Study the beauty of the landscape around you with an innovative art lesson. After discussing the foreground, background, and middle ground of landscape art, kids work on making their own piece of landscape art. The lesson provides...

Second graders brainstorm and create a list of important features/characteristics that they would want to include in a community setting. They include physical features, economic activities, kinds of housing, etc. This lesson is a...

Second graders discuss the difference between needs and wants and create a T chart. They brainstorm as many ways as possible to meet their basic needs. They analyze different ways the community gets involved to help individuals with...

Students decide what is important in a community and explore their particular community. In class, the students will discuss what each considers important in a community. Each student will identify something about their town that is...

Second graders, utilizing the book "My Town," create a list of features that perhaps help people to meet their basic needs and wants in a community. They also define a local community in their own words. In addition, they brainstorm...

Students work together to raise money for a community service program by auctioning their services. They brainstorm a list of services that they can provide to parents and other members of the school community.

Students discuss the concept of being successful. The class produces a web page that showcases leaders from their community. They describe their contributions to the community and state the qualities that led them to success.

Second graders review the importance of rules, the consequences that follow broken rules, and the establishment that everyone plays an important role in order for the classroom or community to be safe and orderly.

Students, working in groups, to study on aspect of their community history. They put their research together in one story about their community.

Students explore the traditions and celebrations of another culture and research a city or community in Japan. They then examine traditional Japanese music as well as practice several dance steps and discover their significance in...

Second graders investigate the different holidays that are celebrated in cultures around the world. They identify the different symbols used in celebration and differentiate the interpretation. Students demonstrate in writing how the...

Learners talk about being a good citizen and what it means to them.  In this citizenship lesson plan, students read, Arthur Meets the President and discuss the aspects of the book as they go along.  Learners brainstorm a list...

Students explore how communities participate in census counting. In this census lesson, students recognize the absolute and relative location of a state and understand ideas about civic life and government.

Second graders describe the impact of certain figures in United States history, including Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and iam Clark. They describe the general features of a community as well as specific features of their own...

Second graders are introduced to the differences between goods and services. In groups, they discover whether a given occupation offers a good, service or both. To end the lesson, they pick one occupation that interest them, draws a...

Students study the characteristics of communities. Students identify similarities and differences in communities. Students identify that all people have basic needs, understanding that these needs are met through the community. Students...

Second graders engage in a lesson about their own community. They map the community and are assessed by the creativity of the document. The maps are produced using an example made with the teacher. Students make the cognitive connection...

Students engage in a Webquest to discover their school and community. They interview staff members of the school, create maps and take digital photographs of the school. As they write about their school, they use Microsoft Word to...

Pupils study family structure. In this family structure lesson, students read the book The Family Book and discuss families. Pupils create a bulletin board of family photos and draw their families on paper. Students dance and play...

Learners investigate the characteristics of a community. They investigate the characteristics of the Omaha community through internet research and discussion. Students create books about their community.

Students in grade K-3 prepare a meal once a week for 16-20 residents at Welcome House, a homeless shelter in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. This Feinstein Kids Can Make a Difference community service project provides students with...

Students examine memories and the importance of memories to the people of all ages that make up a community. They explore the definition of philanthropy and identify an act of philanthropy in the literature. The book, 'Wilfrid Gordon...

Second graders locate the United States, Indiana, their community, and their neighborhood community on a map, and a world globe 4 out of 5 times correctly. They then discuss what they have learned in the instructional activity.

Students examine how their transportation choices affect the natural environment and their physical health as well as the power of community involvement and the dangers of over development.