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Social Studies Lesson Plans - Grades 2-3
- Aquatic Wildlife and Pollution
- Mardi Gras Parade
- Indians of the Woodlands
- Hunting Whales Lesson #4
- Alaskan Unit Lesson #3
- Alaskan Unit Lesson 2
- Alaskan Unit lesson #5
- Faith Ringgold - Martin Luther King - Quilt Making
- Aborigine art makes good rainy day activity
- Pakistani Handicrafts Unit - Clay Seals
- The Olympics
- Wants and Needs
- The Importance of Symbols
- Michigan
- Birdseye View, Mapping
- Map Legend vs. Story Legend
- Alaska Unit
- Indians of the Woodlands
- Michelle Hofmann
- 8 days on Deafness and American Sign Language
- Cesar Chavez Quilt Stories
- Aquatic Wildlife and Pollution
- Black Africa - Tribal Art
- Valentine's Day, lesson ideas
- "We're Just Like Crayons" by Stephen Fite is the centerpiece for this diversity lesson
- This "Ten Important Words" vocabulary building study strategy about Chinese Dynasties and achievements can be used in all subjects
- Students create their own state flag here
- This lesson suggests a template declaring a student's independence from fill-in-the-blank
- This lesson teaches students the value of getting along with people they do not know
- Here is an Itsy-Bitsy Spider approved lesson about diligence
- This lesson plan is on the Globe
- Called Curriculum Night, this idea gets parents into the schools
- A brief idea for studying soil with discussion questions for class
- This lesson is about E-Pal communication and the other Cultures that may be encountered through it
- This section focuses on Literature on the Ocean
- Here is a lesson plan on Navajo Pottery and Culture
- A lesson plan involving making family diagrams
- Students print meaningful geometric Adinka Design patterns in the Ashanti tradition in this lesson
- This lesson looks at the Geographic area taken up by Land Vs Water
- This back-to-school ice breaker idea looks at classroom diversity
- This lesson on angles integrates science, social studies, and art
- This Vivaldi's "Spring" lesson correlates music with weather and history
- This lesson on colonial times helps students find the "most important ideas" in a piece of expository text, not just the main one
- A Social Studies lesson involving Zoo Animals and some Math concepts
- This activity involves creating Travel Brochures
- A lesson on Maps and Globes
- This one tries to help with Adult Reading Buddies
- This lesson is to teach students to Use a Map
- This lesson is an introduction to Australia's indigenous culture through poetry
- This real world bar graph lesson uses an easy bar graph generating website
- Lesson 2 involves exploring Simple Machines in groups
- Metal Craft - engraving a foil-covered dish
- Student entrepreneurs experience business, calculate profit, and develop an understanding of "economic growth" as settlers in a new community in this multidisciplinary activity
- Learn about pumpkins here with "The Pumpkin Book"
- Here we play a Rights vs. Responsibility game and make appropriate bookmarks
- This brief idea involves Wheels and Axles
- TOPIC:Similiarities and Differences of Children's Lives in Japa
- A lesson using the "Frog And Toad" series that helps with Emotions
- This is an idea to help students with "Speed Reading in History"
- Lesson 5 discusses Assembly Lines and the making of products
- Careful here, this one is on Rock Throwing
- "Fraction Pyramid" is an idea that combines math, social studies, and cooperation
- This empowering lesson plan utilizes an economically-centered African American board game
- African Ashanti dolls are created and discussed here
- This idea called "What Is This?" is for developing class Bulletin Boards
- This second part of lesson 4 continues the Matching Activity above
- Another Navajo lesson plan, this one involving Weaving Rugs
- The third lesson is on Elements of Sculpture and involves Designing a Glyph of a Jaguar
- Here's a great lesson on how businesses, especially grocery stores, work
- A lesson plan on Helping
- This lesson discusses Pulleys and their use
- Here a handprint American flag is created on a sheet
- In this lesson, students use Kidspiration and learn the difference between the terms reuse and recycle
- An activity which focuses on differences in Housing
- Following this Internet demonstration lesson, students create a state park brochure
- This EFL lesson encourages children to critique cultural holidays and festivals
- Patchwork Collage - arranging wrapping paper shapes
- A lesson on family structures and roles
- This first plan asks the question "What is a Community?"
