Students study Emperor Akbar and his support of culture by examining an illustration from the Akbarnama. They explore Mughal illustration workshop practices and re-create those practices in their own version of an illustration for a...

Students advocate for people with disabilities. In this Helen Keller lesson, students listen to the story A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A Adler. Students discuss how Helen Keller learned to communicate and became an advocate...

Is art connected to geography? It sure is! Your class will find out how even clay that comes from a certain location can have deep symbolic meaning. The class will analyze the piece, Mud Woman Rolls On and then research how geographic...

What is considered a valuable gift? As the class will come to find out, what is considered a gift varies by time and location. After viewing images of a Mayan pot that depicts men giving cacao to the gods, learners research three...

Demonstrate that all items (and people) have a purpose in God's plan with a Sunday School assignment. After examining seemingly useless items, such as bolts, paper clips, or batteries, kids fill in the blanks to express the item's...

Active citizenship is the bedrock of any great democracy. Continue the trend by teaching the next generation about voting rights and the functions of elections in society. The variety of activities in the resource includes a human...

Learners complete a six-page coloring book featuring Major League Baseball's first African American player, Jackie Robinson. To bring the pages to life, scholars follow directions adding color and pictures where directed. 

You can't always get what you want, but you might just be able to teach your class about wants and choices. This plan leads pupils through a discussion and closes with a worksheet and assessment.

Students, after researching diverse cultures, art forms, and celebrations around the world, explore and study India's Hindu population that celebrates Diwali with colorful scrolls. They make similar paintings and assess this cultural art...

Learners research cave environments and their uses and animals and humans. They connect the traits of cave-dwelling creatures to their cave environments. They then study early cave art and recreate crayon-resist cave scenes.

Young scholars explore and examine a vast amount of opportunities to share while assessing human differences and similarities. They study the variety of community and classroom diversity that is all around them and depict their skills...

Students explore and study Mexican pottery and its importance to Mexican culture. They look at samples and pictures of ancient and contemporary Mexican pottery with varied designs and patterns and create a basket-weave pot with Crayola...

Learners are taught the historic and contemporary significance and routes of both freight and passenger railway systems in Canada. They study the Canadian terrain and identify its varied geographic features. Students depict a 3-D train...

Students explore social skills that can assist them in being successful in school and in life. They create a book to record their ideas to assist them in making friends, being a good listener, following directions, etc. They create a...

The advent of paper has made a huge impact on society and we wouldn't be the same without it. This project allows learners to explore and create paper of their own using recycled materials. The how-to is all laid out, just follow the...

Students discuss their feelings and expressions of caring. They view and discuss artistic expressions of caring and then plan and create their own wearable representation of the action of caring, drawing themselves and others caring for...

Students explore Guy Fawkes Day, a British holiday celebrated in November with bonfires and fireworks. They discuss the history of Guy Fawkes and the 1605 plans to destroy British Parliament. Students use construction paper to create a...

Students engage in a lesson that focuses on the St. Lawrence Seaway. They conduct research using a variety of resources and the lesson has introductory information that can be used for direct instruction by the teacher. Then students...

Students examine the reasons behind why Chanukah is celebrated. As a class, they discover why the Sabboth is considered a more important holiday and why Challah bread is eaten. To end the instructional activity, they make their own...

Students discover the importance of the dragon in Chinese culture. Using a template, they make their own dragon hand puppet and color it with watercolor paints. To end the lesson, they read stories about dragons and their role in the...

Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the concept of Thanksgiving. They conduct research using a variety of resources and the information is used in order to create the context for brainstorming reasons to be...

Students in a special education classroom examine the various types of molds made by natives. As a class, they brainstorm a list of the types of molds that are made today by different processes. They are given an amount of clay in which...

Young scholars examine how people in the arctic communicate with one another with stones. Using the internet, they determine the meanings of the various stone sculptures. To end the lesson, they make their own saying out of recycled...

Students read a story about the role of a jester. Using a piece of construction paper, they follow a set of directions to help them build their own jester. To end the lesson, they use paint brushes to create a happy face on the jester.