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Middle schoolers complete a unit on Black History Month. They explore various websites, develop a timeline of Dr. King's life, create a travel brochure for the King Center, design a commercial starring Jesse Owens, design a baseball card for Jackie Robinson, and create a poster illustrating an African American woman's accomplishments.
Students discover how influential the Chinese were in many things that affect their every day lives. In this Chinese inventions lesson plan, students gain an understanding of the influence of the Chinese as they conduct research in order to compose an essay and present their findings to their peers.
Students identify inventors and their inventions. In this technology lesson, students review a biographical sketch of Thomas Edison and brainstorm other inventions. Students use the Internet to search who invented specific inventions and their countries of origin. Students complete a journal entry.
Students complete a web survey for Thomas Edison's inventions. For this Thomas Edison lesson, students visit the websites to learn about the inventions of Thomas Edison.
Fourth graders discover the impact of Chinese inventions on America’s inventions. In this Chinese inventions lesson plan, 4th graders recognize the important inventions from the Chinese Golden Age as they compare and contrast timelines from Chinese inventions to U.S. inventions.
Sixth graders research various inventors and their inventions. In this inventions lesson, 6th graders print and cut out pictures of inventions with their inventors. Students play a matching game to match up the picture of the inventor with the appropriate invention.
Students study the invention of the parachute and how Leonardo da Vinci came up with the design. In this aerodynamics lesson students test the properties that make parachutes more efficient.
Fourth graders complete a unit that examines the social, economic, and political changes in their state history from 1919 to the present. They conduct Internet research, take a field trip to the Historical Society, and create a Living Museum.
Learners investigate inventions and the impact they can have on people. In this technology lesson, students research Thomas Edison and discuss how the invention of the light bulb impacted others. Learners sketch out an invention they would like to create.
Students research all the ways that cotton is used in everyday life. In this history lesson on the Industrial Revolution, students explore the importance of cotton and write an essay describing their findings.