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What is a Peaceful Classroom?
Students discuss the topic of peace and community. They identify their own examples to support their own idea of peace. They create a list of items that would make their classroom a more peaceful place.
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A Graveyard Scavenger Hunt
Students engage in the lesson that covers local community history by taking a field trip to a local graveyard. They do various activities prepared by the teacher that includes finding local important people who once lived in the community.
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A Planting We Will Go
Students explore how to transplant trees in their community. In this citizenship lesson, students construct a map of where to plant trees and then plant the trees.
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Responsibility and Jobs
Students identify community helpers. For this philanthropy lesson, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Students use character traits to describe the main characters and make a list...
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People Take the Stand
Students learn how to be a philanthropist. In this community lesson, students define words associated with philanthropy. Students read Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and discuss the problem and how it was solved. Students...
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Making Our World Better
Students research on the Internet. In this community lesson, students use various websites to find characteristics of the United States, to learn the importance of having diverse communities and to discuss what they know about the...
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What Is A Business?
Students explore businesses. Using a newspaper, students identify all businesses mentioned or shown. The class creates a list of the types of businesses in the community and they categorize each service or product provided. After...
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Hometown Ecology
Students examine how ecology is at work in their own community. As a class, they identify what they already know about the world around them and discuss how they personally affect the environment. Using magazines, newspapers and the...
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All About Me, My Family and Friends
Students use general skills and strategies of the writing process to show their role in their family, school, friendships, the community and the world. They demonstrate their self-motivation and increasing responsibility for their own...
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A Peaceful Place is Powerful for the Mind
Students explore conflict resolution techniques. They develop strong conflict resolution techniques and create a peaceful classroom environment that promotes learning. Students teach others in the community about how to create peace.
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Building a Native American Home
First graders explore different types of Native American shelters. In this Native American homes lesson, 1st graders compare the shapes of shelters used by Native Americans. They build a home using the program "Community Construction...
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Tales From the Crypt
Eighth graders study the people of their community. In this Geography lesson plan, 8th graders research local history using maps and books. Students create a timeline of tombstones for deceased residents.
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Altruism: Meeting Society's Needs
Students study society's needs and altruism within communities. In this altruism lesson, students identify and categorize the basic needs that human beings have and define altruism. Students complete research on altruistic...
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Role Models
Second graders identify role models. In this role models lesson, 2nd graders research members of the community who are considered role models. Students identify personal heroes and create a poster to assist them as they role play...
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Applied Science- Built environment Lab (Trains)
Students examine transportation. In this train design lesson, students study how trains work and how to efficiently design a track by working with an electric train set. As a class they compare various types of trains and work...
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Simply Sediments
In this earth science activity, learners use a plastic bottle and sediments from their community to create a sediment bottle. They identify what types of sediments they locate. Students also identify which ones float and which ones move...
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Do You Want to Risk it?
Students investigate the history of natural disaster events for a given county, discuss the impact of population and the risk from natural disaster events. In this hurricane lesson students use a geographic information system to...
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Drawing The Line
Students explore how arbitrary borders affect communities by participating in two hands-on activities and by reading about and discussing a community divided by national borders. They investigate the borders of their own neighborhoods.
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Memorable Museums
Second graders describe the impact of certain figures in United States history, including Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and iam Clark. They describe the general features of a community as well as specific features of their own...
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Local Government: Caring for Your Community
Seventh graders investigate the role of local governments. In this government lesson, 7th graders examine historical photographs and determine what services are being performed in the photographs. Students research how the...
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Coral Reef Community
Students explore the coral reef. In this food chain activity, students study the plants and animals of the coral reef and how they each play a role in that ecosystem. They participate in a class play to demonstrate the types of animals...
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Community Table-Community Ties: The Drive
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson plan, students consider the issues of hunger and homelessness. Students explore literature dealing with the topics and brainstorm ways they may be able to help...
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Service Project Letter to the Principal
Students talk about being a good citizen and what it means to them. In this citizenship lesson, students read, Arthur Meets the President and discuss the aspects of the book as they go along. Students brainstorm a list of...
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Community
Second graders draw a picture. In this communities lesson plan, 2nd graders read the book Communities, and review as they read. Students use construction paper to create a picture of their houses in three different communities including...
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