Students review how laws protect people from harm and loss of property. Students discuss and explain the infromation needed when making a report to authorities about a theft or bodily harm. A dialog is created and role played. This...

Students read an article and answer questions.  In this jet lesson students rank the problems facing our nation in order from most to least difficult to solve. 

Students view video and watch an artist create a potlatch (gift necklace).  In this community and resources lesson, students understand the culture of Northwest Coast Art & Traditions  .  Students create their own...

One of the best parts about teaching the littlest learners is that you can create thematic lessons that use one topic to address every subject. Here is a nice set of thematic teaching ideas that uses turtles and tortoises to teach...

Learners discover how Aboriginal forms of Government can be adapted and how the Navajo's have utilized government.

This exercise combines learning about colonialism with playing tag. Class members are asked whether a statement involves an economic, religious, political or social factor and then run to the location with the corresponding poster. The...

Fifth graders throw darts, collecting data for distance traveled. In this data analysis lesson, 5th graders throw a dart using an atlatl. They calculate the speed for each throw and determine the best dart length for distance throws.

Students examine the effects of the loss of the bison after the Europeans arrived in North America. They conduct a demonstration using beans to demonstrate the difference between the number of bison before and after the arrival of the...

Sixth graders investigate the ways in which human beings impact the environment and ecology through the calculation of their own ecological footprint, discussion questions pertaining to biodiversity and potential imbalance hazards, and...

Sixth graders research treaties. In this treaties lesson, 6th graders go online to build knowledge about treaties. Students read information and take quizzes. Students write a comparative essay about how the Aboriginal and...

Thirty at the party won't cost any more than twenty-five. The assessment task provides a scenario for the cost of a party where the initial fee covers a given number of guests. The class determines the cost for specific numbers of guests...

Ninth graders participate in talking circles about how their classroom will function. In this self-governance instructional activity, 9th graders participate in talking circle activities to create rules that will govern their class....

Fifth graders create birch bark biting art pieces. In this aboriginal art instructional activity, 5th graders produce art using birch bark. Students present their art pieces and explain their designs.

Young scholars research microbiologists.  For this research lesson, students will research a microbiologist, create timeline sections, and build a timeline.  Young scholars will also use a website to research a particular...

In this online/interactive "for" versus "since" usage learning exercise, students read an explanation of the time expressions and choose the correct one to fill in the blanks in sentences. Students choose 10 answers. 

Students investigate the colonization of the United States by researching Thanksgiving.  In this U.S. history instructional activity, students discuss the concept of Thanksgiving, who created it and what it was intended to do. ...

In this grammar instructional activity, students read 23 sentences and mark the noun clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause. They read 20 sentences to find a noun phrase, verb phrase, or prepositional phrase. 

In this music worksheet, young scholars identify and describe the Native Americans. They respond to several questions about the music of the Native Americans and their dancing. Students also identify and name various musical signs and...

Examine the women who contributed to the Civil Rights movement. In groups, children read excerpts of writings from Eloise Greenfield and research the women she mentions using the internet. To end the lesson plan, they create a timeline...

In this search engine worksheet, 3rd graders will need to use factmonster.com to discover answers. Students will respond to 10 short answer questions using the given website.

In this global studies worksheet, students read a 7-paragraph selection titled, "MAXXI," about the award for outstanding architecture. Students respond to 6 multi-step questions.

Students identify different plants and their uses by attending a field trip. In this Canadian plant lesson, students explore the great outdoors of Vancouver, B.C. and discuss the uses of plants by the Native Americans that once resided...

Students examine the motives for French expansion into the New World, they evaluate primary source documents to determine who, what, when, where and why.

Students participate in talking circles. In this self-governance instructional activity, students examine human rights from the perspective of Native Americans. Students must set up a self-government model for the reserve described.