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Where it Grows
First graders identify the commodities of Oregon and produce a map of the different commodities in different regions.
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"Hard Times Come Again No More" : Letters From Arkansas Families in the Great Depression
Through this series of terrific lesson plans, pupils learn about the extent of poverty in the state of Arkansas during the Great Depression. They read documents from the period which describe how hard times were, view an online photo...
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Farming in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Ancient Civil Engineering Problem
Sixth graders identify the major obstacles in farming in Mesopotamia. They work together to design and build a model that solves these problems. They write a short essay that describes the problems and their possible solutions.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read and answer questions. Students read about the season of Autumn and answer four questions about what they read.
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Leveled Problem Solving: Choosing and Analyzing Data Displays
In this using a bar graph to solve word problems worksheet, students choose and analyze data to problem solve. Students solve six problems.
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The Fact Finders
Students analyze agricultural data and make predictions about events in history. In this history instructional activity, students correlate the relationship between historic events and issues in agriculture to see if there is a...
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Agricultural Hard Times And The Great Depression 1920 - 1930, Screen 5 and 6
Students study the interaction between the inhabitants of the state of Utah and its geographic features. In this Utah geography lesson, students determine how the geographic feature of Utah affected it settlement, land use and...
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Rice Farming in Texas
Third graders explore how rice farming came to Texas. In this rice farming lesson, 3rd graders discover the history of how farmers began to grow rice in the United States. Students color code maps and create a timeline for rice farming...
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Comparison of American Colonies
Students explore the lifestyles of the American colonies. They conduct various activities according to their grade level including jigsaw research and creating a poster. Lesson includes primary source readings related to the topic.
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Agriculture- It's More Than You Think
Students research careers in agriculture. In this agricultural lesson, students discover the various careers related to agriculture. Students construct resumes and "apply" for agricultural jobs.
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Save Our Soil
Students read about the history of soil and complete language arts, math, social studies, and more activities about soil. In this soil lesson plan, students complete fraction problems, create a school compost pile, write about conserving...
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How Many Hats Does a Farmer Wear
In this farmer worksheet, students make a spinning wheel to describe the jobs of a farmer. Students create 1 wheel with 8 different jobs for a farmer.
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Immigration, Where Do We Go From Here?
Learners describe difference between immigration and emigration, and summarize impact that immigration and emigration have on a community.
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Erosion by the Wind
Fifth graders simulate wind driven soil erosion by using paper confetti to demonstrate the movement of the soil. They write about three examples of soil erosion found in their community.
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Tequila's New Sunrise
For this editing/proofreading worksheet, 5th graders read and proofread the text "Tequila's New Sunrise" for spelling mistakes. Students correct each spelling mistake they find.
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS
Students, investigating and analyzing the period known as the Great Depression, view and critique photographs of the agricultural Acadian community in the St. John Valley. They assess the photographs to make conclusions about the...
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Food Travels and Preservation
Students complete a worksheet. In this food distribution and preservation lesson, students learn about the transportation of agricultural projects. Students list foods that they buy at the grocery store and then identify how each product...
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Growing Gold
Students read and explore a folktale from India. In this folktale lesson, students read the book Growing Gold and discuss the events from the tale. Students complete a phonics worksheet which incorporates the rhyming words from the text.
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Importance of Rice
Third graders explore the importance of rice in our world. In this rice farming activity, 3rd graders discover how much rice we use on a daily basis. Students also discover myths from other cultures about rice. Students color code a map...
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This Land Is Our Land
Students explore land use. In this land lesson, students examine the use of land and land records. They create a diagram of a specified piece of land and determine the area of the land. Students discuss their findings.
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Plows on the Hunting Grounds
Students will examine and anaylze the assimilation of Native Americans in the US.
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SOIL
Second graders name the various materials that comprise soil, including weathered rock and other organic matter; and explain that soils differ in their color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of many...
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Renewable and Non-renewable Resources
Young scholars play Lobster Bingo on a provided worksheet. This game demonstrates how human activities and natral events affect lobsters by impacting their food, clean water, and shelter of the reef.
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Corn Cob Toys
Students make toys from corn cobs. They study the many uses for corn, both historically and today. They write a description of the toy/object he or she has made and provide instructions for making it. They write and perform plays,...