Eighth graders examine a new kind of art that is used to respond to political and social issues. Using primary source documents, they read examples of how others have responded to various issues in the past. Individually, they create...

Students read primary source journals from the Nebraska Western Trails Project. They work in groups to analyze the journal entries and complete a worksheet. Students then write an individual essay on the experience and consider what kind...

Students analyze a current or historical photograph from their textbook and as a class complete a worksheet of the analysis. Using the Photographic Analysis Form, they locate and analyze two transportation photographs and use the...

Students will compare and contrast images of Chimney Rock that are part of the Nebraska Western Trails project. They view postcards, pictures, photos and paintings of Chimney Rock and then observe and chart the differences and similarities.

Young scholars will identify and label Seminole foods in Miccosukee (native language) and English. They construct a chart on traditional Seminole foods and prepare a traditional Seminole meal.

Students participate in demonstrations from guest speakers, community members and teacher-lead discussions, tell differences and similarities between contemporary and traditional styles of Seminole clothing, explain the different designs...

Young scholars name and describe three edible plants, plant corn kernels native to Laguna Pueblo (Indian Corn), care for their individual plants and compare and contrast ears of Indian corn to sweet corn.

Sixth graders illustrate difficulties in giving speeches in Powerpoint presentations. Using digital cameras, they take pictures of objects both in and out of school. Students use the photos to illustrate prepositions, adverbs, and...

Students will use the internet to access information about artifacts to justify their use as primary sources of information. The activities can be done as a whole class or in groups. The differences between primary and secondary sources...

Eighth graders research the impact of particular inventions on various times throughout history. They compile information from the Internet and a database to create a multimedia timeline of important inventions. The program Timeliner is...

Students participate in activities that help them appreciate the history of their local community as it celebrates its sesquicentennial year. They construct timelines, maps, interview, and writing. They use technology in a number of...

Students collect and analyze data from the United States Census Bureau. Using spreadsheet technology, students explore their results and make preductions about income groups. Students compute the mean, median and mode. They create...

First graders use the internet to research a famous American. Using the information they collect, they write a paragraph noting their accomplishments. They find a picture of the person they are researching or dress up like them to...

Students examine their life experiences as well as their classmates when they share their heritage or an important event from their past through writing as an extension of an Orientation.

Students set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Action Oriented, Realistic, and Time-framed) goals to guide their educational journey. These goals are written down and placed in the student's portfolio.

Third graders investigate the concept of bodies of water. The information is obtained from the internet while conducting research. Then students draw upon prior knowledge from a film to combine information for the purpose of creating a...

Learners examine the various cultures of the immigrants who came to America. Using the internet, they research various ethnic and cultural groups within the United States. They identify the reasons why people immigrated to the U.S. and...

Fifth graders work in cooperative groups to research an assigned land biome using various sources. Groups create either a book or a PowerPoint presentation of their assigned land biome.

Sixth graders investigate tall tales as a literary genre. They listen to a number of tall tales to discover how exaggeration is used as a story element. They write and publish a tall tale using word processing software. They illustrate...

Eighth graders listen Steven Kellog's, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Raymond Briggs, Jim and the Beanstalk. They use a Venn diagram to compare the two elements of the two stories. They write and publish an original contemporary fairy tale...

Student discuss their prior knowledge of the concept of measurement with class. Then, making a graphic organizer students use educational software to create a web which is then printed off for each student.

Second graders discuss appropriate units of measure to use when weighing the contents of their desks. They use a scale to weigh different items from their desks. They write down weight in pounds and graph the results using an online...

Second graders select appropriate measurement tools by choosing appropriate tools to measure objects in the classroom They create a page of a class book by writing, editing, and revising one page of a book and use technology in the...

Second graders choose the appropriate measuring tool by discussing a tool to measure contents in desks. They then use a scale to weigh contents in desks. Next, they study standard units of measurement by writing down the weight in...