Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Pencil Containers

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars get their cans and their Popsicle sticks and glue a Popsicle stick to the can and continue around the can until it is covered. They paint the Popsicle sticks any color they want or decorate it any way they choose. When...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mystery Words - Part One

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the questions carefully on the "Mystery Clues" worksheet and answer the clues using a word from the given word list. They study how they must read the clues carefully to come up with the correct answer.
Lesson Plan
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Shoe Shuffle

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars review the "word choice" writing trait, and recall how to use descriptive words to paint a picture. They write a description of one of their tennis shoes without sharing it with classmates. They place a shoe on display...
Lesson Plan
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Being Thankful

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars generate words and pictures to show their thankfulness. In this Thanksgiving art lesson, students draw various circles, labeling and illustrating the things for which they are grateful.
Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Eleanor Roosevelt: Adopting the Declaration of Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This is Eleanor Roosevelt's address to the United Nations on its adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights on December 9, 1948 in Paris, France; it is provided in a YouTube video, mp3 audio, and in text. [3:30]
Website
BBC

Bbc News: New Year Heralds New Somali Fears

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the effects of the resignation of President Yusuf of Somalia and the withdrawal of Ethiopian troop support. This brings to light the question of whether the country will face greater instability and violence among warring...
Website
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Cassini

For Students 9th - 10th
On its way to Saturn, the Cassini probe passed by Jupiter to pick up a gravity assisted speed boost. This resoure gained more information as it passed by Jupiter on December 30, 2000 and traveled another four years outward to Saturn.
Handout
PBS

Classics for Kids: Dmitri Kabalevsky

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Dmitri Kabalevsky, born on December 30, 1904. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Kabalevsky.
Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Hour of Code Is Designed to Inspire Kids From 4 to 104!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
From December 5-11, millions of kids in over 180 countries will take the Hour of Code challenge. The annual initiative, which coincides with Computer Science week, is organized by Seattle-based non-profit Code.org to demystify the world...
Handout
BBC

Bbc: Profile Shimon Peres

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile of Shimon Peres, a leader of Israel's Labor Party. Also provides links to related subjects. (30 December 2004)
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Whitefield

For Students 9th - 10th
George Whitefield (December 16, 1714 - September 30, 1770), was a preacher in the Church of England and one of the leaders of the Methodist movement. He first took to preaching in the open air on Hanham Mount, Kingswood, in southeast...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Whitefield

For Students 9th - 10th
George Whitefield (December 16, 1714 - September 30, 1770), was a preacher in the Church of England and one of the leaders of the Methodist movement.