Students understand how they can participate to help people in need. In this tzedakah lesson, students organize a charity collection of food, coats, toys, or canned good. Students present information about their drive in groups of two...

Learners construct Valentine's Day cards. In this holiday lesson plan, students use felt, construction paper, markers, and glue to create unique Valentine's Day cards.

Students learn how to express their feelings. In this language development activity, one student reads a sentence off a sentence strip and another student responds with "I feel...". The class discusses why the student feels that way and...

Learners explore the concept of trade. In this trade lesson, students simulate a trade store. Learners are divided into two groups. Half the class runs the store, half the class are customers. Students try to trade goods and services in...

Students complete acts of kindness. In this kindness and compassion instructional activity, students read books about acts of kindness and complete various activities each month to show kindness.

Learners create a compass rose. In this geography instructional activity, students create a compass rose using the computer program KidPix 1.

Students become familiar with Indian culture and why they built totem poles.  In this totem pole instructional activity, students understand that totem were built to keep away evil spirits.  Students create totem pole.

Students complete activities to learn about the winter season. In this seasonal activities lesson, students listen to 'The Waltz of the Snowflakes' and discuss winter scenes. Students then use materials to construct a winter scene.

Students identify the proper way to care for animals. In this animal welfare lesson, students discuss the fact that animals have feelings. Students read an article included in the lesson plant about animal feelings and ways to be gentle...

Young scholars explore the role of pet ownership. In this pet responsibilities lesson, students discuss the responsibilities of pet ownership as well as the costs associated with it. Young scholars discuss methods of adopting dogs.

Students identify how their school has changed. In this local community lesson, students listen to a brief history of their town and school and interview someone that graduated from their school. Students then create a map of their...

Students demonstrate ways to communicate feelings. In this character education lesson, students talk about communication and are shown examples of faces showing different emotions. Students identify the emotion and practice communicating...

In this baptism worksheet, students read a sentence about a baby being baptized. They fill in the blanks that represent 4 words about baptism.

In this church worksheet, learners color the picture of the inside of a church with different items labeled. Students complete 1 picture total.

For this Valentine's worksheet, students color a picture of a bear holding a heart. Students color 1 bear with a heart on this worksheet.

In this listening to others worksheet, students read a set of guidelines on how to be a good listener, then complete a set of discussion questions based on a referenced DVD. Suggestions for writing assignments and activities are also given.

Students listen to the book "I like me" by Nancy Carison, or a similar self-esteem book, and then create self-portraitswhile the song "Getting to Know You" is being played. This is an excellent ice-breaker for the beginning of the...

Students explore U.S. history by viewing a Civil Rights video. In this Harriet Tubman lesson, students identify the era in which Tubman fought for equality and list her important achievements after viewing a biographical film. Students...

What do cereal, fog, and space shuttles have to do with newspapers? A collection of science investigations encourage critical thinking using connections to the various parts of the newspaper. Activities range from building origami seed...

Young readers compare two stories/cultures, identifying how they are alike and different. They share their own version of a well-known story and adapt it to another culture. They explain their adaptations.

Students explore how different holiday traditions are celebrated around the world. Scholars write a paper describing how they celebrate their own favorite holiday. Email partners, from different states and countries, share their...

Students investigate, read, and discuss about other famous Afro-American leaders. Students compare/contrast slaves home, activities, etc. with that of Afro- Americans today. Students create a time line to post on the wall of Harriet's...

Students observe the book, "The Outside Dog," and predict the events of the story. At the conclusion of the story, students act out various paragraphs from the book and write about specified characters. Additional cross-curriculum...