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- Hey, Back Off! Tips for Stopping Teen Harassment
- Doing Good
- Aquatic Wildlife and Pollution
- Mardi Gras Parade
- Can Tolerance Be Taught?
- Indians of the Woodlands
- Hunting Whales Lesson #4
- Alaskan Unit Lesson #3
- Alaskan Unit Lesson 2
- Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit
Cities and NonProfit Data - Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit
Cities and NonProfit Data - Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit
Vocabulary - Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit
How to Play - Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit
Learning Goals and Links to Classroom Learning - Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit - Program Description
- Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit - About Us
- Alaskan Unit lesson #5
- Faith Ringgold - Martin Luther King - Quilt Making
- Differentiated Learning Egyptian Project
- Sadako's Cranes
- Water Cycle Unit Lesson 3, Evaporation
- Water Cycle Unit, Objectives and Scope
- Water Cycle Unit Lesson 5, Precipitation
- Water Cycle Unit Lesson 4, Cloud Formation
- Water Cycle Unit Lesson 2, Evaporation
- Water Cycle Unit Introduction, Water Cycle
- Water Cycle Unit, Supplementary Materials
- Water Cycle Unit, Culminating Activity
- Water Cycle Unit, Assessment
- Natural Disasters - Assesssment
- Natural Disasters - Learning Activities
- Natural Disasters - Year 5 and 6 unit
- The Great Gatsby, 1920s, Trends
- The Great Gatsby, 1920s, Automobile
- The Great Gatsby, 1920s, Jazz Age
- The Great Gatsby, 1920s, Famous People
- The Great Gatsby, 1920s, Prohibition
- The Great Gatsby, 1920s, Magazine Description Continued
- The Great Gatsby, 1920s, Project Description
- Word Lists - Stage 3 Early White Settlement
- Worksheets - Stage 3 Early White Settlement
- Units - Stage 3 Early White Settlement
- Units - Stage 3 Early White Settlement
- Units - Stage 3 Early White Settlement
- Invasion - Stage 3 Unit Early White Settlement
- Aborigine art makes good rainy day activity
- Writing About The Holocaust, Introduction Worksheet
- Writing About The Holocaust, Thesis Worksheet
- Writing About The Holocaust, Writing an Editorial
- Writing About The Holocaust, Terezin Overheads
- Writing About The Holocaust, Writing Poetry
- Writing About The Holocaust, Grandpa Worksheet
- Writing About The Holocaust, Writing A Narrative
- Writing About The Holocaust, Report Worksheets
- Writing About The Holocaust, Research Report
- Writing About The Holocaust, Intro, Overview, Culminating Activity
- Writing About The Holocaust, Connections
- Women in History Pageant
- Jamestown Colony, Fact vs. Fiction
- Environmental Injustice Unit - Lesson 2
- Do Something about...
School Violence Art Curricula Unit
Day 3: Jackson Pollack - Lines Convey Emotion - Civil War Unit - Appendix D - Always Stand on the Union Side, Union Dixie songs
- Civil War Unit - Appendix C - Star Spangled Banner, Battle Cry of Freedom songs
- Lesson Plan 2: Developing Successful Teamwork Skills
- Hurricanes
- Pakistani Handicrafts Unit - Clay Seals
- Houses vs. Homes
- To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before
- Social Studies Lesson Plans - Junior / High School
- Filmstrip Worksheet
- Apprentice Questions - Chef
- Apprentice Questions - Alchemist, Scientist, Astronomer
- The Olympics
- Wants and Needs
- The Importance of Symbols
- Family Changes
- Michigan
- Spanish Cultures
- Jamestown Colony, Fact vs. Fiction
- Wall St. Rookies
- Birdseye View, Mapping
- Civil War Unit - Unit Test Key
- Civil War Unit - Unit Test
- Civil War Unit - Lesson E: Songs of the South
- Civil War Unit - Lesson D: Songs of the North
- Civil War Unit - Lesson C: Patriotic Songs
- Civil War Unit - Lesson B: Underground Railroad
- Civil War Unit - Appendix E - The Bonnie Blue Flag, Dixie's Land songs
- Civil War Unit - Appendix B - On An Underground Railroad, Follow The Drinking Gourd songs
- Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit - Pre-Game Lesson Plan 3
- Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit - Pre-Game Lesson Plan 2
- Map Legend vs. Story Legend
- FK: the 1960 election and Foreign Policy
- Social Studies - Black History Month
- Alaska Unit
- Indians of the Woodlands
- Economic Community
- Michelle Hofmann
- Social Studies - Concept Formation - Equality Under the Law
- Simulated Colonial School
- Renaissance Period Worksheet
- 8 days on Deafness and American Sign Language
- Cesar Chavez Quilt Stories
- Erosion Unit Worksheet
- Media - Radio
- Handout
- Cameo Portraits, the Colonial Period
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- Research Sheet
- Handout
- Aquatic Wildlife and Pollution
- Ecosystem Diamante Poetry
- Do Something about... School Violence Art Curricula Unit Day 9: Conflict Resolution - Keith Haring Figures Part II
- Summer Safety Safari
- Black Africa - Tribal Art
- Valentine's Day, lesson ideas
- "We're Just Like Crayons" by Stephen Fite is the centerpiece for this diversity lesson
- Students make historical monument sunset silhouettes in this lesson on contrast
- This digital storytelling lesson encourages students to use electronic media to tell a personal story in a creative way
- In this transportation lesson, the class creates a land/air/water pocket chart graph after reading a transportation story
- Letters to Soldiers
- This PowerPoint lecture is titled "On the Backs of Slaves"
- This is an idea to celebrate the end of the school year with a Juneteenth Presentation Celebration
- 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
- Students create a propaganda piece here and write about an American Revolutionary War colonist who is influenced by it
- Sustainability posters with recycling, composting, water conservation, organic gardening, repurposing and biofuel facts are created by groups here
- In "Path of a Slave," students make PowerPoint presentations mapping the journey of a slave from Africa to the Thirteen Colonies.
- Environmental Injustice Unit - Lesson 1
- This is an introductory economics lesson on wants, needs, resources and scarcity
- Google Maps and Google Earth are used here to study plate tectonics and the corresponding locations of earthquakes and volcanoes
- Students use the Internet here to research the history of the Thanksgiving holiday
- This lesson suggests a template declaring a student's independence from fill-in-the-blank
- Environmental Injustice Unit - Lesson 3
- Here is a lesson on exploring family history
- Visual learners gain understanding of the contributions of FDR and Churchill to World War II's conclusion here with the help of modern day technology
- This lesson teaches students the value of getting along with people they do not know
- Part I: The Science of Climate Change
- This lesson helps students understand cultural differences with "The House on Mango Street"
- Here is an Itsy-Bitsy Spider approved lesson about diligence
- This lesson teaches social studies vocabulary words through antonyms
- This lesson plan is on the Globe
- Called Curriculum Night, this idea gets parents into the schools
- Do Something about...
