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1st Grade - Act. 09: Freedom Quilt
First graders create sections of classroom quilt that be tied together.
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A Delicate Balance
Students reflect on racial balance in their own schools, debate merits of policies that seek to create and maintain school racial diversity, and write essays on whether their school should promote racial balance.
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Model United Nations Activity
Students examine current and past problems and situations affecting the United Nations, and explore life, career, and philosophy of Ralph Bunche, American diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Students then prepare portfolios to...
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Pardon Me
Learners examine the pardon process and the controversy surrounding the Clinton pardons through reading and discussing "Lobbying for Forgiveness." They write a forgiveness letter and create pardon guidelines for President Bush.
National First Ladies' Library
The Gilded Age
Students investigate the economic events that caused such a separation between social classes in the United States during this time period. Then they design financial and social models with the goal of closing the gap between the super...
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Lesson Ideas to Enrich Student Inquiry into the Holocaust
Students inquire about the Holocaust. In this Holocaust lesson, students read books and discuss their thoughts. Students also collect current event articles from newspapers. Students investigate ghettos, Pearl Harbor and Navajo Code...
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Distribution of children living at home
Students use E-STAT to examine demographics. In this social demographics lesson plan, students use statistical data to determine if a particular family is in need of assistance. Students will discuss social and educational policies and...
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Piecewise Modeling with Multiple Functions: Federal Debt
Students analyze data on debt and write an equation. In this statistics lesson, students are given data from different time periods, and are asked to graph and analyze the data. They work in groups, and are assigned different parts of...
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Distribution Lesson Plan
Students examine the steps for outreach and the distribution of films. They develop a list of organizations to contact, view and discuss two short videos, and design a distribution plan for one of the videos, and their own film.
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California Trail and Native Americans
Fifth graders identify the American Indian tribes who lived on the lands in which the California Trail went through. They investigate and describe the impact of western expansion on the American Indians.
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Youth Engagement
Young scholars examine and then discuss opposite sides of controversial issues such as neighborhood curfews, lowering voter age, etc. They learn civic responsibility and cultivate tolerance for others' opinions.
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National Museum of the Pacific War
Students examine the role of science and technology in World War II. They discover how some inventions have changed to meet society's need after the war was over. They visit the museum to complete the lesson plan.
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The History Of The Internet
Students explain how the Internet evolved and what it is today.
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Ancient China: Student Created Word Search Puzzles
Sixth graders classify and organize information about ancient China. In this Chinese history instructional activity, 6th graders create word search puzzles and record the processes they used to create them.
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The Issues
Students identify the issues that concern them and determine where they stand on each issue.
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Wind Power and Your Community
Young scholars acquire knowledge about hydropower, diesel power, wind power, and how they are currently used in the north. They share what they have learned through a jigsaw activity.
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The Middle Ages: A Time of Conflict and Change
Students become familiar with the concepts of conflict and change and the relationship between them. They then analyze medieval social groupings to understand relationships among people and people groups.
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The Global Warming Cover-Up
Students explore the basic background on the causes of global climate disruption and governmental and economic reasons for downplaying its causes. Key reasons why US citizens have largely ignored the issues are examined in this...
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Youth vs. Adult Employment
Students investigate the unemployment rate in Canada. In this statistics lesson, students collect data on youth finding jobs, graph and analyze the data. This assignment raises awareness of the employment problems in Canada.
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Slick Moves
Students examine the Bush Administration's plan to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from varying points of view.
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Comparing the Food Choices and Body Image of 15-Year-Olds Around the World
Students interpret data regarding food choices and the perceived body image of youth in the world. In this personal health activity, students compare food consumption patterns in Canada with other countries. Students also compare...
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A Shot in the Dark?
Students ask and answer their own questions about smallpox and the smallpox vaccine. They create outlines for an informative CD-ROM that could be distributed to health care professionals.
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Forceful Persuasion
Learners investigate U.S. foreign policy in Middle Eastern countries, and rank their level of support for American military and diplomatic actions.
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Terror Tantrum?
Students explore elements that help shape political and economic relationships between different countries and examine the effects of a recent terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia.