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Getting Green for Christmas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine their family's particular spending habits for a holiday they celebrate, research the financial expectations of retailers during the holiday season and at other times during the year.
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Travel Log

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students gather memories and mementos of past journeys and create a trip journal. They write an essay describing their travels.
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Native American Boarding School Choice Board

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the boarding school movement that was imposed on the American Indians from the late 1880's to the early 1900's. The assignment requires the use of primary and secondary resources to find historical information. Then...
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How Do Our Attitudes Affect Waste?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a survey to assess typical purchasing practices, to determine the influence of packaging on consumer choices. They also determine whether consumers consider waste disposal and recycling when making purchasing decisions.
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Intergenerational Life Writing Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers meet with an older adult to complete a writing assignment. Using a topic suggested by the teacher, they each write a story about their own lives and compare and contrast their perspectives. They share their viewpoints...
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Dilettante Artists

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate their personal heritage. They research and record iand organize nformation in journal notes. Students create folk art using a variety of techniques and media.
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Africanized Honey Bees And The Press

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate how honey bees and other insects are portrayed in the press. read the articles and compare and contrast the tone of each article. Have students create a list of the verbs used in each article and assess the overall...
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My Roles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders describe the different roles they play in their lives. They discuss how these roles change as they get older and how boys' roles are different than girls'. They construct a mobile that describes the different roles in their...
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DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE OF GENDER BIAS IN DAILY TASKS

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify task assignments by gender.
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Dealing with Growth and Change

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss the right and wrong actions of a young Navajo boy. Using that information, they compare and contrast his culture to their own. In groups, they create a newspaper or poster showing the cultural contributions of the...
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Immigration

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a 2-3 page essay explaining the problems of refugees in the world today. They explain where in the world this is happening, why the refugees are leaving their homeland, where they are going, and what happens to them...
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Author Background/Investigation

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars research an Accelerated Reader author and write a two page report summarizing relevant information about the author. They include personal data, professional data, and at least one quote from someone who has read one of...
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Ideas for Elementary Language Arts and Social Studies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read a newspaper, then draw a picture.
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It's That Time of Year

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research and collect information about Florida colleges, then devise a system for organizing and displaying it.
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Who I Am - Likes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a "Who Am I" sheet to decide what kinds of things they like and then have a class discussion.
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Jobs and Contracts

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine careers and the skills they need for them.
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African Americans: 1800 - 1870

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore living and working environment of both slave and free African Americans from places throughout the United States.
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The Golden Door: U.S. Immigration Through Ellis Island

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete a unit covering various aspects of immigration to the United States through Ellis Island. They plan a fictional trip to America, entering at Ellis Island. and actually visit Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
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On Being Modern Knight

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, upon completion of the "Knighting Ceremony" and reflection, research the meaning of privacy, plagiarism, pirating, computer viruses, or hacking. Then they design a survey of high school students to find the level of acceptance...
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Atomic Time Lines

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students understand the evolution of the atomic model from Ancient Greece to the present. They then choose one of the options as a project using class time to do research and to be creative.
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How To Write In Biographical Format

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the proper way to write a biography. As a class, they view examples of the format and what information to include. To end the lesson, they begin to write their biography and develop their voice when writing.
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Focus on Fathers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars view excerpts from the video, Hardwood, and discuss the positive and negative attributes of fathers. They write letters to people who have been an important influence in their lives.
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Make a Statement

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders come up with goals and plan on how to reach them.
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the importance of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument. As a class, they complete a K-W-L chart about George Washington and write about what they believe is going on in a picture they are shown. They are...