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.
- 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:
- This huge unit is on the Solar System(with information on each planet within):
- 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?):
- 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:
- 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 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




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