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Periodic Pigment
Students make paint using the ingredients from recipes from the 17th century. In this paint making lesson plan, students follow a recipe with vegetable oil, eggs, pigment, paintbrushes, and more to make their paint.
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Different Viewpoints - Loyalist or Patriot
Third graders use primary sources to study U.S. history and government. In this primary sources activity, 3rd graders practice gathering information from "eye witness" accounts of history.
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Painting Presidential Portraits
Eleventh graders examine the duties and powers of the president. In this American Government lesson, 11th graders research to find information on the role of the president. Students practice reading and listening skills.
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KNUD RASMUSSEN – "THE OLD AND THE NEW"
Students consider Inuit culture and point of view. In this Native land encroachment lesson, students read "The Old and the New" to examine the position of the Inuit tribe on the establishing of trading posts in the Arctic.
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Town Directories: Life in Griswold during the 1870's
Eighth graders explore what the city of Griswold, Connecticut, was like in the 1870's. In this American history lesson, 8th graders research what the city of Griswold was like in the past and compare it to the present, then share...
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Pythagorean Triple
Students investigate the properties of the Pythagorean Theorem. In this geometry lesson, students identify the missing angles and sides of a right triangle. They label the hypotenuse and legs of a right triangle correctly.
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Down By the River
Students examine how watersheds work and determine the difference between point and nonpoint source pollution. They research management practices to reduce pollution and investigate how everyone can participate in reducing water pollution.
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Leaving Home for the West - Why?
Learners examine primary sources regarding American movement to the west. For this westward expansion lesson, students create broadside posters based on the Homestead Act primary sources they research.
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Computer Programming: Learning Alice Programming
Students examine the Alice Program. In this computer programming lesson, students use the drag and drop program method and view a PowerPoint presentation. Students will then create a snowman by using the drag and drop method.
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Introducing Me (with scanned photo)
Students present information about themselves and the multimedia tools they used to prepare a personal page for the internet.
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Russia's Colony: A Story of the Colony Through Primary Sources (Part 1)
Pupils review the Russian American Timeline connected to the Russia's Colony unit narrative.
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Express Yourself!
Fifth graders study different types of poetry, compose a poem and word process it.
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30 Day Journal
Students collect articles, political cartoons, photographs and other artifacts relating to a specific traumatic event, such as September 11th. They reflect on their artifacts in written journals.
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The Birth of an American Hero: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow???s ???Paul Revere???s Ride???
High schoolers examine the heroic archetype and apply it to the history of Paul Revere's Ride and to Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride." They identify heroic qualities, discuss archetypes, read and discuss Joseph Campbell's "Stages...
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Historians Interpret Sources
Students read excerpts from the historian Conover Hunt writing about John F. Kennedy and from primary source documents using the handout: Historical Sources and Historians. Students discuss and identify source types, evaluate sources,...
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Partner Mile Run: Heart Rate Calculation
Students improve fitness, calculate target heart rates and prepare for the mile run physical fitness test.