School Violence Art Curricula Unit
Day 5: The Power of Language - While making African tribal masks, students learn here how scarcity of goods leads to conflict
- Titled "This Is Your Life," this lesson involves a Family Tree, Interviewing, Childhood Treasures, and Writing
- This lesson idea is on Feelings and Solving Problems without Fighting
- Jamie Rettke
- Here's a section on the Real Greenhouse Effect
- In this lesson, students experience Tiananmen Square
- 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
- This is a lesson on the origins of World War II, complete with worksheets
- Renaissance & Writing Outline - Grade 8
- A Language Arts lesson on rain forests
- This is a lesson on the effects of urban sprawl on our environmental footprint
- In this feelings demonstration, each student "hits" an apple; it still looks normal, but it is bruised inside
- Here is a well-developed lesson plan on Current Events and Diversity
- This is an introductory lesson on the New England States
- Here students write the story of Anne Frank's life if she had survived
- Students print meaningful geometric Adinka Design patterns in the Ashanti tradition in this lesson
- An interesting lesson on Mexican Food
- Map Rubric
- These are multidisciplinary election lesson ideas
- Day 8: Route to Freedom:Mapping North Carolina's UGR routes
- Students create a Civil War digital diorama here, showing how physical and human geographic factors can affect a war's outcome
- This lesson looks at the Geographic area taken up by Land Vs Water
- This back-to-school ice breaker idea looks at classroom diversity
- Dreamcatchers are the center of this Native American culture lesson and "all-about-me" activity
- Fabulously Faux: The Rockford Frescoes
- In this lesson students create model Native American Homes
- This lesson explores the concept of timelines.
- This lesson on angles integrates science, social studies, and art
- This Vivaldi's "Spring" lesson correlates music with weather and history
- This is a personal finance lesson on buying your first car
- Passports to the World is the title of this lesson
- 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
- Students work with primary sources here to evaluate the efficacy of arguments and tactics used by woman suffragists
- Groups create a Photo Story 3 presentation about a researched biome here
- Identifying different travel and tourism types is the subject of this lesson
- This activity involves creating Travel Brochures
- A lesson on Maps and Globes
- In this lesson, students learn about Columbus Day from two perspectives
- Unit Intro: The documentary film "Ballou" follows a struggling inner city school band as it overcomes obstacles and uplifts its community on the way to a national competition
- 9-3 includes Writing a Letter to the President
- Day 1: Introduction to global warming, energy conservation and how rising temperatures affect us locally
- Parallel timelines are the subject of this lesson
- A high school lesson on 20th Century Literature
- In part 9-5, students will create a basic Web Page
- This one tries to help with Adult Reading Buddies
- Students learn how holding a political office effects change
- Posing as 1788 journalists, students create a newpaper front page to share their viewpoints on the ratification of the constitution
- In this lesson, students make an ABC book of a country's geography
- 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
- Titled "A Walk Through History," this lesson looks at the US presidents
- This lesson deals exclusively with Martin Luther King
- Lesson 2 involves exploring Simple Machines in groups
- A unique lesson plan on African Jewelry Making
- Part six works on the difference between Orbit and Rotation and distance from the Sun
- Metal Craft - engraving a foil-covered dish
- In this Writer's Workshop lesson, students keep fictional journals on the discovery of King Tut's tomb
- Here the slope formula helps students analyze population trends in a local county
- A lesson on presidential campaigns
- Unit Materials and Resources
- 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
- The US Constitution and the Executive Branch are the subject of this lesson
- 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"
- Still life contour drawings are changed into an abstract collage here utilizing cubist techniques
- 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
- UGR Unit Rubrics
- This geography lesson asks the question: "Weather - where does it come from?"
- Here are several good ideas for a unit on the Trail of Tears
- Here's an idea for setting up Regions of the World in your Classroom
- This is an idea to send Pocket Poems to our troops in times of war
- 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
- This is a product country of origin research chart idea
- Another Navajo lesson plan, this one involving Weaving Rugs
- This is a graphic organizer that students use to research corporate companies and benefits
- Here are some instructional ideas using "Super Pop-Up Reports for American History"
- Here's an idea for using a Computer to Graph the Litter in school
- 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
- In this finance lesson, groups research income and expenses, then prepare a PowerPoint budget that works
- 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
- Here's a well developed Internet Project for teaching about the Civil Rights Movement
- 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 lesson analyzes African American folktales, songs, and hymns during the time of slavery with the help of Inspiration software
- This lesson plan is on Pioneer Life
- Students will learn about gangs and the theory of groupthink
- This is a psychology lesson on levels and characteristics of mental retardation
- Another Transportation lesson called "Land, Air, or Water?"
- This first plan asks the question "What is a Community?"
- Here's a good filler idea called "Today in History"
- This is a Great Wall of China research lesson
- 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
- Here's another large, well-developed unit; this one is on Erosion
- Here is a creating fun Holiday ideas for children lesson for students in child development/care classes
- This portion is called Science Discovery Days
- This lesson is called "Build the Continents"
- This safety lesson uses Kidspiration templates to teach about helpful community members, traffic signals, and how to cross a street
- This is an idea for covering the pros and cons of adopting the constitution
- Venn diagrams are completed here comparing a Hispanic quinceañera with other rites of passage
- Students learn about Memorial Day here while using crumpling skills to create an appropriate flag decoration
- A lesson plan for mapping out communities
- Lesson Plan 2
- Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson
- This webquest uses different search engines to research pro and con opinions on changing Native American school mascot names
- This first one involves an introduction to the Solar System
- A brief idea on Sight for 12-18 month old toddlers
- 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
- A game idea on the 3 Branches of Government
- 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"
- Students write their own Native American myth in this lesson
- A brief idea on Smell for 12-18 month old toddlers
- A lesson on the Ville Diagram neural activity
- This lesson is on cultural awareness and sharing traditions
- This thematic unit for Kindergarten is on Transportation
- 9-2 will create a Short Play
- This is a global warming lesson disguised as a measurement conversion worksheet
- Part 9-4 involves Assessing the Mars Colony Ideas
- 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
- Students will talk about safety in their own schools
- "The Great Kapok Tree" is used to teach about Rain Forest Trees here
- This lesson looks at Black History in Western Expansion in America
- A Social Studies lesson on Costa Rica
- 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
- A multidisciplinary lesson on Music Around the World
- Blue popcorn is used to craft a state flower (Texas Bluebonnet) in this lesson
- This Social Studies lesson involving writing letters to the president
- 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
- Lesson Plan 3 - Virtual Exploration of Lascaux Cave
- A Cross-Curricular lesson plan for Reviewing material, based on the game Jeopardy
- Information, Discussion Topics, and Activities that help answer the question "What Is Terrorism?"
