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1. Washington, D.C., vs. Washington State
.... Washington State In this activity we will be visiting web sites to find out where these two places are located and to compare them. 1. a) Have you ever been to Washington? b) Did you know that there are two Washingtons? c) Here is a U.S. map, can you tell me which Washington is which? d) Where is Seattle? 2. Go to web site http://www.indo.com/distance/ In the From box type seattle. In the To box type Washington D.C. Write down the following information: a) Distance "as the crow flies" in miles and kilometres. b) Population of Seattle and Washington D.C. 3. Go to web site http://www.sitesatlas.com/Ma...

2. Thinking About the Legacy of the Gold Rush
Thinking About the Legacy of the Gold Rush Adopted from Gold Fever! Seattle Outfits the Klondike Gold Rush 1997 Jackdaw Publications http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/Klondike.pdf Rationale Based on Pre-Instructional Assessment: This lesson is intended to determine the affect of a dramatic event on students' communities. Statement of Learning Outcomes: Through a variety of lear...

3. Science/Health Center - Earth Day
...Unit 5: Problem Solving Teacher's Edition p. 114b Science/Health Center Science /Health Center Earth Day From the Student Web Page Cutler Ridge Elementary See what you can do for Earth Day. Look at the pictures. Tell what the children did. Click Return to Pictures. Click Arbor Heights Elementary in Seattle, WA. See more pictures. About the site This site highlights the international Earth Day Groceries Project, coordinated by Mark Ahlness, a third grade teacher at Arbor Heights Elementary School in Seattle, Washington. Students participating in the project decorate paper grocery bags from local grocer...

4. Klondike Gold Rush
Klondike Gold Rush Linda Mazzetti Illinois Geographic Alliance Summer Geography Alaskan Cruise, 2001 Preview of Main Ideas In the summer of 1897, a ship arrived in Seattle, Washington carrying over two tons of gold from the Klondike River in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Within the next two years 100,000 people would seek their fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush. There were three routes the prospectors would take to get to the Yukon Territory. Skagway and Dyea,situate...

5. Planning a Trip from Vancouver BC
...evel: Middle Posted Mon Feb 16 08:47:29 PST 2004 by Kelly H. (teacher) ( kellyzx4@hotmail.com). WPGA, Vancouver, Canada Materials Required: Internet connection Activity Time: 1 hour Concepts Taught: searching the internet Planning a Trip from Vancouver BC You are going to plan a weekend car trip to Seattle Washington! Leave Friday afternoon, arrive back Sunday afternoon. (2 days) YOU MAY NOT EXCEED YOUR $500 BUDGET!! Renting a car: Go to www.carrentalexpress.com Which type of car do you want to rent? ___________________________ How much will it cost each day? _____________________________ You are leav...

6. EconEdLink | EconomicsMinute | Frontier Specialists
...hers and their students EconEdLink Online Lesson Student's Version Print this lesson Print this lesson Frontier Specialists INTRODUCTION The cover from the December 11, 1999, issue of The Economist displays a photo of a poor child from a third world country. The caption reads: "The real losers from Seattle Who won the battle of Seattle? It doesn't much matter. The real concern should be for the losers from that fiasco: the world's poor." What does this caption mean? Learn more about the WTO Talks at the Free Trade and Globalization web site. Read the article called "WTO Protests in Seattle." http://ww...

7. EconEdLink | EconomicsMinute | 'You Paid How Much for That Ticket?'
...: plane graphicNow you might be wondering just what discrimination has to do with a web site dedicated to economics, but did you know that discrimination is sometimes at work in the prices you pay for goods and services? Consider the situation of two individual who want to travel from New Jersey to Seattle for the weekend on Airline X. Each person buys a ticket for the same airplane, in seats 11-A and 11-B, respectively. Jose buys his plane ticket online after he receives an e-mail posting from the Airline X advertising a bargain price for a flight to Seattle. Jose has friends in Seattle he would like...

8. Native Americans and Giving
...nds" and Society _ (The ) 4. Benjamin Franklin Subjects: and Life Language Arts, Philanthropy and Social Studies _ Key Words/Concepts (click to view) ELA: Graphic Organizer; Response to Text/Others PHIL: Common Good; Native Americans; Stewardship SOC: Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle; The LEAGUE Logo Environment; LEAGUE LEAGUE Lessons Optional Lesson: King Day; Pollution LeagueWorldWide.org Purpose: Through the use of literature and discussion, this lesson will introduce the philanthropic behavior of the Native American in the United States. The speech of Chief Seattle will be e...

9. EconEdLink | EconomicsMinute | Don't Fence Me Out! (Barriers to Trade)
...Yet, some people support the use of tariffs or quotas to restrict or stop the international flow of goods and services. These barriers to trade exist in most countries and have differing effects on producers and consumers in the countries involved. Recently the WTO (World Trade Organization) met in Seattle to discuss issues in trade, including trade barriers. Read the article "The Battle In Seattle" at http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/11/22/ seattle.battle.html In this EconomicsMinute, we will examine some of the trade barriers discussed at the WTO meeting and why barriers are imposed. ACTIVIT...

10. Native American mini-unit: Lesson 2
...towels water blank journals soil Procedure: 1. Have children think of something that is important to them and how they would feel if it was taken away. 2. Explain that Indians had to give up their land to settlers and why the land was so important to them. This book is a retelling about what Chief Seattle said to the U.S. government. 3. Read Brother Eagle, Sister Sky. Why does he say the flowers are their sisters and the animals are their brothers? 4. Discuss the web of life and how one part can disrupt the entire cycle. 5. Discuss why nature is important to Native Americans. They lived off the land...