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Dancing the Circle: An Introduction to Powwows
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 2:30pm--Karen D. Harvey
The powwow is a way people who are not American Indians can learn about the importance of the circle in Indian thought and life.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.8 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/14/mll14.pdf
Printer-friendly versionVisiting and Interviewing Older Adults: Service-Learning in the Sixth Grade
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 2:35pm--Alison Parker
Oral history interviews give deeper meaning to visits with the elderly, strengthening the academic content of service learning.
Also includes "Preparing Young People for Longer Lives in an Aging Society" by Donna P. Couper and Fran Pratt.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.65 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/15/mll15.pdf
Archaeology in the Seventh Grade:An Interdisciplinary Unit of Study
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 2:39pm--Marilyn J. Eisenwine
Archaeology is an opportunity for interdisciplinary study and working with the raw data of history at a middle school in Texas.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.8 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/16/mll16.pdf
A Zen Garden at Tecumseh: From Mocking to Honoring
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 2:43pm--Leila Meyerratken
Learning about Japanese culture and recent history with books, film, and a service learning project in Lafayette, Indiana.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.0 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/17/mll17.pdf
A Zen Garden at Tecumseh: From Mocking to Honoring
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 2:43pm--Leila Meyerratken
Learning about Japanese culture and recent history with books, film, and a service learning project in Lafayette, Indiana.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.0 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/17/mll17.pdf
State v. Tribe: How the Indian Gaming Controversy Began
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 2:47pm--William L. Hewitt and Barbara Beaucar
This theme issue also includes related items -- "From Furs and Wampum to Slot Machines and Megadollars," "Does Gaming Hurt or Help?", and "The Streets are Paved with Silver," etc.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.0 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/18/mll18.pdf
State v. Tribe: How the Indian Gaming Controversy Began
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 2:47pm--William L. Hewitt and Barbara Beaucar
This theme issue also includes related items -- "From Furs and Wampum to Slot Machines and Megadollars," "Does Gaming Hurt or Help?", and "The Streets are Paved with Silver," etc.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.0 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/18/mll18.pdf
Lewis & Clark: An Interdisciplinary Expedition
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 2:55pm--Kristy Brugar
A filed trip on the school grounds recalls a historical adventure. Watch for bears! Also includes Paul Horton's review of a nonfiction book about a black man and comrade: "York's Adventure with Lewis and Clark."
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.8 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/19/mll19.pdf
The Compromise of 1790: A Capital Simulation
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 2:59pm--David L. Ghere
Study the handout map and chart. The national capital would be built in the South if the federal government would assume the states' Revolutionary War debts. Would it work?
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.8 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/19/mll19.pdf
Runaway Slave Advertisements: Teaching from Primary Documents
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 3:05pm--Tom Costa and Brooks Doyle
Interpret short primary source documents to reveal some details about slave life and the moral dilemmas of antebellum U.S. Also includes "Abolitionists Among the Founding Generation" by Kevin T. Brady.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.67 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/20/mll20.pdf
