Students discuss their favorite rock groups and bands. They create rock groups that will be touring New York State. Students research cities in New York, determine dates of concerts, create touring itineraries, and develop Inspiration...

Fourth graders research websites to gather information about New York City and the Ridgewood community.  For this New York City and Community lesson, 4th graders make a semantic map. Students write short postcards to send to...

Fourth graders read A Cricket in Times Square and examine the essence of living in New York City. They examine subway maps and other resources concerning NYC and then complete several writing activities about the city. They also create...

Students study the meaning of philanthropy as giving of time. talent, and treasures. They sing This Land Is Your Land while locating five of the places on a map of the United States showing that relief office are everywhere. They decide...

Eighth graders create an in-depth research report on a state. They conduct Internet research, write a comparison essay about New York State and their assigned state, create a 3-dimensional map, and develop a Powerpoint presentation.

Students research the geographical histories of various musical genres and make maps that note important places in music history. They Write geographical biographies about one of their favorite musical artists.

Students evaluate the different types of historical and geographical information that one can gather through close study of historical maps from the 16th through the 19th centuries. They create their own maps.

Young scholars create a 3-D topographic map.  In this map building lesson, students use cardboard to create a topographic map of the Catskills mountain region.

Young scholars analyze information from core map and other sources and construct routes from New York and Boston to Cincinnati as they might have existed in 1835.

Young scholars examine detailed Moon and Earth views provided by the NASA-sponsored "World Wind" computer program. They work in groups to create maps of different scales using landmarks of their choice, and challenge their classmates to...

Students explore how empires around the globe have impacted the world in which they have existed. They analyze whether or not the United States is an imperialist nation and create their own empires based on their understanding of empires...

Young scholars examine the past fifty years of NATO, focusing specifically on NATO's involvement and actions in conflicts around the world and the results of their involvement.

Young scholars design a map key in order to show where the different Cinderella stories have taken place. In this map key lesson plan, students place symbols on a map to show the diversity of the stories.

Do pupils know that the Vietnam War spanned a period of 30 years? A war that long is bound to leave devastating effects. Help young historians develop a comprehensive understanding of the war through multiple units on the subject that...

Students create posters to raise awareness about Global Warming as an immediate threat.  In this environmental lesson, students respond to the video Biomes: The Threat of the Sea by researching global warming and making posters to...

Third graders study geography. In this United States landforms lesson, 3rd graders create a map of the U.S. made out of dough. They use various edible treats to mark the country's capital, the plains, the mountains and the rivers &...

Students compare and contrast democracies around the world after reading a New York Times article. They create posters and participate in a "democracy roundtable" in which they discuss two democracies.

Students become familiar with various kinds of apples and the tree they grow on.  In this Apple tree activity, students recognize the differences between apples and can identify what happens to apples in different seasons. ...

Students study global warming including its causes and effects.  In this creative lesson students make posters on global warming.   

Second graders identify Malawi, Africa on a map of Africa and demonstrate their resourcefulness and creativity by making their own galimoto.

Students create Venn diagrams of similarities and differences between two main characters in Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco.

Second graders study Folk Songs and instruments of the orchestra in these lessons. They recognize the difference between folk songs and classical music.

Students create a mural that displays symbols for their home state. They complete worksheets and read a book about their state. They collect images of the state flower, tree and bird for the mural. There are 5 other lesson plans included...

Third graders listen to "Frank the Monster..." and discuss the dance map on the inside cover of the book. They create their own dance map using sentence strips to record the types of movement.