1141 Marketplace: Oil is a Slippery Business (Interdependence) Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: This lesson plan from EconEdLink does a good job of explaining the history and function of OPEC and the impact it has on the U.S. economy.... 1142 NAFTA: Are Jobs Being Sucked Out of the U.S.? (trade) Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The purpose of this lesson from EconEdLink is to acquaint students with the concept of comparative advantage (relative efficiency) and the arguments for and against foreign trade in particular the impact of NAFTA. Understanding the theory, the debates surrounding the theory and the relevant data will help students to think clearly about optimum public policy... 1143 Japanese-Americans of WWII Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The resource, sponsored by the Discovery Channel, encourages students to research the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, discuss Roosevelts Executive Order in the light of the Fifth Amendment, and to hold a mock trial to explain and evaluate the different positions on the internet of Japanese-Americans during WWII. While providing well structured and organized materials, the... 1144 Thirty Years of Roe v. Wade Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: This instructional resource gives an excellent presentation of information on Roe v. Wade for either a debate or discussion on abortion in the U.S.... Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 8 Professional Commentary: The University of Syracuse provides this lesson on the Miranda v. Arizona case and Fifth Amendment due process rights.... 1146 Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963 Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: Landmark Cases provides a series of activities on Gideon v. Wainwright, the case that established the constitutional right to have legal representation provided for each defendant.... 1147 German Unification Case Study Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 9 Professional Commentary: The German Unification Case Study, from Foothill College, provides the teacher with a very well done, challenging and interactive student simulation. It will help teach concepts related to History, Geography and political change indicators.... 1148 Which Way Was Better? A Look at Changes in the Civil Rights Movement Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: This lesson, hosted by PBS, could be used as a summation of your study of the American Civil Rights Movement. It has students examine the substantial changes in goals and tactics of leading civil rights advocates and organizations from 1954 to 1968.... 1149 India and Pakistan at 60 Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 9 Professional Commentary: This instructional resource, produced by PBS's Newshour, is a great resource for teaching a unit on the independence movements in Pakistan and India. The initial lesson plan asks students to complete a "hands on" Venn diagram, in which they physically move about the room to create a diagram depicting the similarities and differences in India and... 1150 The Strategy of Containment: 1947-48 Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: This resource offers classroom activities related to the international role of the US during the Cold War. It is provided by EdSiteMent, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and is alignment is to the History standard covering US foreign policy during the Cold War.... |