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Johnny Appleseed Theme Unit: Day 3
Young scholars participate in a variety of activities surrounding a thematic unit on apples and Johnny Appleseed.
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Johnny Appleseed Origami
Second graders make an origami Johnny Appleseed. In this geometry lesson plan students follow folding instructions. They find different geometric shapes while they are folding. They create Johnny Appleseed's body and attach a face and...
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Johnny Appleseed Walkabout
Second graders calculate mileage for a journey. In this place value and measurement lesson, 2nd graders read Johnny Appleseed, work in groups to locate his birthplace on a map, locate the other states he stopped in, and measure the...
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Johnny Appleseed
Students investigate Johnny Appleseed. In this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students listen to Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg, and dictate important events in his life as the teacher writes them on index...
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Johnny Appleseed Pops Up
Students recount details from the book Johnny Appleseed to create their own pop-up book about his life.
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Johnny Appleseed
Learners explore the life of Johnny Appleseed. In this Johnny Appleseed instructional activity, students read the book Johnny Appleseed. Learners complete worksheets that demonstrate their knowledge of letter names and sounds. Students...
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Johnny Appleseed Theme Unit: Day 2
Students participate in a variety of activities surrounding a thematic unit on apples and Johnny Appleseed.
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Johnny Appleseed Theme Unit: Day 1
Students participate in a variety of activities surrounding a thematic unit on apples and Johnny Appleseed.
Agriculture’s Lasting Heritage
Apples Around Us
Apple tasting launches an investigation of the story and travels of John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed. After listening to his story, class members craft a summary of the tale, chart his journeys on a map, and sample different...
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Go, Johnny, Go!
Students become familiar with the story of Johnny Appleseed by reading, singing and creating a Johnny Appleseed hat. For this Johnny Appleseed lesson, students understand that Johnny Appleseed was a philanthropist and gave unselfishly of...
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Johnny Appleseed Reading and Writing
First graders explore language arts by reading a classic story in class. In this word choice lesson, 1st graders read the story of Johnny Appleseed and identify the descriptive words and sentences the author used to entice the reader....
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An Apple a Day
Students explore the Johnny Appleseed story. In this service learning lesson, students sequence the life cycle of apple trees and recognize how Johnny Appleseed worked as a philanthropist.
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Johnny Appleseed Day Research Activity
Students research the life of Johnny Appleseed. They research a person of their choice and create a holiday for them. They share their new holiday with the class.
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Apple-icious
Students explore the Johnny Appleseed story. In this service learning instructional activity, students invite others to a Johnny Appleseed inspired performance to share an applesauce snack.
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Apple Exploration!
Students explore a variety of classroom stations about apples and Johnny Appleseed.
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Apple: Seed to Tree
Students grow seeds of an apple and learn about Johnny Appleseed. In this apples lesson plan, students map Johnny Appleseed's travels, learn how he got his name, compare different Johnny Appleseed books, and grow apple seeds themselves.
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Observing Apples - Skill Lesson
First graders listen to a story about Johnny Appleseed read by their teacher. They discuss his life as a class and describe what they see when a cut apple is before them. They draw a picture of what they see and write three adjectives...
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Apple-icious
Students explore the work of Johnny Appleseed. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students discover the philanthropic work of Johnny Appleseed and participate in hands-on classroom activities.
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Johnny Appleseed: A History Lesson
Young scholars explore the life of John Chapman as a History lesson and then reflect on how they might make thier lives more like his.
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Johnny Appleseed
Students engage in a study of apples using children's literature. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Student list facts about apples and compare them while answering some guided questions. They plant some apple seeds and...
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Apples! Apples! Apples!
Students explore the life of Johnny Appleseed as they create a MediaBlender project of Johnny's journey through the Midwest territory, and compare and contrast items he brought on his journey with items students would bring with them on...
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Johnny Appleseed, An American Folk Hero
Students explore American folktales. They review the elements of folktales. Students read the folktale of Johnny Appleseed together. They discuss the vocabulary words from the story. Students discuss the differences between the real...
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Making Apple Trees
Pupils use apples to practice counting numbers. They pick their favorite numbers and receive the same number in play dough balls. They create their own apple tree to end the lesson.
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A is for Apple
Students participate in a variety of activities to learn about apples. Students graph apples, learn about apple uses, taste apples, and observe what happens when apples are dipped in lemon juice.