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Our journey into critical thinking

John Weinshel tells how teachers at Benjamin Banneker Middle School worked with TC2 staff on a professional development project to enhance their students’ thinking and understanding.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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What are the most important differences between an optimized and non-optimized solar PV system?

Sstudents expand their understanding of solar-generated electricity by exploring the design principles behind solar-optimized rooftop solar PV systems. To begin the lesson, students examine a draft plan for a home solar PV system. Students suggest what problems or issues might prevent the system fro…
Subjects: Science
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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Family violence and the reluctance to speak up

Students review background information (accessed online) about the abuse and death in 1920 of Aurore Gagnon, a ten-year-old girl living in a small rural community in Quebec. Students then examine primary source documents to find evidence of the factors that best explain the failure of key individual…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 10, 11, 12
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Distinguer les voix importantes

Les élèves apprennent une stratégie pour déterminer les voix et les perspectives dont il faut tenir compte dans une recherche sur des anecdotes locales. Les élèves apprennent à comprendre la valeur de l’écoute d’une variét&ea…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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Engagement in learning: Finding the depth beyond diligence

Bruce Beairsto discusses the active student engagement required for learning that will help students thrive in the modern world.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Patronage: Under what conditions?

Students consider the benefits and disadvantages of a patronage system during the Renaissance and in the present day, and then determine the conditions, if any, under which sponsorship can be beneficial to education.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Social Studies, History
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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