- Here are some miscellaneous ideas for Family Involvement
- This outstanding cartography lesson combines the elements of art, geography, geology, math, and more
- Here's an idea for an Earth Day Song
- This portion is called Science Discovery Days
- This safety lesson uses Kidspiration templates to teach about helpful community members, traffic signals, and how to cross a street
- A lesson plan for mapping out communities
- Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson
- This lesson involves Planting a Native American Garden
- Click here to celebrate Chinese New Year with oriental music and lanterns
- Here's a Careers idea that involves Painting a T-Shirt
- This is an excellent lesson on national symbols that are unique to our country
- In "Community Helpers," students draw and write about their future occupation and how they will help the community
- This Veteran's Day activity uses the book "The Wall"
- Called "Eat Your State," this idea creates natural resources state maps out of Food
- These Native American "leather" stories make a great Thanksgiving hallway display
- This lesson looks at Black History in Western Expansion in America
- A lesson on Landforms and the Weathering of them
- This Geography lesson is on the 50 States
- This is an African-American music history awareness lesson
- This lesson looks at the differences in the country & city and uses the KWL method
- Here students hold a mock election after preparing a report on voting and the current presidential election
- This Mapping lesson involves Mapping a Garden
- Students create and narrate a family tree story line in this Photo Story 3 lesson
- The unit begins with an introduction to the Simple Machines Unit
- This portion is on Native American Folk Tales
- Here continents and oceans are plotted on a pumpkin globe (Think Halloween!)
- Sioux Indian village dioramas are the outcome of this lesson
- Here students research and compare a Latin American country to the U.S.
- This is an edible physical and directional state geography lesson
- Students plan routes using predetermined goals in this map skills lesson
- The student categorizes nonrenewable vs. renewable resources in this lesson and learns the effects of overusing our resources
- "Where in the World is Mr. Maraca?" is a quarter-long exploration of world music
- This big, multidisciplinary lesson called "Night Before Christmas" is on Writing and Much More
- Last is a lesson on Native American Superstitions
- This is a brief idea on Crime and Punishment and why Laws are necessary
- This Art and Social Studies lesson is on Navajo Sand Paintings
- In this lesson, students apply social studies & math skills to plan a field trip
- Students research, identify and write sentences about African animals here
- Here is a collection of extension activity ideas
- Here is a lesson on Aborigines taught by your students(methodology could be used for other subjects as well )
- Here's an interesting idea for keeping Pet Rock Journals
- A lesson on Decision Making
- This idea uses Drawing 4 Children software to explore different types of transportation
- Teach about different countries and cultures with this must-have compilation of creative ideas
- Here's a timely Thanksgiving Turkey Art project
- This writing idea for what students do for Christmas (Holidays) allows for the exploring of different cultures' traditions
- This lesson on Maps is called "Find Captain Hook's Treasure" and involves Peter Pan
- Here students create a mural depicting how their community lives and works together
- Here students create a clip art PowerPoint slide presentation on a Revolutionary War personality
- In this Thanksgiving lesson, students write a list and visually present what they are thankful for by creating a placemat
- Here is a Veteran's Day Thank You Song plus other activities
- Can you guess who is in the Kapok Tree? This descriptive paragraph lesson answers this question
- Lesson 1 involves looking at and talking about Mesoamerica and their Glyphs
- This Independence Day lesson idea yields student art work for a time capsule
- This game helps students learn about songs of the Armed Forces in a fun way
- Lesson 2 focuses on the Symbolic Meaning of Glyphs
- This lesson asks the question "How do bananas get from where they are grown to your lunch box?"
- This well-developed lesson on the components of a community includes suggested connections to other disciplines
- Levers are the subject of this part of the unit
- This lesson involves writing a paper as a culminating activity
- A good idea looking at Jobs in a Community with real situations in class
- This lesson involves Martin Luther King Jr. and Faith Ringgold to make a Quilt to Record History
- A lesson on Native American Pottery and Culture
- A lesson plan on Transportation
- This lesson is on the Mayflower and Thanksgiving history
- This lesson models how to glean information from text to write an informative paper
- This Expressionism lesson is part of a Thanksgiving project-based multidisciplinary learning plan
- This lesson is called "What is Work?"
