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Online Resources
Going 1:1. What's Next?
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Congratulations! Your school has gone 1:1. Every student now has a piece of technology in his or her hands. Your school district is getting recognition for taking the right step into the 21st century. The hard part is done, right? But now what? 
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Lesson Plan
 Brave New World
Grade Range: 9-12
Examine and compare utopian societies throughout history, discussing their origins, their founders and their successes and failures. Address the functions necessary to run a visionary and utopian society, and write a descriptive essay about it.
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Video
Death and the Civil War
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before -- permanently altering the character of the republic and the psyche of the American people. A new film about this era premieres September 18 on IPTV.
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Interactive
Essay Map
Grade Range: 3-5,6-8, 9-12
This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline that includes an introductory statement, main ideas they want to discuss or describe, supporting details, and a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas. The tool offers multiple ways to navigate information including a graphic in the upper right-hand corner that allows students to move around the map without having to work in a linear fashion.
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Video
A Boy's Life in Afghanistan
Grade Range: 9-12
In this companion video to the Global Voices documentary, The Boy Mir - Ten Years in Afghanistan, filmmaker Phil Grabsky talks about what it was like to follow his subject, Mir, over the course of a decade in war-torn Afghanistan. |
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Online Resource
Best Online Resources for the 2012 Election
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
The 2012 election season always gains momentum with the political conventions. Here are a list of online resources to help you and your students track all things about the election season.
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