- If your students are into clothes, they will love this world economics lesson on international trade
- This Mapping lesson involves Mapping a Garden
- This is a geometry lesson on shapes found in an African village
- 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
- Title: Reading About the Rain Forests
- Students will discuss the role of citizens in a democracy
- This is a Cherokee Tale of Good and Evil - Which one will win?
- This lesson is on the Characteristics of different Vertebrates and Invertebrates from around the World
- Here continents and oceans are plotted on a pumpkin globe (Think Halloween!)
- In this college readiness lesson, students investigate characteristics universities, internships and scholarship organizations seek in an applicant; create a short photo story illustrating their quali
- Another Social Studies lesson on Costa Rica (Resources)
- Sioux Indian village dioramas are the outcome of this lesson
- Day 6: Students compare U.S. energy use to that of other count
- This 50 States Research Project helps students learn more about the different parts of the US
- Here students research and compare a Latin American country to the U.S.
- This is a career guidance lesson on how to interpret EXPLORE test results
- This Native American lesson uses "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"
- This is an edible physical and directional state geography lesson
- Day 3: Hear the Whistle Blow! -Musical Messages of Freedom
- Use this lesson when a natural disaster is in the news
- Students write a parody of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" covering the last year or decade in this poetry lesson
- This is a well-developed lesson plan on the background, course, and consequences of the Holocaust
- Students plan routes using predetermined goals in this map skills lesson
- Photography is the subject of this lesson involving Dorthea Lange's Migrant Mother
- This is a lesson on voting and holding office
- In this multi-grade Photo Story 3 lesson, students storyboard and present a report on their hero
- The student categorizes nonrenewable vs. renewable resources in this lesson and learns the effects of overusing our resources
- Students learn about the system of representation in a democracy
- "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
- Here students create a civil war leader index card by drawing a picture of the individual on one side and listing three facts on the other
- 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
- After watching the State of the Union address, seniors write a "State of My Union" speech here
- In this lesson, students apply social studies & math skills to plan a field trip
- A brief idea on Hearing for 12-18 month old toddlers
- Students research, identify and write sentences about African animals here
- This three-generation history of travel lesson includes multidisciplinary enrichment activities
- Here is a collection of extension activity ideas
- Here are two markup and discount percentage lessons
- 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 great unit on Johnstown
- Day 4: Students examine their own energy consumption and conservation
- A lesson on Decision Making
- Here are some simple songs for learning about and celebrating Cinco de Mayo
- This idea uses Drawing 4 Children software to explore different types of transportation
- This Social Studies lesson is on the History of Spain
- Here the housing and tools of Native Americans, European settlers and modern day life are compared
- Teach about different countries and cultures with this must-have compilation of creative ideas
- This idea has students summarizing a global current events newspaper article on a weekly basis
- 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
- Students will Map a trip to a National Park in this lesson
- This lesson on Maps is called "Find Captain Hook's Treasure" and involves Peter Pan
- Here students nibble their way around geography while making an edible map
- Here students design a stamp to commemorate the life of Thomas Jefferson
- Day 10: Riding the Rails:Personal Journeys to Freedom - Continued
- To complete this lesson, students create a diorama depicting a cause or effect of the American Revolution
- This is a Mardi Gras/Pancake Day celebration idea
- In this lesson, students make a map of the Great Wagon Road
- 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
- Enviromental Injustice Unit - Lesson 4
- This lesson looks at what makes us Special
- In this Thanksgiving lesson, students write a list and visually present what they are thankful for by creating a placemat
- Students will create a picture book biography in this thorough 7-day unit
- This is a lesson on the modern effects of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
- Here is a Veteran's Day Thank You Song plus other activities
- In this Ancient Egypt lesson, students create a personal hieroglyphic tomb wall with artifacts and map
- Ballou High School Movie Unit - Lesson Plan II
- A great lesson on Civil War generals and battles
- Can you guess who is in the Kapok Tree? This descriptive paragraph lesson answers this question
- Students create a 30-second photo story commercial for their personal hero in this hero vs. hero worship lesson
- This is a lesson on zoo animals and the hot or cold climate from which they came
- Where the Spiders Live
- Lesson 1 involves looking at and talking about Mesoamerica and their Glyphs
- Students will learn about the principal of diffusion of responsibility and techniques that can help them if they are ever a victim of violence
- Spanish Language Songs to Improve Listening Comprehension in Spanish
- 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
- In this reference lesson, students research and present state facts on a poster
- Unit Comprehensive Assessment
- Do Something about...
School Violence Art Curricula Unit
Day 7: Conversations and Arguments with Lines - Here is a bingo vocabulary game about people who provide service in a community
- This classroom behavior modification idea was inpired by the movie "Groundhog's Day"
- This is a project for Mapping out the 13 Colonies
- An immigrant group's "culture capsule" is created in this multidisciplinary lesson
- 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
- This Canadian lesson plan uses a quiz game to discuss aboriginal land treaties
- 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
- In this project, students present a historical artist to the class with a speech, poster/PowerPoint, and original art in the artist's style
- This lesson involves Martin Luther King Jr. and Faith Ringgold to make a Quilt to Record History
- This great International Pen Pal idea helps students combat terrorism in a significant way
- This great holocaust unit deals with discrimination, abuse of power, and oppression
- A lesson on Native American Pottery and Culture
- A lesson plan on Transportation
- This one focuses on Saving a National Park
- Here students generate object art in the manner of Wayne Thiebaud and other 1960s pop artists
- The last lesson addresses the Interviewing of Elders to learn about their life in the community
- This lesson is on the Mayflower and Thanksgiving history
- This lesson models how to glean information from text to write an informative paper
- Lesson Plan 1 - Mapping Walls
- Explore the Roaring Twenties with this lecture, some research and role playing
- Here students draw "My Family is...," after reading "My Family is Forever"
- Students draft a classroom Bill of Rights in this lesson
- This Expressionism lesson is part of a Thanksgiving project-based multidisciplinary learning plan
- This lesson is called "What is Work?"
