In this activity and set or resources from the Newseum ED, students grapple with free speech-related conflicts and controversies using real-life scenarios. They deepen their understanding by taking a position and supporting their arguments with evidence from a gallery of print and visual sources.

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This guide provides teachers with background information and classroom activities to extend the viewing experience of the film "Muslims." The classroom exercises are designed for teachers who have a working knowledge of the difference between stereotypes and facts about Islam. You may want to use the background information in this guide to familiarize yourself with Islam prior to doing any of these activities. If you are not comfortable in your own knowledge, some of these exercises could perpetuate stereotypes about Muslims rather than correct them.

Accounting I & II course FREE teacher resources and trial access to online course solution as well as a correlation to WI state standards.

The "This American Life" crew spends five months at Harper High School in Chicago, where 29 current and recent students were shot during 2012. The listener gets a sense of what it means to live in the midst of all this gun violence, how teens and adults navigate a world of funerals and Homecoming dances. This is a primary source with a lesson plan included in the narrative.

You are an employee of Green Valley Dairy and your job is to determine the mass of the company’s corn silage pile. Your boss knows that this pile is the limiting factor as to whether or not he can add animals to the herd. He is contemplating adding 500 head of cattle and needs to make sure there is enough feed in storage before they make the expansion...don’t mess up your measurements and calculations, as this is pivotal information.

In this lesson, students will use a PBS NewsHour segment to better understand the tactics of disinformation, then learn about and practice geolocation skills to evaluate viral misinformation in an online activity.

Lesson Objective: At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to explain risk management through a combination of avoidance, risk, reduction, retention, and transfer.  Supplies NeededStudent Handout 1 Insurance Vocabulary (1 per student) (found in Task 2) Student Handout Answer Key1Insurance Vocabulary (found in Resource Library) Student Handout 2 You Make the Decision (1 per student) (found in Task 4) Student Handout 5 Risk Vocabulary Quiz (1 per student) (found in Task 7) Student Handout Answer Key 5 Risk Vocabulary Quiz Answer Key (found in Resource Library)  Video 1 Why Life Insurance is Important (1:49) (found in Task 1)  ReferencesEconedlink: Council for Economic Education. (n.d.). Economic Glossary. Retrieved from http://www.econedlink.org/economic-resources/glossary.phpMBA dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2014, from MBAResearch and Curriculum CenterShutterstock. (n.d.) Photos. Retrieved from http://www.shutterstock.com/ 

Lesson Objective: At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to explain the concept of productivity and analyze the role of investments in physical (e.g. technology( and human capital (e.g. education) to increase productivity. Supplies Needed Presentation 1 Productivity Presentation (found in Task 3) Student Handout 1 Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study inProductivity (found in Task 4) Student Handout 2 Productivity Ranking Activity (found in Task 6) Student Handout Answer Key 2 Productivity Ranking Activity (found in Resource Library) Student Handout 3 Investment, Productivity, and Growth Quiz (found in Task 7) Student Handout Answer Key 3 Investment, Productivity, and Growth Quiz (found in Resource Library) Video 1 Productivity Cartoon Meet King Joe (9:26) (found in Task 1)   References: Econedlink: Council for Economic Education. (n.d.). Economic Glossary. Retrieved from http://www.econedlink.org/economic-resources/glossary.php Econedlink Henry Ford Case Study. http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=668&type=educator MBA dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2014, from MBAResearch and Curriculum Center YouTube Video Productivity Cartoon, Meet King Joe (1948). Published January 28, 2013

By building an edible coral polyp, students will learn the anatomy of coral and be able to explain why corals are animals, rather than plants.

This lesson emphasizes the importance of properly answering job interview questions and better prepares the students for mock interviews.

Every election year and for years after elections, there are several major issues that persistently trouble Americans. Every election year, politicians pledge that they will address these issues, and nearly every year they fall short of many peoples’ expectations. This time may be different, but it will take an educated voting population to explain to politicians exactly what they want done to address the issues. In this lesson, we begin that process by examining problems surrounding health care costs, funding higher education, and preserving social security. Then, students look at how the current presidential candidates are proposing to address these issues, and formulate a short media presentation using Flipgrid (https://info.flipgrid.com/) or some other media presentation tool to endorse one candidate.

Balloons serve as a conduit in this lesson in which students "burst" stereotypes that unfairly label individuals or groups.

Can your students lift a book off the floor with just one finger? Find out and learn about simple machines in this fun lesson plan about levers.

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Developed for use in middle and high school classrooms, Mission US engages students in the study of transformational moments in American history. Each mission consists of an interactive game and a set of curriculum materials that are aligned to national standards and feature document-based activities. The game immerses players in rich, historical settings and then empowers them to make choices that illuminate how ordinary people experienced the past. The Educator's Guide provides a wealth of resources and activities for both teachers and students, including primary source documents that show the broader social, political, and economic context of events and perspectives featured in the game.

Your students have probably walked or ridden over a bridge at some point in their lives. In this engineering activity they will design and make bridges out of folded pieces of paper, and test how much weight they can hold with pennies. How does the shape of a bridge affect its strength? Let your students explore and find out with this lesson!

In this lesson, students will compare weather and climate, explain patterns over time and make observations by creating a rain gauge.

NGSS: 3-ESS2-1

Time: 55 minutes

Materials: laminated patterns in nature photos (photos included), thermometer for the class, duct tape, data sheet, rulers, sharpies, scissors, empty soda bottles for rain gauages, pebbles

This unit is an exceprt from the MBA Research and Curriculum Personal Finance Course Guide. Course Guides include recommended performance indicators, sequencing, instructional objectives, resources, and activities for students.  It focuses on the concept of personal finance and includes objectives, activities, and several book and online resources. The full course includes 9 more units focused on setting goals, budgeting, tracking and borrowing money, and financial literacy skills. To access the full course guide, visit mbastatesconnection.mbaresearch.org and select "Course Guides" under "Curriculum and Instruction."Use this as a guide to teaching a unit about earning money. Each task is related to one performance indicator in the unit. First, use the learning objectives to teach students the important components of a topic. Then, use the activity to engage students and reinforce learning. The online and textbook resources in each tasks can be used to extend learning.

This unit is an exceprt from the MBA Research and Curriculum Principles of Entrepreneurship Course Guide. Course Guides include recommended performance indicators, sequencing, instructional objectives, resources, and activities for students. The full course includes 11 more units focused on generating ideas, establishing a business, and more. To access the full course guide, visit mbastatesconnection.mbaresearch.org and select "Course Guides" under "Curriculum and Instruction."Use this as a guide to teaching a unit about determining feasibility. Each task is related to one performance indicator in the unit. First, use the learning objectives to teach students the important components of a topic. Then, use the activity to engage students and reinforce learning. The online and textbook resources in each tasks can be used to extend learning.

Experimenting with balls is fun this lesson will allow students to make them colllide and study how the push each-other and people as well. They will see the differences with varying weights of balls as well.

Your kindergarten students are used to moving objects. They throw balls, play with toy cars, and sweep the floor, but how much do they think about these actions? In this fun, hands-on lesson, you will use a game (rolling balls) to explore how pushing and pulling affects an object's motion.