Curated OER
Stick Your Neck Out
Students research stories of teens who care using a website embedded in the lesson. In this character education lesson, students read about students who performed philanthropic acts and discuss the projects that most influenced them.
Curated OER
The Huichol Community of Mexico: Communicating with Symbols
Students study the Huichol Indians. In this Huichol lesson, students red The Journey of Tunuri and the Blue Deer, design a visual story using symbols, and make a painting using large paper shapes. A class mural project is also included.
Curated OER
Celebration of Cultures
Students create a multimedia project to represent their own culture and personal identity. They design a personal Coat of Arms using a computer graphics program and digital camera, write a script and film an interview, and contribute a...
Curated OER
Homelessness
Students explore the importance of soup kitchens. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students brainstorm ways they can be philanthropists. Students watch a puppet show about a young girl who doesn't have enough to eat at home...
Curated OER
The American Flag
Students participate in an activity that teaches them what the stars and stripes on the American flag represent. They listen to the book, "The Story of the American Flag" read by the teacher. They complete an art project where they...
Curated OER
Social Studies: Grab Day at the Pueblo
Students develop a cultural understanding of "Grab Day." Using magazines, they clip out pictures to make collages of items thrown down to people on this day. Students label the items in their collages.
Curated OER
Wow! It's A Cow!
Students use the Internet to visit a dairy farm and watch the ins and outs of the every day life of a dairy cow. They survey products that are consumed that come from a cow. The students determine in what states cows would most likely...
Curated OER
Making Christmas Cards
Students construct Christmas cards for loved ones. In this holiday lesson, students use various art materials such as construction paper, sequins, buttons, cotton balls, and felt to decorate a Christmas card.
Curated OER
What Does a Cowboy Do?
Students participate in a variety of activities as they study cowboys and the cowboy culture. They read stories and sing songs about the cowboys. They study the area of the United States cowboys are from and review the tools cowboys...
Curated OER
Traditional Mexican Paper Cutting
Students examine the art form of Mexican paper cutting and discover how to make a pattern. After reading the book "Look What Came From Mexico", they discuss Mexican folk art and view some samples. Individually they create a Mexican...
Curated OER
Keepsake Hand-print Card for Father's or Mother's Day
Students utilize art skills to create a holiday gift. In this arts and crafts lesson, students create a memorable gift for their mom or dad using construction paper, paper plates and finger paints. Students deliver their palm...
Curated OER
I Am Special and You Are Special Too #5
The student create a drawing of themselves through the use of multicultural people color crayons. They explain to a teacher what makes them special. Students investigate family types, skin color, eye color, hair color, and favorites.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue
Young adventurers embark on a journey, setting sail along the blue ocean with Christopher Columbus. Teachers will find that this unit makes their lesson planning smooth sailing!
Newspaper Association of America
Cereal Bowl Science and Other Investigations with the Newspaper
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...
Curated OER
Valentine Colors
Students celebrate Valentines day by creating an art project. In this holiday lesson, students discuss Valentine's Day and it's meaning, then create a Valentine colored painting using red tissue paper and paint.
Curated OER
Sharing the Beat
Students discover what it means to be a giver. In this service instructional activity, students create a story and art project to be shared with a local preschool or nursing home. They reflect on the impact of this experience on their...
Curated OER
Paintings of Place
Young scholars examine two works of art that record the history of two streets in Columbus. They develop a Venn diagram, examine a map of Columbus, develop a sketch of their own street, and conduct a classroom research project creating a...
Curated OER
International Festival: France
Students explore French culture. In this cross-curriculum social studies lesson, students listen to Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans and identify words and landmarks associated with France. Students pronounce several phrases in French,...
Curated OER
Wish You Were Here! - Collaborative Literacy Project
Students explore videos, software and print resources to investigate the concept of community. Students write poems about their town and illustrate them for a collaborative literacy project.
Curated OER
Grandparents' Day: Family History
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...
Curated OER
Folk Tales Project
Students explore folk tales originating from other countries. They examine the countries language, culture, and values while reading their folk tales.
Curated OER
Art Using Sequence
Students are introduced to representative works of various artists including Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian, Sonia Delauny, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and Henri Rosseau. They read books, participate in discussion and create original works of art.
Curated OER
My Hero Learning Circle
Students participate in a collaboration activity. In this My Hero Project instructional activity, students discover what a hero is to someone halfway around the world and themselves. Over the 16-week session, circles, made up of between...
Curated OER
3D Houses
Learners construct 3-dimensional structures from 2-dimensional paper. They design and compile their structures to resemble a neighborhood community.