- Timeline for Implementation of Lessons
- Dance your way into learning about Earth Day with the book "Earth Dance"
- This is an idea for creating epitaphs of historical figures
- Students study the geography, politics, and people of Afghanistan in this lesson
- This judicial voting lesson features the case of Three Little Pigs vs. The Wolf
- UGR Unit Bibliography And Webliography
- This is a lesson on important U.S. landmarks and the states in which they are located
- This lesson takes you to the thirteen equatorial rainforest countries
- Historical biographies are combined with poetry writing in this "bio-poetry" lesson
- Here the difference between voting in 1800 and the importance of voting now is demonstrated
- Here students make a PowerPoint on the history, art, literature, and culture of a Spanish-speaking country
- Part III: A Personal Plan for Climate Change
- A Social Studies lesson on geography involving Mexico
- Creating a family or personal crest is a good way to discuss family values or to learn about classmates
- Jewelry Making - decorating salt dough pieces
- "Chessays" are a collection of chess-related essay ideas especially useful when teaching creative writing, British literature or medieval history units
- Here students learn through an Inspiration software presentation "How a Bill becomes a Law"
- Here's an overview of the activities for Family Involvement
- This lesson on Oil Spills focuses on Writing a Letter to a Senator
- Be sure to play this Airport Transition Game to review ecosystems and habitats between units
- Do Something about... Teen Voting/Civic Engagement
- Students learn about social capital and how to use networking for civic action
- This part is for developing a "Family Command Post"
- The relevance of ancient Roman architecture, culture, and language are explored in this Pantheon lesson
- A lesson plan on Immigration and tracing one's Lineage
- This is a lesson on political cartoons
- This brief idea involves learning History from Grandparents
- This idea is called Holidaymakers and teaches Planning
- This lesson idea teaches students about the Census
- A lesson idea called "Lovely Rivers" which uses songs about with Rivers
- 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
- This inspirational lesson about student activism in WWII can serve as a catalyst for student activism today
- Here's an idea for creating a Bill of Rights Mural
- In this creative lesson, students make an animal and choose an environment
- This lesson studies the relationship between U.S. crops and climates
- This lesson "Maps the Vote"
- A similar lesson on decision making with Opportunity Cost
- In this lesson, students learn about the culture and the customs of the Seminole tribe.
- A fun lesson to teach Latitude and Longitude and Plotting called "Box and Deliver"
- 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
- This one involves Acting out Historical Events
- Here is an alphabet book of student-created postcards made for each state, especially Idaho
- This lesson plan is on Canada's Nortwest Rebellion and uses the poem "Dialectics"
- This lesson is about Generation Y and revolutionary change
- This lesson idea is on School Life and is called "Gremlins Go To School"
- A nice Thanksgiving lesson plan encouraging us to be thankful for what we have
- Here's a collection of the letters to send to parents regarding the family involvement activities
- A lesson on Survival when Stranded
- 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!
- Here students use Excel worksheets to create a personal budget
- A Geography lesson for learning about the continents
- This part focuses on Safety Equipment needed for some Machines
- Right and Left Memory Skills are the topic on this plan
- In this lesson, students write a researched animal abuse stance paragraph after reading 'Shiloh Season'
- Narrative Rationale
- Lesson Plan 1
- This great New Year's lesson is called "Reflections: 2001" but can be used for any New Year
- In this Serif software project, students work in teams to create a small website based on a theme from a recent unit
- Here are 3 Native American Craft ideas
- Here is an art history lesson on Byzantine art and architecture
- Unit introduction, timeline, essential questions, objectives, national standards, adaptations
- Early American Tin Punch Ornaments are made here
- Another Social Studies lesson on Costa Rica
- Keith Haring Figures Part III
- This lesson covers the beginning of the American Civil War
- In this idea, students are motivated to write accurate directions using landmarks and distances
- Students create a Photo Story 3 biography of Abraham Lincoln here focusing on the Civil War years
- Here students are taught to use symbols when taking Social Studies notes
- Here "The Jolly Postman" teaches students how write a friendly letter to a fairytale character
- This Chinese New Year lesson encourages appreciation of Chinese culture through celebration
- Students create artwork based on their knowledge of line, shape, color, words and emotion
- Youth and the Civil Rights Movement
- This one is for creating a Personal Timeline
- This well-developed 7-day lesson on Athenian/Spartan cooperation and conflict results in a Quiz Bowl
- An interesting lesson plan on Marketing a Product, including Making Commercials
- Here is a dramatic play plan for law enforcement activity centers
- In Lesson 4, students Carve a Glyph on Sandstone
- A list of Social Studies activities to learn about France
- Do Something about... School Violence Art Curricula Unit Day 4: Shapes and Composition with Goya & Picasso
- Diary Writing Rubric
- A lesson on creating Kente cloths
- 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
- This lesson is on Understanding the concept of Empathy and may be helpful in Handling Terrorism
- First we look back to before there were any "Machines," and look at Simple Machines like Corkscrews and Screwdrivers
- This brief lesson idea covers Federalism, Separation of Powers, and Checks and Balances
- - Do Something about... School Violence Unit
Day 1: Bullying - Students can learn about the presidents with this great technology lesson
- The location of U.S. cities, their temperature, and what to wear when there are the topics of this map lesson
- This lesson plan focuses on Women in American History
- Day 3: Students learn about the potential consequences of global warming
- Here students describe one of America's European explorers in a poem and then decorate it
- This fun activity is for teaching about the Canadian Gold Rush
- Titled "Personal Text," students write their own Social Studies Textbooks as they learn in this lesson
- This one deals with Communities of the Past
- This portion is on Differentiating Between Needs And Wants Through Research
- In this civil rights lesson, students experience what discrimination is like
- This fun scavenger hunt idea takes place on a computer with any good reference CD-ROM
- In this holiday idea, students present a family report and collage to their family
- This Johnny Appleseed lesson includes geography, transportation, U.S. history, sense of taste, graphing, and story illustration
- Cooperative Group Work Rubric
- Clipart is used here to create a "Where is your family from" quilt square
- Finding Homes of Spiders
- Here's a big Economics Unit that is standards-based and titled "Classroom Business"
- In this marketing lesson, students develop a company, product, marketing plan and advertisements
- This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks
- This author uses her bookThe Lavender Llamato teach respect for differences
- This is an outline for an integrated Medical Careers Unit
- Here students debate, rank, and present causes of the Civil War in timeline order
- Students will learn about diffusion of responsibility and discuss how they should play a role in protecting others
- This is a Salem Witch Trial Reenactment lesson
- Part 9-1 involves Writing a Letter to NASA
- More Finding Where Spiders Live
- This is a lesson on the Union Parliament of India
- 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
- Here's a Transportation idea focusing on Semi Trucks
- In this lesson, students build a web while exploring the correlation between different careers in the workforce
- The second lesson is intended to Develop Teamwork Skills
- Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs
- Start the new year off with a scavenger hunt
- This one involves celebrating different cultures' holidays
