Subject(s): Multi-Disciplinary Grades(s): Grades 6-7

Art Emphasis:

• Here is a good Halloween idea called “Monsters, Ghosts, and Other Things That Go BOO”
• This is a good art-focused lesson on painting, the elements of light, and studying countries
• Use this back-to-school art activity to review writing paragraphs
• Cross-curricular ideas are included in this lesson that uses Impressionist Van Gogh’s Starry Night to teach the hatching technique
• This outstanding 3-week multi-discipline fresco art unit features lessons on painters, symmetry, pigment, color wheel, primary colors, Italian Renaissance, solutions, chromatography, molecules, and atoms; plus a good museum education bibliography.
• Students print meaningful geometric Adinka Design patterns in the Ashanti tradition in this lesson

• These lessons have Black History Month, Martin Luther King Day, civil rights and other tie-ins.
  • In this Modern American Abstract Art lesson, students depict the inner character of pets
  • This Non-Objective Art lesson shows art as nouns and how current events influences art
• This is an integrated Aboriginal Dot Painting lesson plan
• Here students decorate plastic cup flowers with different materials that they then test for opacity, aesthetic value and durability

Computers & Internet Emphasis:

• “Electronic Pizza” is a computer and internet lesson that uses MS Paint
• Here’s an interesting idea for a Web Wall Bulletin Board where students interactively share website ideas
• This plan is for acquiring study skills and using Internet resources
• Create Mother’s (or Father’s) Day cards here using computers and the Internet
• Here is an elaborate idea for creating an interactive media community service project involving the creation of a logo, letterhead, brochure, newspaper ad, and PowerPoint presentation about a local cause and its solution
• An American quilt is made here from the cultural magazine covers students create with Desktop Publishing
• This lesson in computer animation enables students to obtain a deeper understanding of chemical elements or other subjects
• Here students study multimedia persuasion techniques and use them to create Photo Story 3 advertisements
• In this Serif software project, students work in teams to create a small website based on a theme from a recent unit
• Here students visually depict the duties of their career of choice using copyright safe images and Photo Story 3 software
• This multimedia lesson teaches how to use key images and music to convey a theme in a personal photo story narrative
• Here students present their original research (any subject) in three different formats utilizing internet research techniques and 21st Century technology skills

Language Arts Emphasis:

• A lesson using Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes – Japanese History
• This Spelling Relay Game could be used in PE and a variety of grade levels
• Below are the parts of an in-depth thematic unit on the book Ben And Me
  • An Introduction to the Ben And Me Unit
  • This page contains an Overview of the Unit
  • Here are the Unit’s Key Concepts
  • These are the Objectives for each lesson in the unit
  • Lesson 1 of the Unit deals with who Benjamin Franklin was
  • The second lesson is titled Words Of Wisdom To Live By
  • This lesson deals with Famous Inventions
  • Lesson 4 deals with the Mouse’s point of view
  • The last lesson involves making a kite
• This lesson plan is on Canada’s Nortwest Rebellion and uses the poem “Dialectics”
• A collection of teaching ideas for the book “Summer Song,” written by the author
• A collection of teaching ideas for the book “Libby Bloom,” written by the author
• A very thorough lesson on creating an Alphabet Book and Research
• Here’s a Teaching Guide for the book “The Secret Life of Hubie Hartzel,” written by the book’s author
• This big, multidisciplinary lesson called “Night Before Christmas” is on Writing and Much More
• AIMS SURE COUNT – A simple Acronym to help learn Reading Skills
• Here’s a large and in-depth unit on Writing About The Holocaust:
  • This first part details the Books Used and Multidisciplinary Connections
  • Here’s the Introductory Lesson, Lesson Overviews, Culminating Activity, and Materials
  • Lesson 1 is on Writing A Research Report
  • Here are the Report Worksheets for Lesson 1
  • Lesson 2 teaches students about Writing A Narrative
  • These are the “Grandpa” Worksheets for Lesson 2
  • Lesson 3 is on Writing Poetry
  • Here are the Terezin Overheads for Lesson 3
  • Lesson 4 involves Writing An Editorial
  • Here’s the Writing a Thesis Statement Worksheet
  • Last is the Writing an Introduction Worksheet
• The Poem “Phenomenal Woman” is used here as part of an exploration of Women in Society
• A “Swat Game” for Learning Vocabulary in various subjects
• A “Daily Quotes” idea that can be used as a filler before class
• Music students love to create these rhythmic syllable sentences
• Here is a good beginning-of-the-year lesson for introducing essay structure
• After reviewing You are Special, students create and write about a “just like me” marionette
• Here students design candy bar wrappers after reading “Maniac Magee” by Jerry Spinelli
• Here students learn to recognize the writing trait of “voice” in books, music and art
• After this nature hike, students identify, write about and make a shadow box with their outdoor treasures
• This lesson is an introduction to Australia’s indigenous culture through poetry
• Students craft “double entry responses” in their personal journals here
• The assignment here is to create a propaganda piece and write about an American Revolutionary War colonist who is influenced by it
• In these Writing Workshop activities, students create a newspaper about their most admired person
• This is a program for writing and illustrating a hardbound class book
• Students create a topic specific newspaper here using a template
• Students explore word play devices and the mystery genre along with researching and drawing animals, and much more in this “The Hamster of the Baskervilles” multidisciplinary unit
• Use this clever “Vocabulary or Sight Word War” card game to teach the “new words” in any subject

