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Rapping Regions in America
Students determine what designates a place as a region. They apply their criteria for a region to the US map. They work in groups to write a rap about their region that describes its organization, type and structure.
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Creating An African Style Mask
Students investigate the different types of African masks that are found using the internet to perform research. They draw four different images based on the images downloaded. Students must cite sources used using MLA formatting.
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Where In The World?
Learners review the proper terms for maps and various geographical features. In groups, they create a topographical map and label all geographic features in a given area. They present this material to the class and answer any questions...
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Immigration Scrapbook
Students use the internet to gather information on immigrants from the beginning of time. Using this information, they create a scrapbook showing the various immigrant groups and their effects on different cultures throughout the world....
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"Prep" Fun
Students review prepositions and using them correctly in writing. The students then participate in playground activities and write a paragraph describing what they did using prepositional phrases.
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The United States Constitution
Twelfth graders research how the constitution was formed and the reasons for its implementation. They form a class wide constitution that expresses the steps originally used while forming the original constitution. Students vote and...
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Our Nebraska Story
Learners research and use their discoveries to create a computer presentation and a quilt block on Nebraska. They will tell the story of Nebraska in an oral presentation using each piece of the quilt.
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Life on the American Homefront
Seventh graders examine the conditions of the homefront during World War II. Using propaganda, they discuss its role and how it affected people who viewed it. They identify the role citizens played during the war and create their own...
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Immigration to the United States
Students work together as a class to create a videotape examining their different family histories. They interview their families about their experiences immigrating to America. They draw illustrations of their family to be included on...
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Karl Bodmer Art Cube
Young scholars use the internet to research the type of art done by Karl Bodmer. Using this information, they design and create their own art cube relating to the artist's life. They also write a paragraph about what they believe their...
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Remembering Logan Fontenelle
Learners research Logan Fontenelle and discuss his role in history and importance to the state of Nebraska. Students create individual mock memorials for Fontenelle to be placed at his burial site.
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Equality: Children's Rights
Students and parents participate in a variety of activities designed to help them explore the similarities and differences of people. They design and wear masks, sort attribute blocks, read stories, discuss the rights and...
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PowerPoint Presentation
Young scholars work together to research different aspects about the country of Japan and its culture. Using PowerPoint, they organize their information to be shared with their classmates. They are asked questions by their teacher to end...
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Introduction To Beginning Quilting
Students define "what is a quilt". They name eight different basic quilt blocks and ll share their first memories of a quilt. Who made the quilt that you remember? What are your thoughts and feelings about the fabric, design,...
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Regions of Virginia
Fourth graders utilize prior knowledge of the five geographic regions of Virginia to create review questions to share with the class. Groups work together to edit and prepare questions to be placed into a game format. Hyperstudio is...
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Approaching the Iraq War
Students identify the justifications for the war in Iraq as seen from teh American and Middle Eastern perspectives. They research personal, primary and secondary sources to create a constructed poster board perspective. The poster board...
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The Artist As Entrepreneur: Getting Down To Business - Next Steps
Students create a business plan that could be developed for their current body of art work. They carefully analyze how their art work could be expanded and identify the types of training they need to expand their work into marketable areas.
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Spiritual Qualities We Wish to Have
Students begin with identifying the meaning of each word and how to say a prayer with their whole body. They create something with clay to make a nice gift for someone or something that would help someone else. Finally, the students...
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Boundaries
Learners are introduced to the term of mental mapping. Individually, they develop their own mental map of Washington state and discuss as a class what makes a boundary. They draw their mental map on paper and compare it with their...
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Give Me Liberty
Students define the term "liberty." They explore the concept of liberty in our nation's history and how it is reflected throughout our rich culture. Students connect the office of the presidency to our nations' development and its place...
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HOW DOES IT FEEL?
Students explore how it feels to be discriminated against and explain the concepts of it.
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Dynamic River Model
Students develop the concepts of flood stage, levees, floodplain, and the dynamics of river flooding. They construct river models and test various flow rates and volumes. This lesson has an excellent experiment for students to do.
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Tracing the Idea of Civil Disobedience through Thoreau, Gandhi, and King
Students analyze civil disobedience through history studying Thoreau, Gandhi, and Dr. King. In this civil disobedience lesson, students read and analyze excerpts from Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Students demonstrate their...
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The American Revolution
Students study the American Revolution using Google Earth and United Streaming online resources. In this American Revolution lesson, students complete a KWL chart with information they know about the American Revolution. Students then...