- Here student "Sports Illustrated" reporters tour the U.S. and its National Parks following their team
- Here's an election year idea: students watch televised candidate debates and then hold their own
- This idea is on "Radio Stars" and involves the students Acting as Radio Personalities
- This isn't a lesson plan, but you may find this Charles Dickens Internet Scavenger Hunt to be helpful
- Here students make a class timeline after a history course
- This is a lesson on persuasive techniques commonly used in political advertising
- 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
- Here kids decorate a cutout of a state symbol (Texas Cowboy Boot)
- This lesson plan is on "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" and Japanese History
- Here students research a key American poet's relationship to an American literary era
- Learn about Labor Day with this lesson
- This is an economics lesson on supply curve shift factors and effects
- Collection of activities to teach about Native Americans
- This Globalization and the Environment Unit culminates with a mock Kyoto Protocol negotiation
- "One Million Bones" is a collaborative art project to call attention to the atrocities of genocide and mass violence
- This lesson looks at Appalachian Folk Music and Culture
- After reading the book "Lyddie", "Coalition Groups" will create a journal and petition for reforming current fabric mill working conditions
- This branches of government lesson uses posters to both teach and evaluate
- This is a lesson on Westward Expansion and Native American displacement
- "How Sheep Are Sheared" teaches the sequence of how a product is brought to market
- This one is on the mountains of the world
- Do Something about... Teen Voting/Civic Engagement
- In this unit, students serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council and develop a statement on Darfur
- In this lesson, students learn about the Sioux Indians and make tortilla teepees
- This lesson compares the cultures and feelings of Native Americans and Pilgrims
- This lesson plan is an Exploration of Volcanoes
- Pirates are cool and so is this map skills lesson
- Students develop Indian Chief Biographies and Presentations in this lesson
- Here students demonstrate understanding of patterns and geometric shapes while creating Native American Wall Hangings
- A Mayflower Compact PowerPoint is used here to explain freedom and the necessity of laws and law enforcement in a community
- This lesson on the Renaissance Period involves a PowerPoint Presentation
- This one looks at the Instruments used to Forecast the Weather
- Using Photo Story 3 software, students create a family tree presentation here
- Students share family traditions and culture with their class in this activity
- A good Art-focused lesson on Painting, the Elements of Light, and Studying Countries
- 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
- Students produce a multimedia fairy tale photo story here told from a different perspective
- Day 8: Students discuss pros/cons of renewable energy
- A lesson plan on the World Continents
- A brief idea on Touch for 12-18 month old toddlers
- In this lesson, "Little No Speak" helps young students cope with anxiety
- Titled "Class President," this idea can help teach Vetoes and the Executive Branch
- Lesson Plan 4 - Breaking Down Walls
- In this election idea, students make "T" charts of the candidate's views on issues, and vote based on "Just the Facts"
- Students will learn about how to find inner strength and cope with bullying
- This lesson is for studying Kenya
- Three branches of American government and three Texas presidents are the topic of this well-developed democracy lesson
- Here is an Evaluation section for the unit
- This is a KWL geography lesson on the migration of Monarch butterflies
- 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 will be making maps of Mexico in this lesson
- This lesson on violence involves creating memorials for September 11th through poems & painting
- Students make a bulletin board picture quilt of "thankful for" things here after creating a graphic organizer and hearing Thanksgiving poems
- These ideas explore the complex relationships between Native Americans and European Settlers
- Day 9: Students debate the pros/cons of government involvement in energy conservation
- This is a dialing 911 lesson
- An American quilt is made here from the cultural magazine covers students created with Desktop Publishing
- Day 2: Students learn about greenhouse gases and the power of language
- Students map, interpret and analyze the growth of Islam here with Google Earth applications and a discussion of GIS in map analysis
- Exploring the Rain Forest Through Print, Graphics, and Sound
- "Where the Wild Things Are" is a good multidisciplinary place to read, compare/contrast, sort monster types, and learn about islands
- A lesson called Growing and Changing that has connections in Social Studies and Math
- This is an outstanding presidential campaign/electoral college lesson where students forecast the electoral college votes
- 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
- After choosing from this list of Vietnam War topics, students conduct their own research and write a paper on the subject
- Here students create a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation illustrating the Bill of Rights amendments in their unique personal style
- This lesson idea is on countries of the world and involves studying one country each month
- This is a game of Stump the Teacher - Latin American Version
- Table of Contents
- This multidisciplinary unit focuses on the significance of Martin Luther King Day and the civil rights movement
- 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
- Here's a Civil War "Virtual Fieldtrip" that also involves a Hyperstudio presentation
- This is an outstanding multidiscipline integrated unit on Patricia Polacco: A Crafty Author <
- This lesson on "passing" is part of a discrimination unit on strategies people used and still use to obtain equal rights and equal access to benefits
- A lesson on the advantages and disadvantages of the Civil War
- In this multidisciplinary lesson, students use K'NEX to Design and Build a Bridge
- This idea uses the bookCarpenter, Carpenter, What Do You Seeas a career exploration tool
- How to Make Apple Pie in Second Person
- Here students discuss Massachusetts Bay Colony source material about the trial of Ann Hutchinson on a class website discussion board
- Here's a lesson on the Navajo Indian Culture
- In this lesson, students conduct the entire election process from scientifically picking a cookie candidate to campaign and vote for - through tallying the votes
- This one is on Rocks from an Ant's Eye View
- A good lesson on delivering Persuasive Speeches (as Presidential Candidates) that also teaches Presidential History
- One more Social Studies lesson on Costa Rica
- Curriculum Web of Activities
- Here are song lyrics for a Veteran's Day assembly
- This is an outstanding differentiated learning project about Ancient Egypt
- Dodgeball War is a great game to play while studying the U.S. Revolutionary or Civil War
- This lesson teaches finger movements for Spanish flamenco castanets
- The purpose of this lesson is to teach students to use a newspaper index
- This excellent lesson on the "We Shall Overcome" civil rights anthem teaches the historical power of music
- 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
- This similar civil rights lesson is based on the movie "Remember the Titans"
- A lesson on the Vietnam War that uses Music
- This one focuses on Obtaining Information through an Interview
- Music in relation to history is the topic of this contemporary classical music lesson
- Do Something about... Teen Voting/Civic Engagement
- Here are some Reading and Writing ideas collectively called "The Hat Connection"
- This non-objective art lesson shows how history influences art and how art illustrates nouns
- Day 6: Underground Research
- This unit idea for Black History Month unit idea is based on the novel "The Watsons Go To Birmingham"
- This lesson on Tribes and Colonists involves a lot of student Research and develops Reading and Writing Skills
- Another Language Arts lesson on rain forests
- In this lesson students look at the Original Sources of Historical Facts
- Here's some information, discussion topics, and activities that look at whether we need a new Constitutional Convention
- After readingThe Borrowed Hanukkah Latkesby Linda Glaser, why not make some?