Math Emphasis:

• Here’s an activty on multiple perspectives
• This multidisciplinary lesson deals with the estimation of a pumpkin’s weight as it is carved
• This one involves creating M&M graphs and spreadsheets on a computer
• Here’s a collection of ideas for integrating math multiplication facts with other subjects
• In this fraction game, students create a reusable MS Word bingo table and highlight answer squares
• Students scan comparative ads and explain in a photo story which brand is the better bargain in this real world application applicable to many subjects
• Comic book stories are rewritten here to include numerical content that is then turned into illustrated word problems for peers to solve
• Students write a “Let’s Get Cooking” documentary here showing how they used math and science to create a class treat

Music Emphasis:

• This lesson on the Vietnam War uses Music
• Here’s a Christmas lesson plan that “S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-S” the song “Silent Night”
• This multidisciplinary plan is called “Music Basketball” and its topic is note values
• This lesson is on instruments, sounds, and compositions and uses the Internet
• Music students love to create these rhythmic syllable sentences
• In this multidisciplinary lesson, students form a beautiful bulletin board using rhythm and math
• In this listening idea, students write an 8-page story booklet inspired by the mood of eight songs

Physical Education / Health Emphasis:

• A PE Kick Ball idea to be used with Math concepts
• This fun hands-on lesson teaches students Spanish language and culture as they improve their Baleros skills.
• This is a packet for a K-6 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Game Day events

Science Emphasis:

• A Science and Art lesson on creating a Rain Stick (Music and Social Studies too)
• Here’s a huge, fun, well-developed thematic unit on the Colonization of Mars(Solar System – all subjects):
  • This first one involves an introduction to the Solar System
  • The second lesson is intended to Develop Teamwork Skills
  • This portion is on Differentiating Between Needs And Wants Through Research
  • Part four is on Planets, Soil, and Nutrients
  • Here’s a section on the Real Greenhouse Effect
  • Part six works on the difference between Orbit and Rotation and distance from the Sun
  • This one is called “What Goes Up Must Come Down”
  • Lesson 8 helps to decide what it would take to “Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before”
  • Part 9-1 involves Writing a Letter to NASA
  • 9-2 will create a Short Play
  • 9-3 includes Writing a Letter to the President
  • Part 9-4 involves Assessing the Mars Colony Ideas
  • In part 9-5, students will create a basic Web Page
  • Lesson 10 involves Interviewing Skills to determine who should be the first to go to Mars
  • In the last lesson, students will use their Interviewing Skill with guest speakers
• Here’s another large, well-developed unit; this one is on Erosion
• Here’s a unit on Natural Disasters:
  • The first part is an Overview of the unit
  • These are the Learning Activities for teaching about Natural Disasters
  • Last is the Assessment Rubric
• This huge unit is on the Solar System(with information on each planet within):
  • The Solar System Unit starts with an Overview
  • Here are the Learning Activities for the Solar System Unit
  • This part is a Classification of the Planets of the Solar System
• A very interesting Multidisciplinary lesson on Changes in Matter with Chocolate
• This Science lesson teaches all about Crystals and can be used to make Christmas Ornaments
• This lesson teaches the Relationship between a Species and its Ecosystem
• This lesson is on the Interaction between Living and Nonliving things in an Ecosystem
• In this lesson, students can Build a Car (an Index Card Car)
• Here’s a fun lesson on Wind Power that involves students creating a Puff Mobile
• Here’s a well-written full unit on the 6 Simple Machines
• In this multidisciplinary lesson, students use K’NEX to Design and Build a Bridge
• This blood bank research investigation idea lets science/health students apply classroom knowledge in a real world context
• Fifteen lesson plan subjects are containing in this Amazing World of Yuma bats and Clapper RailsUnit
  • Yuma bats and Clapper Rails Unit Introduction
  • Art Music – students write music verses and use kinesthetic intelligences to imitate bat sound & flight
  • Reading and Vocabulary – students collect a flannel board of vocabulary words and stage a spelling bee
  • Reading Comprehension Strategies – students host a reading marathon, use a graphic organizer
  • Writing Process Planning – students describe “Stellaluna” plot components and a cultural theme
  • Writing Process Prewriting – students contrast bats and clapper rails using a Venn Diagram
  • Writing Process Publishing – students create computer graphs showing the population rise
  • Writing Components – students write and perform a complete history from collected research materials
  • Writing Components Organization – students produce a PowerPoint and play about preservation
  • Writing Applications – students write original songs on to save the Bats/Clapper Rails from extinction
  • Expository Writing – students compile a scientific research report from a thesis statement here
  • Literary Response – students write a book report comparing their research to an author’s viewpoint
  • Data Analysis (Statistics) – how to construct a histogram, line graph, scatter and stem-and-leaf plot
  • Discrete Mathematics – class systematically lists and counts bats
  • History and Nature of Science – after a field trip, students analyze what they did and did not see
• This lesson teaches students how to “question the author” and “write to learn” in Science or other fields

