Students create a three-dimensional book about landscapes. They must show their understanding of shape, color and balance.

Students create biographies about famous people. They use the library and the Internet to find pictures and information about the person they choose. They create a Kid Pix slide show and a poster.

Students explore Internet sites about Egypt and use them as background for a progressive story using Kid Pix, import grafics from the Internet to include in their story, and collect sites visited into group of "Hot Links" using...

Students explore folk tales originating from other countries. They examine the countries language, culture, and values while reading their folk tales.

Young scholars examine different artifacts and determine the difference between personal and cultural objects. They collect items from their home of cultural importance as well. They identify all they can from artifacts they are given to...

Students review the reasons why Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States. Using the internet, they research the history of the holiday and discover what the first Thanksgiving was like. They also examine a typical menu for a...

Root vegetables inspire the series of activities included here. Class members participate in activities related to language arts, social studies, science, visual art, and math. At first, the long list might feel overwhelming; however,...

Students explore Grandparents' Day. They interview their grandparents and select an activity to highlight their interview. They select a project including writing an essay, composing a song, creating a poem or scrapbook, or writing a...

Students analyze the characters in the book Christmas at Mud Flat. For this early childhood lesson plan, students analyze characters in the book, then choose which character they personally identify with the most. Students then use...

Learners write about themselves. In this personal writing lesson, students write their name vertically down a sheet of paper and think of a self descriptive word that matches each letter of their name. Learners write a descriptive...

Young scholars examine old sayings. For this interpretation lesson, students read and interpret traditional sayings or proverbs. They discuss how these sayings can help improve their lives, behavior or how they treat others.

In this online interactive Memorial Day learning exercise, learners examine 10 holiday-related words and then write them in alphabetical order on the lines provided. This learning exercise may also be printed for classroom use.

Students read about and identify on maps the physical characteristics of mountains. In this mountains lesson plan, students also write about the characteristics using personification.

Students read the story The Story of Babar and have a class discussion about his travels, discuss their families, design a map, pick music, and more. For this cross curricular musical lesson plan, students create a music map for each of...

Students investigate agricultural careers and all the related jobs tied to them. The lesson has a great introduction with information for the students and teacher. The lesson incorporates drawing and writing to engage multiple...

Young scholars use flash cards to match the mother names to the baby names for farm animals. In a designated "barn" in the room, students simulate being mothers, fathers, and babies. The baby must find his mother and father. Young...