- Lesson 10 involves Interviewing Skills to determine who should be the first to go to Mars
- In this hi-tech lesson, ESL learners create a video in English about Chinese culture
- A Geography lesson on current events
- Here's a fun game idea called "Pin the Explorer on the Continent"
- Stellaluna teaches school citizenship in this lesson
- Winter Holidays Around the World
- Students produce a Photo Story 3 social documentary here about a current event or issue of interest
- A graphic organizer is used in this American literature lesson to compare and contrast freedom themed texts
- Here's a great, in-depth lesson plan on the Civil War
- Here's another Internet Scavenger Hunt, this one on Shakespeare
- Here's another full unit for Kindergarten, this one on the Rain Forest
- This is an "Underground Railroad" WebQuest
- "Transportation All Around You" is the title of this lesson on the same topic
- Day 7: Students explore different types of renewable energy sources
- This is an African-American history research scavenger hunt
- Day 5: Students learn how schools can participate in energy conservation
- 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
- In this lesson, students learn how to be a biographer
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School Violence Art Curricula Unit
Day 13: Safe Carriers Part II - Here students assess their school in comparison to Ballou High school and then send letters proposing improvements
- A brief lesson idea called Travel The USA
- IMAGINATION COUNTRY: Creating a map
- A lesson on the American Flag and its Symbols
- Safe Carriers Part I - Students use modern packaging materials to create a safe place
- This is a resume writing for teens lesson
- In this internet lesson, students write responsibly about local businesses on wikicommunity.org
- This first lesson discusses how to do an Interview
- This is an Ancient Mesopotamia research project
- This lesson uses Music to help teach Latitude vs Longitude
- This mapping lesson makes students aware of their surroundings at school and at home
- Here's a brief idea to teach about the People Next Door
- Here students read about the rights of pre-1760 colonists and design "Go Britain" bumper stickers
- 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
- In this lesson, students can Build a Car (an Index Card Car)
- 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
- Inspiration software and a Smartboard are used in this lesson comparing/contrasting Elsie Wiesel's "Night" and the Holocaust movie "Life is Beautiful"
- This lesson teaches students the poverty statistics of their community and challenges them to initiate solutions
- This is just a set of handy questions that can be used after listening to a radio program available on the Internet on Nuclear Waste Cleanup
- 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 one is called "What Goes Up Must Come Down"
- This lesson teaches a writing process for informative non-fiction research-based papers
- This is a lecture about "The Enlightenment" for AP European History
- This exercise brings awareness about family diversity to the younger population
- A Game on States and Regions
- Children sculpt clay models of their favorite community members in this lesson
- The last lesson involves completing the Glyph Carving
- Chief Seattle's Letter and Ecosystems are the topics in this great lesson
- Students will explore the differences and similarities of female and male violence
- 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 is an ESL Level 3 literature lesson on culture shock
- This is a large set of questions matched to standards to be used for a test following a Medieval Unit
- This lesson turns a crumpled piece of paper into a 3-D map
- Day 5: Tracking the Quilting Codes - Continued
- An interesting lesson involving "Hoboes" and Poetry which is called "Communication Arts"
- This hands-on lesson lets students experience taxation without representation. <
- Use this to lead your discussion on the impact of electricity and the assembly line on business in the 1920's
- This lesson is on Letter Writing regarding topics related to students' Community
- This Economics lesson involves students starting their own Classroom Businesses
- This Civil War lesson includes great details on setting up group PowerPoint presentations
- In this lesson idea, students will develop a family tree out of construction paper
- A Memory Skills lesson to teach Right vs Left
- This lesson involves an experiment with volcano explosions
- This lesson looks at how a Bill Becomes Law
- You can use this lesson plan to teach about the Animals of the African Savannah
- Students use a map grid here to find out "Where am I" in comparison to other landmarks
- Here students use their senses to write Thanksgiving cinquain poems
- Groups make PowerPoint presentations in this unit on ancient Greece and its cultural contributions to the modern world
- Here's a 4th of July lesson involving making a simulated fireworks display
- Here is a Social Studies lesson on campaigns in the classroom
- This "Wagon Trail" idea is for learning about the geography, history, etc. of different nations
- Students make puppets of their favorite Artists and look at art's importance in society in this lesson
- Enviromental Injustice Unit
- ESL students create a recycling brochure in this SIOP lesson
- This lesson introduces Moh's Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock
- This is an outline for an integrated First-Aid Unit
- As you progress through this 2-week U.S. Constitution Unit, you build a tree with branches and leafy amendments
- "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
- Students present college and career exploration information here using Movie Maker software
- In the last lesson, students will use their Interviewing Skill with guest speakers
- This lesson idea is on How People Travel
- This part deals with "Pet Rocks"
- Another lesson on Maps, this one using Grids
- Students role-play about providing medications to poor countries in this Globalization and World Health Unit
- In this project idea, students learn about persuasion while creating a commercial for an improved product
- The history of U.S. voting rights is presented here
- This technology lesson looks at inventions and discovery and makes use of PowerPoint
- Students create an Inspiration software diagram here linking major processes (government decisions/environmental events) with their impact on different world regions
- Lesson 8 helps to decide what it would take to "Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before"
- This lesson idea is called "Who Needs Geography?"
- This lessons teaches how to use the Phone in an Emergency
- Day 2: Conductors of Freedom:The Role of Abolitionists and Quakers in the UGR Movement
- 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
- Students work collaboratively here to create ecosystem concept maps using Kidspiration software
- A brief idea on Taste for 12-18 month old toddlers
- Here a map of the United States is used to locate important areas in Abraham Lincoln's life
- "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
- Students Record and Mix their own World War II Radio Broadcast in this Social Studies / Technology lesson
- Be sure to tell your kids these "Ten Benefits of Homework
- This lesson is on creating a Database (on Africa)
- 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"
- Fire Safety is the subject of this lesson teaching Stop, Drop, and Roll
- This health lesson informs students about careers related to the respiratory, cardiovascular, and skeletal systems
- Safe Carriers Part III
- Students create a "Tribal Fact Book" in this Native American lesson plan
- This one is on Math and Mapping Skills, particularly for Florida (adaptable for other states)
- Mitch Lopate
- Here is a reading comprehension quiz over a Nuclear Water Contamination article
- Students Research about others and Write Biography Poems in this lesson idea
- This is a good lesson on modes of transportation in the community
- This ice cream election idea also has good book suggestions
- If you are looking for project ideas for an 1850s Westward Expansion/Oregon Trail unit, click here
- With this idea students develop "My Book About Me"
- Another Social Studies lesson plan for comparing communities using Venn Diagrams
- Here are discussion questions for "The Well" by Mildred Taylor
- This lesson plan is on the American Revolution
- Students develop a basic understanding of Buddhism and its traditions in this lesson by compiling online research into a narrated photo story
- Students will launch an anti-bullying campaign in their school
- 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
- Here students explore, contrast and debate the role of an ally to a country or person
- 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
- Students craft "double entry responses" in their personal journals here
- In this webquest, students explore how future global issues might affect their personal wealth
- Here's an idea for students to create a Native American board game
- An activity that focuses on Issues in the Newspapers
- This is an outline of an election lesson
- This lesson is on Building A Classroom Community
- A Social Studies game called Who Are They
- Students study the hardships of pilgrim life in this lesson and make a "thankful for" quilt
