity and film-oriented unit focusing on the importance of mangroves in the South Florida ecosystem. The module is part of a series designed to be used by teachers, students, and community members to help them utilize community resources in developing and teaching environmental concepts and responsibility, and in seeking ways…
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Forestry, Grade 7
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2003
This student handbook helps students in grades 6 and 7 to prepare for high school and college. It urges them to plan now so that they can get on the right track and take the classes they need. The handbook encourages these students to discover their strengths, weaknesses, interests, and abilities to learn how they can prepare them for their…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Educational Planning, Career Planning
Zinn, Carrie – 1999
In this lesson, students create an African Art Museum. Student teams research the culture and art history of particular regions in Africa. They collect art images for the museum, studying aspects of each artwork's creation and its relation to the culture. Each team will give the class a guided tour of its wing of the museum. Teams consist of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, African Culture, Anthropology, Area Studies
Brown, David G. – 1994
This activity guide, developed to provide environmental education through a series of hands-on activities geared to Raven Rock State Park in North Carolina, is targeted for grades 5, 6, and 7 and meets curriculum objectives of the standard course of study established by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Three types of activities…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Games, Environmental Education, Equipment
Tressler, J. C.; Shelmadine, Marguerite B. – D.C. Heath and Company, 1935
The organization of this book is based upon the principle -- generally accepted in schools today -- that every situation in the school requiring or stimulating social intercommunication or individual self-expression affords significant opportunity for developing language ability. These situations, which are vital and meaningful to the pupils, are…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Elementary School Students, English Instruction, Units of Study
Block, Cheryl; Beckwith, Carrie; Hockett, Margaret; White, David – 2001
Part of a series, the purpose of this low-readability/high interest book is to provide instruction and practice in using higher order thinking to develop students' reading comprehension skills. The reading skills addressed in the book are based on state reading standards and assessment tests for grades seven and eight. The goal of this series of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Context Clues, Critical Reading, Fiction
McDonald, David – 1999
If a civilization as powerful and technologically advanced during its time as the Maya could disappear, can the same tragic outcome befall the United States? In this lesson, students work in teams to research the ancient Mayan civilization, specifically the circumstances of its demise. Student teams prepare a report of their findings and recommend…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Curriculum Enrichment, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Dyer, Bill – 1999
In this lesson, student teams role-play as real estate agents who have been contacted by an art collector about purchasing a large historic landmark in which to house an art collection. Teams will research an historical site and prepare a creative sales presentation. Students are provided with background information, detailed instructions, on-line…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Architecture, Area Studies, Cooperative Learning
Crane, Anne; And Others – 1994
This paper contains a variety of instructional strategies and a review of research related to different learning styles. A learning styles inventory, style profiles, and information regarding some types of activities for students with different learning styles are included. Two sample lesson plans introduce and describe the inductive learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Grade 7, Junior High School Students
Smith, Pamela – 2002
This fantasy unit focuses on C. S. Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Through the unit's 17 lessons (which correspond to the book's 17 chapters), students will read and analyze the text, using the literary elements of characterization, setting, plot, theme, character, climax, and resolution. The unit offers an overview;…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Characterization, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
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Casper, Donna Kay – Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society, 1992
Presents a two-week lesson designed to begin a year-long world geography course. Provides background and information on the Age of Discovery and the study of geography. Includes maps, study guides, and student readings. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Culture Contact, Geography, Geography Instruction
Valencia Community Coll., Orlando, FL. – 1991
This curriculum module, one of seven developed by the "Infusion Project," offers information and miscellaneous lessons on drug use prevention for integration into an existing seventh-grade middle school curriculum. The module, based on a type of interactive learning called infusion learning contains seven lessons each providing…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Art Education, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Evans, Dale; Giarratano, Susan – 1990
A drug abuse prevention curriculum for middle school students in grades five through eight is presented in this document, one of a series that is designed to provide educators with the curricular tools necessary to challenge students to take personal responsibility for their health. Each of the 11 lessons includes information of the lesson…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Decision Making, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Social Studies Education. – 1988
These lessons are part of a project to make the study of law and legal concepts an integral part of the North Carolina social studies state curriculum, and the materials are correlated to this curriculum. Six lesson goals and numerous activities focus on the legal concepts of authority, justice, and responsibility. This packet for grade seven…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture, Grade 7
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