Internet Directories Lesson Plans

Students research information about Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa using Yahoo Internet directory. They gain an appreciation of the history, customs, and similarities/differences of the three holidays.

Students identify and explain the role government agencies have in helping consumers with market problems. They create a plan for remedying a consumer problem. This is a very rich economics lesson plan for high schoolers.

Students examine the Second Amendment of the Constitution. They research and organize key arguments and other fundementals of gun control. They participate in a debate defending the wording of the Second Amendment.

Young scholars consider the concept of 'human rights' in relation to the current conditions and history of East Timor and discuss the terms "human rights" and "force," applying their responses to specific historical examples.

Conduct research and write a paragraph about an accomplishment of Benjamin Franklin. Young historians include an illustration or collage that depicts the events described in their paragraph then work together as a class to create a giant Benjamin Franklin time line. Adaptations are suggested for working with younger or older grades, including extending into a poetry activity.

A thorough introduction to using and understanding search engines gives children practice finding primary source documents. A fun Internet scavenger hunt (which is included) gives an opportunity for individual practice, and can also be used as an assesment piece. This could easily be adapted for any grade level.  

Students use federal government websites to study regulation and other economic terms.

Students do research on Ben Franklin. In this important U.S. figures lesson, students do research on Ben Franklin, write a paragraph about his accomplishments, and create a collage to illustrate their paragraph. Once all students have completed their collage, the teacher assembles them into one large time line.