- Native American culture, lifestyles, and contributions are shared in this research lesson
- Day 10: Students present their energy conservation projects
- This is a lesson plan on tornadoes and their location
- "Create the Environment" is a game involving the characteristics of the seven continents
- This lesson plan is on the "Layers of the Rain Forest"
- Paint a picture of what you want to be; an Art and Social Studies lesson
- This is a live document research idea on immigration through Ellis Island
- Presentation Rubric
- Day 7: Underground Research - Continued
- Part IV: The Water Pollution Problem
- Here's a simple idea for creating a physical community with buildings and streets
- Students earn about the strategies of unionizing and boycotting
- Constitution: Necessity of Rules and Laws
- A Native American lesson on Indian Chiefs that uses Venn Diagrams
- An Art or Social Studies lesson on Costa Rica
- Students describe five ways a book character is just like them in this well-developed Photo Story 3 presentation
- This lesson idea is on Ben Franklin's Virtues, and coming up with Virtues for the 21st Century
- Here's an activity for developing a Multi-Cultural Calendar
- "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful" are compared in this lesson
- This idea is called "Veterans In My Family" and is great for Veteran's Day or Memorial Day
- The Greek creation myth and its timeline is the topic of this lesson
- Students create a narrated video family tree photo story from a template in this lesson
- Here students make topographic maps with stacked cardboard and tracing paper
- This lesson plan is on the Members of a Community
- This map skills lesson teaches how to map routes and determine distances
- This lesson explores the influence Langston Hughes and his poetry had on history
- This lesson on Quilts uses the book "The Patchwork Quilt" by Valerie Flournoy
- Here students interview famous jazz musicians in a talk show setting, then the class plays "Jazz Musician Jeopardy" with the same questions
- Mitch Lopate
- Toddlers and preschoolers press their hands and feet into service for this patriotic flag activity
- The last plan involves Interviews of Members of a Community
- Students write a postcard from the perspective of a Spanish sailor in this lesson about Columbus' first encounter with the Taino Indians
- This lesson plan is on Cave Paintings and Historical Stereotypes
- This is a model for a college persuasive essay based on a press conference question asked of President Obama
- Here is a large, well-developed lesson plan on the Holocaust
- This lesson idea is on Journeys and preparation for them
- This Social Studies/Language Arts lesson plan is on the news and its themes
- This lesson is on Ancient Egypt and involves students creating a Slide Show Presentation
- 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
- The first lesson involves creating a National Park Brochure
- Here is a great election idea from a combined pre-school/after school care facility
- This George "W" Bush movie writing assignment taps issues of the presidency, invasion of privacy, international relations, etc.
- This idea involves exploring World Transportation with Toys
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Day 6: Tree of Decisions - Ocean Animals are the subject of this section
- In this idea for Coping with Terrorism, students make a Flag from Sept. 11th Newspaper Clippings
- "Look, Listen & Learn" is a composers and history lesson that can be taught without saying a word!
- Citizenship Day (Sept. 17th)
- This lesson discusses the difficulties in Crossing the Ocean
- "Deep Sea Exploration" is a history unit wrap-up or introductory activity
- Students learn the concept of community in this well-developed photography "about me" project
- This lesson plan involves Resource Management on a Float Trip
- This lesson focuses on building Self-Esteem and exposure to other cultures
- Yo, away, ho, singing sea shanty poems is the way to go - to introduce Melville's Moby Dick
- This reading and writing lesson idea on rainforests involves comparing cultures
- This dual-purpose lesson is on ratios and marketing
- A Social Studies Activity on Bartering and Trade
- Here students tackle social issues after creating their own country with pictures and video
- Here a Student Representative Council For The Bands is created
- Students define "What is a hero?" to determine "Who is a hero?" by those criteria in this kinetic activity and on-line essay assignment
- Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks
- Although not a lesson plan, this brief idea provides some good information for teaching about Pearl Harbor
- In this idea students view a video of Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Here is another lesson idea on transportation
- A lesson plan on the Civil War, Slavery, and constructing a Freedom Quilt
- Students use Photo Story 3 or Windows MovieMaker here to create digital stories about state and national monuments
- In this lesson on Sharing, students will create a journal
- If you want to cause a Revolutionary War in your classroom, try this candy tax lesson
- Get your War of 1812 Review Strategies here!
- Students take on the roles of Loyalists and Patriots in this good lesson idea
- This is a transportation themed dramatic play activity centers plan
- In "Visiting the USA," students plan a trip and show the results in a Photo Story
- Here students research and compose their own version of Dr. King's "I have a Dream" speech
- Did Leonardo Da Vinci's Curiosity and Detailed Drawings Influence Communities Around the World?
- A Family Tree with Photos created on computers using scanners is the outcome of this lesson idea
- Sixth graders make a foreign country photo story in this lesson
- This is a Social Studies lesson on Mexican literature
- This lesson explores nationalism, regionalism, and their roles in shaping the political boundaries of Europe
- This lesson is called "Who's Who in Florida?" and involves Historical Figures from Florida
- Part four is on Planets, Soil, and Nutrients
- This well-developed idea uses a museum analogy to explain "What will we be learning this year"
- This lesson on the 50 States involves students drawing the states
- In this idea students find instances of Geography Terms on Maps
- Students report on one of the five U.S. land regions in this lesson
- This is a lesson on Spanish colonization of "New Spain" in respect to the slave trade
- Called "My Life As A Tree," this lesson is on Tree Rings, Bark, Cambium, and Heartwood
- The causes of the American Revolution are the focus of this internet workshop and rubric
- Project Rubric
- In this marketing lesson, students learn about the different stages and time spans of the fashion cycle
- Another Social Studies lesson on translating from Spanish to English
- This geography map competition idea helps students quickly learn the names of countries, states, landforms, etc.
- A daily spreadsheet is involved in this "Stock Market Game"
- A lesson plan called Congress in the Classroom
- 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.
- This lesson plan is on Society and Social Groups
- 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
- The rights and responsibilities of citizens
- "Who Does What?" is a people in your community worksheet
- Here's an idea for using poetry (reading and writing) to help think about weather
- Students create a topic specific newspaper here using a template
- Another Geography Lesson I wrote to teach latitude and longitude
- This lesson focuses on the Considerations of Planning a Trip
- A Community-Improving lesson which stresses that Hands Are For Helping
- Here students research geographical landmarks after learning about tall tales andThe Bunyans
- Here's a lesson on the Toponomy of the 13 Colonies
- Another Geography lesson on ideas and culture
- This first part is on Pilot Jobs and Vocabulary
- This part is on the Ocean Plants
- This multidisciplinary lesson has students discover the geography and cultural history of an area while creating a travel journal on a budget
- With the poem "In 1492", you can teach Columbus Day and poetry too!
- A Social Studies game on continents
- Students research, create, and present a PowerPoint of the dance of a country and how it relates to its culture
- This lesson introduces students to the class recycling bin and its importance to their environment
- To demonstrate their Civil War knowledge, students write a diary entry or letter from the period, in this lesson
- This is a lesson on the significant leaders of the U.S. Civil War
- This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art
- 50 pieces of poster board become a United States floor puzzle in this state identification idea
- This World War I lesson includes an art project
- 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
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Day 8: Zero Tolerance - In "Steal the Dinosaur Eggs," students practice teamwork, fair play, and following the rules
- "American Political Culture" is a values and rights poll that will definitely stimulate classroom debate
- Another Social Studies lesson, this one on Egyptian Irrigation
- This is a successful and appreciated Adopt-A-Vet idea
- This classroom map lesson provides following directions practice
- A lesson on Apples called "Apples All Around!"
