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A Science lesson on Leaves and Observation (uses some Math)
A lesson on sound that incorporates music and literature (The Magic School Bus)
A Science and Art lesson on creating a Rain Stick (Music and Social Studies too)
2 well-developed lessons on Animals in Asia and Africa

Here's a huge, fun, well-developed thematic unit on the Colonization of Mars (Solar System - all subjects):
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):
This is a very interesting multidisciplinary lesson on changes in matter with chocolate

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Four great Social Studies lessons for teaching about Costa Rica
These three lesson plans all deal with presidential elections
- Lesson One
- Lesson Two
- Lesson Three
Collection of activities to teach about Native Americans
Another collection of activities to teach about Native Americans
A Cross-Curricular lesson plan for Reviewing material, based on the game Jeopardy
A Social Studies lesson involving Zoo Animals and some Math concepts
A great Social Studies lesson plan on Newspaper structure
This is a unit on the Southwest Experience
- This lesson on Cacti is called Cactus Hotel
- This one is on Native American Legends
- A lesson on Native American Pottery and Culture
Here's an idea for creating a Bill of Rights Mural
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
A fun, well-developed unit on Garbage and Recycling that makes use of the Internet:
- Here's the Project's Lesson Outline and additional materials
- Here's Lesson 1 which involves activities at the Recycle City website
- This one involves a scavenger hunt at Recycle City
- This part is very interesting - determine the efficiency of your lunch packaging
- Lesson 4 is on the 3 R's of Recycling
- Lesson 5 is on landfills and how they work, involves creating a simulated landfill
- The last lesson plan involves "what you can do" - developing possible action plans
The unit below on Native Americans ties in with another unit on this site - Charlotte's Web and Spiders
- This portion is on Native American Folk Tales
- This one deals with the Lakota-Sioux Sun Dance
- Here's a lesson on the Navajo Indian Culture
- Another Navajo lesson plan, this one involving Weaving Rugs
- Last is a lesson on Native American Superstitions
Below are three lessons for a brief unit on Communities:
- This first plan asks the question "What is a Community?"
- This one deals with Communities of the Past
- The last plan involves Interviews of Members of a Community
Here is a complete, fully-developed unit on Relief Sculpture and Glyphs in Pre-Columbia Mesoamerica:
- This is an Overview of the unit with links to the other components
- Lesson 1 involves looking at and talking about Mesoamerica and their Glyphs
- Lesson 2 focuses on the Symbolic Meaning of Glyphs
- The third lesson is on Elements of Sculpture and involves Designing a Glyph of a Jaguar
- In Lesson 4, students Carve a Glyph on Sandstone
- The last lesson involves completing the Glyph Carving
- Here is an Evaluation section for the unit
- This is a scanned picture of what the 4" x 3" squares and grid should look like
In this lesson students create model Native American Homes
Students create a "Tribal Fact Book" in this Native American lesson plan
This Native American lesson involves Painting an Event, Story, or Person from Native American History
This idea is called "Veterans In My Family" and is great for Veteran's Day or Memorial Day
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
Teach about different countries and cultures with this must-have compilation of creative ideas
This multidisciplinary unit focuses on the significance of Martin Luther King Day and the civil rights movement

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