Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Chicago Race Riots

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. In this investigation, students deliberate the origins of the Chicago race riots by exploring five documents that...
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Other

The Space Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the space race was originally a competition between two Cold War foes,it ultimately resulted in many benefits for the people of the Earth. Find information on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, and Soviet space programs,...
Article
The Guardian

Guardian: Race v Ethnicity: Curious Case of Rachel Dolezal, Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Rachel Dolezal was an NAACP chapter president who was discovered to be white while claiming to be black. This article tells the story of her downfall, and looks at the possible motivations for her deceit. It discusses the controversy...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Space Race Is Over

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Space Race Is Over" by Paul Kingsnorth, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "After the Race" by James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
"After the Race" is a short story by the Irish author James Joyce. In it, we see the themes of money, status, class, politics, and paralysis.
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The History Place

The History Place: The Nuremberg Race Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides a short explanation of the Nuremberg Laws during Hitler's reign. Site shows a chart issued by the Nazis to help distinguish Jews from Germans of mixed race.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Robot Races

For Teachers 7th
This lesson plan allows students to explore proportional relationships using information from robot races.
Primary
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Deucalion's Flood and the Creation of the New Human Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this Greek Mythology story of the destruction of the earth by flood. Try comparing it to the story of Noah's Ark from the Bible.
Interactive
Cool Math

Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Drag Race Division

For Students 3rd - 5th
You'll have to divide quickly to win the drag race in this multiplayer game.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Danica Patrick Biography: Race Car Driver

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Danica Patrick's biography and her racing career. Fun facts about the race car driver.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Nascar: List of Race Tracks

For Students 1st - 9th
All about NASCAR race tracks. List of tracks used on the racing circuit.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Girl and the Wild Race by Lucy Maud Montgomery

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "The Girl and the Wild Race" by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Biography: Nascar Race Car Driver

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s biography and his racing career. Fun facts about the NASCAR driver.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Race for Life: Plant Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This is an outdoors, hands-on activity. Create a short race course to engage young scholars in physical activity while drawing comparisons to the plant kingdom. This activity serves as an introductory to the impact small changes can have...
Interactive
iCivics

I Civics: Race to Ratify

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation game set in the 1780s focuses on the ratification of the Constitution.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Nascar: List of Race Car Drivers

For Students 1st - 9th
All about NASCAR drivers. List of the drivers with a small bio on each.
Handout
Can Teach

Can Teach: Word Race

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this activity for grades 1 and 2, students practice examining, copying out, and reading words that are written in the classroom.
Interactive
Math Playground

Dirt Bike Proportions: Race by Finding Equivalent Ratios.

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Proportions where students determine the missing number to make the proportion true.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Proper Noun Race

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson, students will review nouns and identify common and proper nouns in context. A short story will be written using both types of nouns. An interactive Internet site will be used to reinforce the lesson.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Paddle Power

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you build a rubber band-powered, paddle boat that paddles across the water? Give this a try and have a paddle race with a friend.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: 4 Wheel Balloon Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own 4-wheel balloon cars with simple household items and race them across the floor.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: 2 Wheel Balloon Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make your own 2-wheel, air-power cars and race them or play games with them. Balloons and straws are them main components.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Robo Wheel

For Students K - 1st
Make your own Robo Wheel to race or do freestyle tricks using simple household items like paper bowls, string, and rubber bands.
Handout
Other

The Human Right to Freedom From Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the "human right to freedom from any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, language, religion, political or other opinion, age, or any other status,...

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