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School Life Lesson Plans
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This lesson has students compare and contrast school life today with that of Pennsylvania in the 1900's. In this school life lesson students create a description of a typical one-room schoolhouse. They think critically about attending school in a multi-grade one-room schoolhouse in the 1900's in Pennsylvania.
2nd graders study images of school life in the early 20th Century compared with those of today by looking at the classrooms and 2nd graders' dress. They create a Venn diagram and write a paragraph based on their observations.
Students examine school life during the 1930s. They discuss the Great Depression and the New Deal, examine and discuss photographs from the Library of Congress website, and complete a worksheet about school life during the Great Depression.
In this lesson learners explore school life in Appalacia through the use of the book, Spelldown. In this five-part short story lesson, learners participate in a spelling bee and journal writing. In this lesson learners use maps and pictures to become familiar with the geography of the book and compare and contrast characters.
9th graders listen to and read texts about school life and the German education system. They investigate the grading system, the schedule and a special first day of school treat. Pupils discuss similarities and differences between American and German education system.
In this lesson learners explore what life in Japan is like including, home and daily life, food and eating customs, school life, games and sports, holiday customs, and religion.
Students develop a budget for a college student using all of the influences that the student would have. In this budgeting lesson plan, students use real life examples to create a budget spreadsheet. Students read and study sample spreadsheets and budgets before tackling their own.
The intent of this curriculum unit will be to reinforce appropriate behavior in and out of school. In this lesson students will learn about legal concepts by analyzing and connecting them to school rules. The relationship between the school environment and life outside the classroom will be compared and contrasted.
In this lesson learners share their thoughts about natural disasters, then read a news article about how life at an elementary school was changed after Hurricane Katrina. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then learners read the news report and participate in a class discussion. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.
In this lesson learners practice dating fossils. They learn the concept of "deep time"--that earth was formed billions of years ago. They experience excellent hand-outs and virtual age tutorial links.
