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Standard I

I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards

Grade(s): 7

Subject(s): English Language Arts

Year: 2015

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Archaeo-Tech: Documenting an Archaeological Site
Archaeo-Tech: Documenting an Archaeological Site

Lesson

Grades: 6, 7

Students become archaeologists for a day, creating scaled drawings of a mock excavation unit to document its features and artifacts. Through this activity, they explore the importance of accurate...

Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin
Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin

Lesson

Grades: 7, 8

Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin and in turn changed the path of America and its fortune. Read this excerpt from his obituary: Judge Johnson, of South Carolina, speaking of this invention, in 1807...