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Lesson Plans - 6th Grade

Insects Throughout Time

This unit is comprised of a series of activities to have children discover the presence and importance of insects throughout history.

Surviving AIDS

To help students understand the facts and issues surrounding HIV and AIDS by creating a newspaper supplement containing information gathered from research.

Africa’s Struggle With AIDS

This lesson is designed to help students understand the enormity of the impact of AIDS on the population of Africa, by comparing its effect there with its effect on the population of the world in general, and especially on that of the United States.

Getting Out the Vote: An Election Day Classroom Experiment

An experiment drives home to students the importance of voting!

Special Interests: How Would A Legislator Vote?

In these role-plays, students act as elected officials who must vote on five bills that relate to special interests of groups that financed their campaigns. How will they vote?