- Sociology and Social Change are the subject of this great lesson plan
- Ballou High School Movie Unit - Lesson Plan I
- "Cowboys at Christmas" is a unique multi-activity lesson teaching us appreciation for the "big gifts" we often take for granted
- These PK-12 lesson plan ideas on emotions, expressions, and reactions yield altruistic activity in various subject areas and grades
- A lesson plan on Observational Skills (when Travelling)
- This is a program for writing and illustrating a hardbound class book
- This one is for studying the Uses of Water
- A lesson to help students better understand what they are saying in The Pledge Of Allegiance
- 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 one is on Colonization of the English Colonies
- This is an integrated Aboriginal Dot Painting lesson plan
- This is an idea for a shoebox fundraising parade to benefit hurricane victims
- This is a AP Modern Fine Arts and Literature Unit on Igor Stravinsky
- A lesson on the Steps a Bill takes to becomes a Law
- Another lesson on Opportunity Costs
- Students will write Haiku Poetry and Create a Picture for their State in this lesson
- This lesson is for creating a PowerPoint Presentation on the Revolutionary War
- 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
- Day 9: Riding the Rails:Personal Journeys to Freedom
- This one is on Native American Legends
- Coconut turkeys are the "centerpiece" of this Thanksgiving Idea
- Culminating Activity-Field Trip
- Keith Haring Figures Part I - students work together to create a mural modeling cooperation and conflict resolution
- Geo-spiders are made while discussing conflicts in this Anansi related lesson
- Here are two election/constitution worksheets concerning the Executive Branch and political parties
- Here's a collection of activities to use with the story "Jamaica Tag Along"
- Students create a medieval crusade journal here after reading a story about Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Witching You a Happy Halloween
- This is a "how barbed wire changed the West" lesson activity
- Here students study multimedia persuasion techniques and use them to create Photo Story 3 advertisements
- Students learn how cartoons and satire raise concerns about an issue
- Teach about the Oceans of the World with this part
- Students learn about why people get involved in their communities
- A great Social Studies lesson plan on Newspaper structure
- This idea involves Research, Writing and creating a Time Capsule covering the 20th Century
- This lesson to teach Family Concepts develops a "Family Resume"
- This Native American lesson involves Painting an Event, Story, or Person from Native American History
- Here's a fun history project called "We Didn't Start The Fire"
- In this lesson, students create a political cartoon illustrating imperialism prior to WWI
- A lesson plan to help in learning the States
- This is a current events blog resource
- This is a lesson plan on Amish Communities
- Here students debate "Was Westward Expansion beneficial?" after studying the effects of Manifest Destiny on the growth of the United States and the decline of Native Americans living in the Great Plai
- This electoral college lesson focuses on representation in democracies
- This is an economics lesson about services in our community
- Here students write a letter about their "immigrant experience" after virtually exploring the Ellis Island immigration station
- Here a community map is created
- "Come to my Country" brochures are created in this geography lesson
- This lesson plan is on Cesar Chavez and the difference that a single person can make
- A lesson for the new Millenium! This one involves making Millneium Mobiles for people (or events) of the 20th century
- "A Taste of Canadian Confederation" teaches a little Canadian history
- Lesson Two
- An idea for keeping your classroom up-to-date with the Daily News
- Day 4: Tracking the Quilting Codes
- A Science and Art lesson on creating a Rain Stick (Music and Social Studies too)
- A Social Studies lesson for creating community brochures
- This TV newscast lesson will bring the American Revolution, and your students, to life or at least to tape
- An Earth Day history timeline is created here
- This is a WebQuest on the American Revolution
- This is a Photo Story 3 research project about space exploration during the Cold War
- This is a community problem solving lesson using the POOCH method and a multimedia presentation
- An advanced, well-developed lesson plan on US Foreign Policy in the 1970s and at the turn of the new millennium
- Do Something about... School Violence Art Curricula Unit
Day 1: Shape and Feeling - This lesson on Cacti is called Cactus Hotel
- Here students create a state history PowerPoint presentation
- Another collection of activities to teach about Native Americans
- In this holiday idea, students draw an imaginary map of Santa's "North Pole" community
- Mitch Lopate
- An idea for Interviewing the "Mystery Visitor"
- Here is another family tree activity
- "Voices Through Time: Character and Characteristics of the Kansas-Missouri Border War" provides opportunities for AP students to "taste the full menu" of a highly complex issue involving numerous pers
- Mitch Lopate
- Here is a technology-rich Native American unit
- Part II: A Macro Plan for Climate Change
- 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
- In this "Follow the Drinking Gourd" activity, students create a big dipper looking glass and write their personal meaning of freedom
- In "Inspiration to Map Slavery," students chart the process of slavery including the Triangle Trade Route, regions of slavery, reasons, consequences, etc. using Inspiration software
- Title - Do Something about...
School Violence Art Curricula Unit
Day 2: The Emotional Aspects Of Color - Here students draw maps of their rooms using the bookMapping Penny's Worldas a model
- Students will learn about bullying in the news and take on the perspective of someone being bullied
- This "Little Mouse on the Prairie" story drama teaches compromise and cooperation
- This Rosa Parks history lesson incorporates reading comprehension as well
- A very thorough lesson on creating an Alphabet Book and Research
- A Language Arts lesson on precipitation in rain forests
- Here's a lesson plan about family and cultures
- Students create a travel brochure to an imaginary place in this lesson
- Keith Haring Figures Part IV
- Clay Seals - modeling designs in clay
- Here students perform a skit and blog as Roman gladiators
- Students must consider budget, area, and money in this lesson on designing a house
- 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
- Students communicate electronically here while photographing local geography for a PowerPoint presentation
- After reading about the causes of WWI, students make pro- and anti-war posters here and defend their positions
- Teach students about careers in the health field using this lesson
- Here are some Worksheet ideas to be used before beginning a lesson
- Exploring the USA and the World with Cartograms
- This heart-warming first day of school idea builds classroom community
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Communism!
- This idea is for studying other countries and is called "See The World"
- Day 1: Derailment of Human Rights:A Life of Slavery
- Lesson Plan 2 - Building the Biggest Walls
- Here's an idea on Conflict Resolution
- This hands-on idea for illustrating assembly line and mass production concepts involves sandwiches
- In this Modern American Abstract Art lesson, students depict the inner character of pets
- 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
- Ecosystem in a Box
- Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit
- Karma Tycoon Video Game Study Guide Unit
Cities and NonProfit Data - Self-Report Affective Assessment Rubric
- Saint Patrick's Day
- Bill of Rights Song
- 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
- Civil War Unit: Lesson A... Harriet Tubman
- Civil War Unit - Unit Outline
- Places in My Community
