Proverbs Lesson Plans

Students create a book or bulletin board of proverbs that offer lessons connected to themes of freedom, tolerance, patriotism, diversity, and respect.

Students read, interpret and research African proverbs to help them examine the diverse communities in Africa. Students write their own proverbs that reflect their own community and its values.

Third graders access prior knowledge of mottos and proverbs.  In this proverb activity, 3rd graders research African and American proverbs by interviewing family and friends. Students research the Internet for African proverbs. Students illustrate their proverbs and share them. 

Students define and write their own proverbs. In this weather proverb lesson, students define proverbs, use the Internet to find weather proverbs and talk with their parents to learn other proverbs. Students read a variety of weather proverbs and then complete a worksheet about them. Students complete the activity by writing their own proverb.

Students explore weather proverbs and superstitions from around the country and write their own proverb about weather. In this weather proverb lesson, students interview community elders to learn proverbs about Alaska and its weather. Students then discuss several example proverbs and their meanings. Students complete a proverb and meaning matching activity and write their own proverb.

Third graders illustrate proverbs. In this proverbs comparison lesson, 3rd graders interview family and friends to obtain proverbs and research African proverbs. Students pick one family proverb and one African proverb to illustrate.

Students compare and contrast the cultures of Japan and the United States. In groups, they are given a proverb from each country and note the similiarties in their teachings. They complete a worksheet and share their findings with the class.

Students recognize the wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin. They examine a list of proverbs of Ben Franklin and select a proverb to paraphrase. In addition, they create a modern proverb that has the same meaning as the one they picked by Franklin

Students inspect earth science by writing a catchy weather saying. In this weather warning lesson, students read a list of proverbs written by elders and wise men from around the world regarding weather predictions based on weather characteristics. Students interview an elder if possible and answer a list of study questions in class.

Young scholars use library and online resources to select proverbs related to specified themes. They create a book or bulletin board of proverbs that offer lessons connected to themes of freedom, tolerance, patriotism, diversity, and respect.