Curated OER
Paul Robeson: 20th-Century Renaissance Man, Hero In Any Century
Students study the life and times of actor Paul Robeson. In this social activism lesson, students research primary and secondary documents to create multi-media presentations featuring Paul Robeson's life and political activism.
Curated OER
My Kindergarten Portfolio
In this portfolio activity, students print the My Family page and get help from their family to fill in the number of siblings and color the pictures. Students glue a family picture to the appropriate place.
Oregon Education Professional Development Commission
The First Days
Designed for first-year teachers, this 116-page packet has it all. Questions you should ask administrators and fellow teachers, a checklist of things to do before school starts, a school-year calendar to record special school events and...
Education World
Every Day Edit - "Hammerin' Hank" Aaron
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Hank Aaron. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Curated OER
Student Opinion: Who Inspires You?
Inspire your class to write about role models and personal heroes with this resource from The Learning Network. Class members read a New York Times article excerpt about basketball star Jeremy Lin and how he inspired the author. After...
Curated OER
Do You Know?: Days, Months, Minutes, and Hours
It's all about time as scholars focus on years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds to practice these concepts. First they put all 12 months back in order, numbering them 1st, 2nd, etc. Two are done for them. Next, there are...
Curated OER
Using a Calendar and Using a Time Line
In this math/social studies instructional activity, students examine 2 calendar pages and answer 12 questions about them. Students then investigate a time line of important math inventions and discoveries and answer 8 questions.
Vertex42
Birthday Calendar
This is a neat document that will make remembering the birthdays of your class members a piece of cake!
K12 Reader
Have You Got the Time?
Time and time measurement is the subject of a comprehension worksheet that asks kids to read a short passage about time, and then respond to a series of questions based on the article.
Curated OER
A Chronology of the Holocaust
A straightforward chronology of the Holocaust lists events from 1930 to 1945. Connects to a page with links to extensive resources and information about the Holocaust. Use as a resource for student inquiry into the Holocaust.
British Council
Hamlet
Introduce language learners to William Shakespeare's Hamlet with an interactive that presents a short, animated version of key scenes from the tragedy. Also included is a game where pupils match the image of a character with their name,...
British Council
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream takes center stage in an interactive designed for an audience of English learners. After watching a short animated version of the play, individuals read a printed version of the script, match the...
Anti-Defamation League
Soccer, Salaries and Sexism
Call it soccer, call it football, but call it unfair! the US women's soccer team has called out the US Soccer Federation for unfair treatment in terms of salaries, support, and working conditions in a lawsuit filed in 2019. Young...
Vertex42
Yearly Schedule of Events
Keep track of events, holidays, and deadlines on one colorful and easy-to-edit calendar. The page includes two main columns, one for a color-coded calendar for each month and one for typing in events. Instructions are included on the...
Nosapo
Writing the Date
Month, day, year; day, month, year. How many ways can you write the date? Have class members practice writing the dates of the year in three different ways.
Curated OER
Telling the Time
Introduce the concept of time and all its implications. Kids discover facts about minutes, seconds, days, weeks, months, and years. They label the parts of an analog and digital clock then practice telling the time to the quarter hour.
Curriculum Corner
Class Birthdays
Keep track of all your class members' birthdays, even those during vacations and summer months, with a template that includes every day of every month. You can even import images of stars.
Teachers.net
Gingerbread Man Glyph from Mailbox Magazine
Follow crafty glyphs to create a one-of-a kind gingerbread man based on personal information such as the color of eyes, number of siblings, and more!
Teaching Tolerance
Civil Rights Activity Book
An activity booklet includes a timeline of the movement, a song, and various informational reading passages on leaders, events, and the Civil Rights Memorial in Washington DC. Reading response questions and word puzzles are sure to...
British Council
Unit 2: Sending and Receiving Emails
You've got mail! Budding business associates practice constructing messages to co-workers during the second of nine career education and skills lessons. Individuals drag and drop the components of emails to enhance their online...
Curated OER
Yellow Journalism in the Spanish-American War
Students write a newspaper based on events in the year 1898 using Yellow Journalism, the exaggeration of facts or events.
Curated OER
American Revolution: Attempting to Resolve Disputes by Communication
Students study conflicts over taxation. In this American Revolution lesson, students research the taxes imposed on the colonists by the British and determine how the colonists attempted to abolish the taxes through non-violent protests....
Curated OER
Arithmetrivia
In this arithmetrivia activity, students read and solve word problems. They translate from word problems to written equations and then solve them. This one-page activity contains 12 problems. Answers are provided.
Fuel the Brain
Addition and Subtraction (Comparison)
In this daily math problem worksheet, learners complete three activities that help them solve addition and subtraction word problems. Make sure your pupils show their work using pictures, numbers, or words and may use cubes, number lines...