Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Grade 1: Three Lesson Unit: Character: Actions, Feelings, Looks

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans, based on David Shannon's books No, David!, David Gets in Trouble, and David Goes to School. Students learn how to utilize text and picture clues to determine and describe...
Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: A Bad Case of the Stripes [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for David Shannon's children's book, A Bad Case of the Stripes, is provided on these pages. Eighteen character roles are needed in this activity.
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Curated OER

Writing Fix: Rolling With the Animals: Duck on a Bike

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Front cover of the book Duck on a Bike by David Shannon.
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Curated OER

Writing Fix: Other Bad Cases to Write About: A Bad Case of Stripes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Front cover of the book A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Rules and Laws

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps learners understand what rules and laws are. Students discuss the books David Goes to School by David Shannon and Rules and Laws by Ann-Marie Kishel, perform skits demonstrating how to follow specific school rules, and...
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: The Great Depression in Iowa

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book, The Great Depression, by David Shannon, you can read an interview administered by the Works Progress Administration detailing the struggle of an Iowa family through the trying times of the Great Depression.
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Donners Recall the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
This description of a family in Dubuque, Iowa was part of a 1935 WPA sponsored project devoted to documenting the experiences of people during the Depression. From the book, The Great Depression, by David Shannon.