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Lesson Plan: Five Failures in the Oval Office

March 1, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Objective Students will analyze and understand the five key failures identified in a recent Oval Office meeting between President Trump,

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Google’s Gemini is now in everything. Here’s how you can try it out.

February 8, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Gmail, Docs, and more will now come with Gemini baked in. But Europeans will have to wait before they can

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Lesson plan; The Perils of a Second Trump Term

November 20, 2023 Ann S. Michaelsen

Reading, Comprehension, Discussion, and Debate The United States is facing a critical election in 2024, as former president Donald Trump

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World’s happiest countries in 2021, why is that important now?

March 19, 2021 Ann S. Michaelsen

I just read this article from CNN and would like to share it here. Lesson plan Look at the rankings

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Covid takes a harder toll on women than men, lesson plan

January 30, 2021 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson plan Read the articles below and compare what is happening in Great Britain and the USA, write a short

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The Great American Tune Out: Interest in Midterm Elections Drops

October 27, 2014 Ann S. Michaelsen

What if a nation held an election, and most of the country didn’t care or participate? That’s the stark reality

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Crash Course in U.S. History

June 25, 2014 Ann S. Michaelsen

Teaching U.S History John Green has launched several Crash Course series. This one is all about U.S. History. The first video

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Teaching about Earth Day

April 17, 2014 Ann S. Michaelsen

Background Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for

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Teaching about pros and cons of controversial issues

June 7, 2011 Ann S. Michaelsen

Classroom application: When you introduce new topics in class either for writing or discussion it is useful to see both

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Police Beating Caught On Video – 5 Cops Fired In Alabama

May 22, 2009 Ann S. Michaelsen

CNN’s Rick Sanchez Reports: Five Birmingham police officers have been fired for a January 2008 beating of an already-unconscious suspect.

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From Washington to Obama in Less Than 4 Minutes

May 22, 2009 Ann S. Michaelsen

Presidents of the United States morphed in sequence from George Washington to (President Elect) Barack Obama. The music is ‘Hooked

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American history in 7 Minutes

May 18, 2009 Ann S. Michaelsen

Objective: To repeat  American history before exam Teaching methods: Watch the video Divide the class in 7 groups, each take

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Learning about the different regions in the United States

May 3, 2009 Ann S. Michaelsen

Objectives: To learn about the geography of the United states To be able to explain the difference between the regions

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History of the First 100 Days

April 29, 2009 Ann S. Michaelsen

Image by catface3 via Flickr Objectives: To learn how the president is judged after the first 100 days How he

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