Students participate in a scavenger hunt. In this icebreaker lesson, students are given Scavenger Hunt Sheets and search their new classroom for the objects.

Ever wonder how to memorialize World War I heroes in the classroom? Activities in a high-quality social studies resource prompt middle schoolers to research Internet sources, complete a graphic organizer, and write an editorial feature...

Pupils play a movement and freeze activity to jingle bells.

Young pupils learn about classroom rules as they also practice active reading strategies and reading comprehension skills. This lesson plan begins with a thorough reading of the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You...

Create an artifact kit to engage your young learners. Then, assign small groups a section of chapter three. They will identify the main idea and three supporting details for their section. Then, they select one artifact from the kit that...

Learners use  digital camera to document the needs for daily living. In this life skills and visual arts lesson, students create class books that include photographs of everyday objects that they use in their home, school and...

Students see that the sense of hearing helps us learn from each other through communication. Also, students explain that sound can produce patterns. They engage in a wide variety of activities that focus on the sense of hearing.

Students explore landmarks around the world. In this world geography and technology lesson, students view world landmarks using a webcam. Students take a virtual field trip during which they zoom in and manipulate three dimensional...

Science, engineering, and United States history? Pupils research collections of artifacts from the Smithsonian to learn about historical scientific innovations. At the end of the lesson, they write an essay to discuss technology's...

Students complete activities to learn about Southeastern Native Americans.  In this lifestyles lesson, students watch a PowerPoint about Southeastern Native Americans, view artifacts from the region and discuss the objects with a...

Learners reflect on the Declaration of Independence.  For this U.S. History lesson, students read the Declaration of Independence then complete an activity and worksheet on the topic.

Students examine pop culture of the 1980s.  In this historical time period instructional activity, students view a Smurfs cartoon from the 1980s and discuss its similarities and differences to cartoons today.  Students work in...

Pupils engage in a fun, hands-on activity that uses a Thanksgiving theme to incorporate one-to-one counting to 10. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them with their counting skills.

Third graders create a PowerPoint presentation to show their patriotism and express their thoughts on the meaning of The Star-Spangled Banner with this exciting and creative activity.

Young scholars read information about the ancient origins of art and archaeology with a focus on the Malian culture. In this art origins lesson, students read background information for the topic and compare ancient and contemporary...

In this Halloween worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with words matching Halloween pictures and then label the pictures with the number of sentence it goes with. Students complete 2 activities.

In this law worksheet, students match words with definitions about the law and complete a crossword. Students complete 2 activities.

Student complete a number of activities using computer based resources and primary sources to research the fur trade. They answer questions using the computer research.

Students practice balancing activities while learning the states in the USA.

Students explore the parallel development and increasing complexity of writing and the growth of civilization in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys in ancient Mesopotamia.

Emerging orators distinguish between effective and ineffective public speaking strategies. They read a text that fits in with a Native Americans unit and speak about the text with both ineffective and effective volume, tone, phrasing,...

Students classify foods as "healthy" or "unhealthy" and sort foods into appropriate food groups. In this nutrition/physical education lesson, students play a game in which throwing skills are practiced. Pictures of food are sorted into...

Rolling three strikes in bowling is known as a turkey—but in a Thanksgiving-themed bowing game, every pin is a turkey! Young learners practice hand-eye coordination, ball rolling, and weight transfer with an engaging game of Turkey Bowl.

Young scholars examine themselves as being part of a global community. In this global community instructional activity, students investigate GPS systems. Young scholars gain knowledge on how the device works. Students discover that...