- Dance your way into learning about Earth Day with the book "Earth Dance"
- This judicial voting lesson features the case of Three Little Pigs vs. The Wolf
- Here the difference between voting in 1800 and the importance of voting now is demonstrated
- A Social Studies lesson on geography involving Mexico
- Jewelry Making - decorating salt dough pieces
- Here's an overview of the activities for Family Involvement
- This lesson on Oil Spills focuses on Writing a Letter to a Senator
- This part is for developing a "Family Command Post"
- This lesson idea teaches students about the Census
- To integrate Music, this section is on making "Rocky Music"
- Here's a general overview of the Ocean Unit
- This idea involves creating maps of the continents with graham crackers
- Lesson One
- The object of this lesson is to make a Native American word booklet
- In this creative lesson, students make an animal and choose an environment
- This lesson studies the relationship between U.S. crops and climates
- A similar lesson on decision making with Opportunity Cost
- This section is meant to be a general Exploration of Rocks in general
- This multidisciplinary vacation lesson exercises math problem solving, art, literary, and map skills
- Here is an alphabet book of student-created postcards made for each state, especially Idaho
- Here's a collection of the letters to send to parents regarding the family involvement activities
- A Geography lesson on States that involves making a State Cookie
- Kids learn the names of the continents here by completing a challenging cut-and-paste activity and a descriptive T-chart
- Lesson Three
- "Friendship Flowers" teaches about friendship!
- A Geography lesson for learning about the continents
- This part focuses on Safety Equipment needed for some Machines
- This great New Year's lesson is called "Reflections: 2001" but can be used for any New Year
- Here are 3 Native American Craft ideas
- Early American Tin Punch Ornaments are made here
- In this idea, students are motivated to write accurate directions using landmarks and distances
- This Chinese New Year lesson encourages appreciation of Chinese culture through celebration
- This one is for creating a Personal Timeline
- In Lesson 4, students Carve a Glyph on Sandstone
- This lesson looks at the U.S. and New Zealand in terms of Location, Transportation, and Apples!
- Classroom Cave Art is a lesson incorporating visual art, reading, and early culture
- First we look back to before there were any "Machines," and look at Simple Machines like Corkscrews and Screwdrivers
- This one deals with Communities of the Past
- Here's a big Economics Unit that is standards-based and titled "Classroom Business"
- This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks
- This author uses her bookThe Lavender Llamato teach respect for differences
- This is a Matching Activity with Simple Machines and their Definitions
- A great Human Body activity
- This idea is called Pepsi Bear and builds Confidence, Speaking, and Listening Skills
- Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs
- This one involves celebrating different cultures' holidays
- Introduction to Pakistan's Handicrafts
- This web hunt shows students why and how we celebrate Independence Day
- This economics lesson teaches students about opportunity costs, scarcity and how choices are made
- Learn about Labor Day with this lesson
- Collection of activities to teach about Native Americans
- "One Million Bones" is a collaborative art project to call attention to the atrocities of genocide and mass violence
- This one is on the mountains of the world
- In this lesson, students learn about the Sioux Indians and make tortilla teepees
- This lesson plan is an Exploration of Volcanoes
- Pirates are cool and so is this map skills lesson
- A Mayflower Compact PowerPoint is used here to explain freedom and the necessity of laws and law enforcement in a community
- This one looks at the Instruments used to Forecast the Weather
- Students share family traditions and culture with their class in this activity
- In this class research lesson, students find historical quotes matching their alphabet letter
- This lesson plan is on Picasso and involves creating Picasso-Style Art
- A lesson plan on the World Continents
- In this lesson, "Little No Speak" helps young students cope with anxiety
- This lesson is for studying Kenya
- Here is an Evaluation section for the unit
- Here students feel the impact of segregation and a Martin Luther King Day video is made from it
- Four great Social Studies lessons for teaching about Costa Rica
- Students make a bulletin board picture quilt of "thankful for" things here after creating a graphic organizer and hearing Thanksgiving poems
- This is a dialing 911 lesson
- Exploring the Rain Forest Through Print, Graphics, and Sound
- After learning the cultural history of pottery, students design and make a functional piece here
- Thanksgiving ideas about what students are Thankful for
- This lesson on anger uses the book "When Sophia Gets Angry
- Students use their initials to tell their own biographies in this lesson
- This lesson idea is on countries of the world and involves studying one country each month
- This Rain Forest lesson involves People, Animals, and Life in the Rain Forest
- Here's a Halloween lesson on Mapping called "Halloween Hunt"
- This game idea is for learning the state capitals
- This is an outstanding multidiscipline integrated unit on Patricia Polacco: A Crafty Author <
- A lesson on the advantages and disadvantages of the Civil War
- This idea uses the bookCarpenter, Carpenter, What Do You Seeas a career exploration tool
- How to Make Apple Pie in Second Person
- Here's a lesson on the Navajo Indian Culture
- This one is on Rocks from an Ant's Eye View
- Here are song lyrics for a Veteran's Day assembly
- The purpose of this lesson is to teach students to use a newspaper index
- Here a true/false anticipation guide prepares students for learning the geographical, geological and cultural facts of the African savannah
- Here's an idea for your class to Map State Rivers and Lakes
- A lesson plan for comparing communities
- Here's timeline for Mexican history
- After readingThe Borrowed Hanukkah Latkesby Linda Glaser, why not make some?
- Here's a fun game idea called "Pin the Explorer on the Continent"
- Students produce a Photo Story 3 social documentary here about a current event or issue of interest
- "Transportation All Around You" is the title of this lesson on the same topic
- This lesson is on Henry Ford and the historical importance of the assembly line
- Michelangelo and his painting of the Sistine Chapel are the subject of this lesson
- A lesson on the American Flag and its Symbols
- This lesson uses Music to help teach Latitude vs Longitude
- This mapping lesson makes students aware of their surroundings at school and at home
- This is an idea for creating a School / Neighborhood Map
- After comparing the "Magic School Bus in the Rainforest" book to its video, students research and present rainforest animal facts to the class here
- This portion is on Rock Streaking
- This is an economics lesson on the importance of a variety of jobs to the success of a community
- We continue with Wedges in this lesson
- With this idea you would bring in a Weather Forecaster from your local news
- Force and Work are discussed in this portion of the unit
- This lesson teaches a writing process for informative non-fiction research-based papers
- This exercise brings awareness about family diversity to the younger population
- The last lesson involves completing the Glyph Carving
- These activites are helpful for the story "Mitchell Is Moving"
- This reading comprehension lesson centers on Veteran's Day and the book "Granddad Bud - A Veterans Day Story"
- This lesson is on Letter Writing regarding topics related to students' Community
- This Economics lesson involves students starting their own Classroom Businesses
- A Memory Skills lesson to teach Right vs Left
- This lesson involves an experiment with volcano explosions
- Here students use their senses to write Thanksgiving cinquain poems
- Here's a 4th of July lesson involving making a simulated fireworks display
- This lesson introduces Moh's Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock
- "Christmas Around the World" is an original classroom play
- A collection of Geography activities for learning about the Mississippi River
- This lesson on Mountains involves Weather, Mountains, and their Animals
- This part deals with "Pet Rocks"
- Another lesson on Maps, this one using Grids
- The history of U.S. voting rights is presented here
- This lessons teaches how to use the Phone in an Emergency
- The "Colors of Us" are compared to food in this similar/different diversity lesson
- A detailed lesson plan on Government, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights
- "Who were the Cowboys" integrates the study of history with the reading and writing of cowboy tall tales
- In this project, students research, write, and use media to support a local environmental issue
- Here career exploration results in a PowerPoint including educational and job requirements, a mentor interview and possibly a job site tour
- The Importance of Voting is the topic of this lesson using "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs"
- Another Social Studies lesson plan for comparing communities using Venn Diagrams
- This portion teaches about the Ocean Food Chain
- This is a scanned picture of what the 4" x 3" squares and grid should look like
- A Social Studies lesson on counting in Spanish
- Here's a discussion of the Ships on the Ocean
- Beanie babies and U.S. cities are the inspirations for this adventure story assignment
- This lesson is on Building A Classroom Community
- A Social Studies game called Who Are They
- Native American culture, lifestyles, and contributions are shared in this research lesson
- This is a lesson plan on tornadoes and their location
- "Create the Environment" is a game involving the characteristics of the seven continents
- Paint a picture of what you want to be; an Art and Social Studies lesson
- Here's a simple idea for creating a physical community with buildings and streets
- This idea is called "Veterans In My Family" and is great for Veteran's Day or Memorial Day
- This lesson plan is on the Members of a Community
- This lesson on Quilts uses the book "The Patchwork Quilt" by Valerie Flournoy
- The last plan involves Interviews of Members of a Community
- This lesson plan is on Cave Paintings and Historical Stereotypes
- This Social Studies/Language Arts lesson plan is on the news and its themes
- This lesson plan is on families
- This lesson involves creating continents
- This lesson uses Pictionary as a vehicle for teaching colonial job trades
- State quarters are used here to teach state names, location and symbols
- Ocean Animals are the subject of this section
- "Look, Listen & Learn" is a composers and history lesson that can be taught without saying a word!
- This lesson discusses the difficulties in Crossing the Ocean
- This lesson plan involves Resource Management on a Float Trip
- This lesson focuses on building Self-Esteem and exposure to other cultures
- This reading and writing lesson idea on rainforests involves comparing cultures
- A Social Studies Activity on Bartering and Trade
- Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks
- In this idea students view a video of Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Here is another lesson idea on transportation
- If you want to cause a Revolutionary War in your classroom, try this candy tax lesson
- In "Visiting the USA," students plan a trip and show the results in a Photo Story
- Did Leonardo Da Vinci's Curiosity and Detailed Drawings Influence Communities Around the World?
- This is a Social Studies lesson on Mexican literature
- This lesson on the 50 States involves students drawing the states
- In this idea students find instances of Geography Terms on Maps
- Called "My Life As A Tree," this lesson is on Tree Rings, Bark, Cambium, and Heartwood
- Another Social Studies lesson on translating from Spanish to English
- This lesson on Immigration involves a "Journey Through Ellis Island"
- This fun hands-on lesson teaches students Spanish language and culture as they improve their Baleros skills.
- If your school hasn't made a flag on the fence with paper cups yet, you really should try this idea!
- This excellent lesson plan is on the history of the Olympics
- Here's an idea for using poetry (reading and writing) to help think about weather
- Another Geography Lesson I wrote to teach latitude and longitude
- A Community-Improving lesson which stresses that Hands Are For Helping
- Here students research geographical landmarks after learning about tall tales andThe Bunyans
- This first part is on Pilot Jobs and Vocabulary
- This part is on the Ocean Plants
- This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art
- This 6-foot Mayan pyramid is created out of recycled materials
- A Social Studies lesson plan on using the compass
- Here's a lesson on Decoding Braille
- Another Social Studies lesson, this one on Egyptian Irrigation
- A lesson on Apples called "Apples All Around!"
- "Cowboys at Christmas" is a unique multi-activity lesson teaching us appreciation for the "big gifts" we often take for granted
- This is a program for writing and illustrating a hardbound class book
- This one is for studying the Uses of Water
- This is a lesson on Ecuadorian Masapán bread dough sculpting
- This is an Overview of the unit with links to the other components
- The second lesson is on Measurement, Graphing, and Creating Art for their plane
- This is an integrated Aboriginal Dot Painting lesson plan
- A lesson on the Steps a Bill takes to becomes a Law
- Another lesson on Opportunity Costs
- Students love this Earth Day Jeopardy game activity (Special Ed - 3-12)
- This is a lesson on the book, "Johnny Appleseed," and the man, John Chapman
- Here is a Rain Forest lesson involving painting animals
- This one is on Native American Legends
- Coconut turkeys are the "centerpiece" of this Thanksgiving Idea
- Here's a collection of activities to use with the story "Jamaica Tag Along"
- Teach about the Oceans of the World with this part
- A great Social Studies lesson plan on Newspaper structure
- A lesson plan to help in learning the States
- This is a current events blog resource
- This is a lesson plan on Amish Communities
- This is an economics lesson about services in our community
- Here a community map is created
- This lesson plan is on Cesar Chavez and the difference that a single person can make
- Lesson Two
- An idea for keeping your classroom up-to-date with the Daily News
- A Social Studies lesson for creating community brochures
- This lesson on Cacti is called Cactus Hotel
- Another collection of activities to teach about Native Americans
- In this holiday idea, students draw an imaginary map of Santa's "North Pole" community
- An idea for Interviewing the "Mystery Visitor"
- This idea looks at Forecasts and how we Prepare for Weather
- Here's an idea for students to make flags for different countries
- This lesson defines suburban, rural, and urban communities and culminates in a community collage
- Here students draw maps of their rooms using the bookMapping Penny's Worldas a model
- This "Little Mouse on the Prairie" story drama teaches compromise and cooperation
- Clay Seals - modeling designs in clay
- This one deals with the Lakota-Sioux Sun Dance
- Here you can create a Home Book Bag for taking projects home to be done with the family
- This heart-warming first day of school idea builds classroom community
- Here's an idea on Conflict Resolution
- Community - Service Project Rubric
- Community - Service Project - Part 2
- Community - Service Project - Part 3
- Community - Service Project - Part 1
- Community - Community-Building Activities/Energizers
- Community - Teamwork Lesson
- Community - Multiple Intelligence Inventory
- Community - Exploring the Intelligences
- Community - Community in Literature
- Community - Goal Setting
- Community - Celebrating Diversity and Heritage
- Community - Following Directions
- Community - What is Community?
- Community Unit - What Makes a Good Community?
- Community - Following Directions Worksheet
- First Day Class Census
- Saint Patrick's Day
- All About Groups, Community, pt. 5 of 5
- All About Groups, Community, pt. 4 of 5
- All About Groups, Community, pt. 2 of 5
- All About Groups, Community, pt. 1 of 5
- All About Groups, Community, pt. 3 of 5