Social Studies Emphasis:

• A Geography lesson on current events
• Another Geography lesson on ideas and culture
• An interesting unit on the Colonization of Australia(invasion or settlement?):
  • Here’s the Unit Overview along with the first Learning Activities
  • This is the second collection of Learning Activities
  • And here’s the third set of Learning Activities
  • Last is a collection of unit Resources
• This idea involves Research, Writing and creating a Time Capsule covering the 20th Century
• Here’s a well-written unit on Native Americans, their culture, and Americanization
• Below is a short unit on National Parks:
  • The first lesson involves creating a National Park Brochure
  • Students will Map a trip to a National Park in this lesson
  • This one focuses on Saving a National Park
• In this lesson students create model Native American Homes
• Students create a “Tribal Fact Book” in this Native American lesson plan
• This lesson looks at the Jamestown Colony and Fact Vs. Fiction
• Here’s a good filler idea called “Today in History”
• This 50 States Research Project helps students learn more about the different parts of the US
• This idea is called “Veterans In My Family” and is great for Veteran’s Day or Memorial Day
• Below you will find selected lessons from a Civil War Unit:
  • Here’s an Outline of the Unit
  • The first lesson is on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
  • Another lesson on the Underground Railroad
  • This lesson is on Patriotic Songs
  • Lesson D is on Songs of the North…
  • …and Lesson E is on Songs of the South
  • Here’s the Unit Test
• Here are several good ideas for a unit on the Trail of Tears
• Here’s a great Community Thematic Unit:
  • Unit Overview – What makes a good Community?
  • This lesson asks What is Community?
  • Here’s a lesson on Following Directions
  • This worksheet goes with the Following Directions lesson
  • Celebrating Diversity and Heritage are the topics of this lesson
  • Here’s a section on Goal Setting
  • This lesson looks at Community in Literature
  • In this part students Explore the Multiple Intelligences
  • Students find their most effective ways to learn in this lesson
  • Teamwork is the subject of this lesson
  • Here’s a collection of Community-Building Activities
  • This is the first part of the Service Project
  • Service Project Part 2…
  • …and Service Project Part 3
  • Here’s the Service Project Rubric
• In this lesson, students learn about Columbus Day from two perspectives
• Teach about different countries and cultures with this must-have compilation of creative ideas
• Posing as 1788 journalists, students create a newpaper front page to share their viewpoints on the ratification of the constitution
• In this lesson, students discover the geography and cultural history of an area while creating a travel journal on a budget
• This is an outstanding differentiated learning project on Ancient Egypt
• If you are looking for project ideas for an 1850s Westward Expansion/Oregon Trail unit, click here
• This empowering lesson plan utilizes an economically-centered African American board game
• An immigrant group’s “culture capsule” is created in this multidisciplinary lesson
• Here student “Sports Illustrated” reporters tour the U.S. and its National Parks following their team
• Here students make a PowerPoint on the history, art, literature, and culture of a Spanish-speaking country
• This three-generation history of travel lesson includes multidisciplinary enrichment activities
• This lesson teaches students the value of getting along with people they do not know
• This “Youth and the Civil Rights Movement” research project uses Kuhlthau’s ISP and subject directories

Other Emphasis:

• An idea for all subjects (and grades) called Bellwork
• An interesting lesson plan on Marketing a Product, including Making Commercials
• This is a great idea for a beginning and end of school lesson – using a Time Capsule to demonstrate students’ learning
• This is a good idea for a beginning of the school year review in any subject
• “Role Playing for Empathy” teaches about other Cultures and Writing Plays as well