Lesson Plans and Worksheets
It have found Lesson Planet to be an invaluable adjunct to the scope and sequence my district follows. I have used many of the worksheets as homework to reinforce what I have already gone over in class and to help students gain additional confidence on some of the more challenging lessons.
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- 11-07-11
Labor Day Lesson Plans
Find teacher approved Labor Day lesson plan ideas and activities
Students draw diagrams to help them solve word problems. In this geometry lesson, students follow step by step directions to set up a word problem and solve it. They write a paper on their prefer rules or strategies.
Students examine cultural assimilation. In this Native American history lesson plan, students read and analyze "The Spirit Survives: The American Indian Boarding School Experience: Then and Now." Students identify how American Indian Boarding Schools affected students and the broader Native American culture.
Have your class discuss the letter /l/ sound. Using a variety of entertaining books, preschoolers identify the sound of this letter. This is a terrific way to review the letter L.
Students investigate the contributions of the western theatre of war in the Civil War. In this American Civil War lesson, students visit the Glorieta Battlefield Web site and analyze maps, documents, and photographs related to the Battle of Glorieta Pass.
Students celebrate Mexican holidays. For this global studies lesson, students collaborate to research the Day of the Dead and Cinco de Mayo. Students present their findings about the holidays and host classroom celebrations.
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.
Students study how hot air balloons were created and the different types there are. In this density and lift lesson students build their own hot air balloon.
Ninth graders investigate controlled breeding. In this genetic lesson, 9th graders use the Internet to collect genetic information about the various animals used for selective breeding. They report their findings to the class.
Students examine the child labor laws of the present and past. They discover how technology added to the problem of child labor during the Industrial Revolution. They read articles about how other countries deal with this problem.
Sixth graders eplore the work, housing, and technology during the Industrial Revolution in this seven instructional activity unit. Significant individuals and their influence on the development of histroy are analyzed.
