Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TV Star

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here's a fun lesson which will pique your pupils' imaginations. A brainstorm session about things that kids are good at takes place. A large cardboard box is made to look like a TV set, and each child gets to perform a special skill...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Putting the Sitcom into Perspective

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and compare similar characters and situations in stories and dramas from and about various cultures, illustrate with classroom dramatizations, and discuss how theater reflects life.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Baby Boomer TV Worksheets

For Students Pre-K
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students complete a 22 clue crossword puzzle about television shows that were popular in the 1950's and 1960's.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Full House Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this arts worksheet, students find the names of characters on the television show Full House. Thirteen character names are included. The remaining five words are related to a television sitcom.
Website
Wessels Living History Farm

Living History Farm: Television During the 1950s and 60s

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a history of television in the 1950s and 1960s to see how it became such a cultural icon. Find out about the many genres of television that were broadcast during that time.
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Photgrapher

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this site to learn about the career of a photographer. This Bureau of Labor Statistics website includes information on various types of jobs photographers do as well as they pay they earn.
Graphic
Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Lucille Ball

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2001 to commemorate television star Lucille Ball. With a short biographical passage of her accomplishments in television, radio, screen and stage.
Handout
Other

Fifties Web: Tv News Shows in the 50's

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures and text. Information about Edward R. Murrow, John Cameron Swayze and others.