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Culture Creation vs. Culture Consumption - Finding Voice Through Digital Storytelling
Ninth graders explore the power of media in culture and Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence. In this nonviolence and media instructional activity, 9th graders analyze Gandhi's nonviolent methods for social change and discuss the media's...
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Deshawn's Days
Students read about a boy while exploring poetry. In this poetry lesson plan, students discuss how Deshawn's neighborhood and family are described.
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Honesty
Students listen to the story, "The Mangoes." They answer and discuss a given set of questions then volunteer to share an experience of when they told the truth and what it felt like. Students perform a skit to reinact the story, "The...
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Fearlessness and Confidence
Students develop confidence to face up to problems and fears in order to deal with them safely. They recognize that family and friends should care for each other. Students go through a series of activities that they interact with,...
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Become a Collector
In this collection worksheet, students read a 1-page selection regarding collections and then respond to a question regarding collections and draw a picture of a collection.
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Are You an Animal Safety Sleuth?
Students identify animal behaviors that are unsafe and react appropriately to the warning signs. In this animal safety lesson, students discuss animal behavior in uncertain situations. Students make flip cards for younger students to...
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Creating An Understanding of the Past/Through The Art of George Catlin and Native American Artifacts
Students explore Native American culture. They observe and discuss the paintings of George Catlin. Students examine the lives of the Pawnee Native American Indians during the time period of 1830-1840. Numerous cross curriculum activities...
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Country: India
Students use the Internet to study the history, geography, culture and art of India. Videos, photographs and maps are included.
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Using Shanties to Create Lyrics
Students demonstrate an understanding of shanties, a traditional music form. They listen to several shanties and create their own verses to add on to these songs. They express their feelings through music by using rhythm and rhyme to...
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Girl Power
Seventh graders explore the role of women. They contrast their empowerment from Confederation until 1920. They compare that to the role and empowerment of women in today's society through their own experiences, media, and music.
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Making Elisir
Learners examine the technical language used by musicians and music lovers. They study the contemporary relevance of 19th Century Italian opera and understand how it is translated into electronic media.
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The Age of Sailing Songs
Students explore various genres of spoken and written expression. While considering the era of the shipyard and sailing, students describe and document a favorite ship, captain, crew, or life of a sailor. Using this information, they...
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Children's Books
Young scholars explore daily dilemmas students face. They write and illustrate a story book dealing with one dilemma. Young scholars write reviews of their books. They read their books to second grade students. Additional cross...
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Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson - Lesson 3
young scholars create song lyrics for two verses and one chorus. They compare their song writing process to the process described by ie Nelson and Sheryl Crow.
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Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People
Fifth graders explore poems of African Americans. They research a famous African American, write a report, create a timeline of events in African American history, create a map of the New World, and research Molly Walsh. After...
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Urban Concentration and Racial Violence
Students research one of the many urban race riots in U.S. history, from the New York City riots during the Civil War to the "Red Summer of 1919" or the hate-strikes of 1943. They present their findings in the form of a newspaper's front...
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Self-Control
Students examine their feelings of anger in various situations. In groups, they view scenerios from different points of view and from reading many poems. They answer comprehension questions about a story they read to end the class.
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Friendship Poster
Learners use WordArt to create a friendship poster. In this friendship lesson, students use Microsoft Word to create a friendship poster. Learners create phrases using the WordArt program and arrange the phrases on construction paper to...
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Box of Chocolate Adjectives
Students practice using descriptive words. In this adjectives instructional activity, students are given a piece of candy and write as many descriptive words as they can about the candy. Students make sure to use descriptions that...
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Self Reliance
Students thinking is stimulated and has them reflect on looking after themselves and to not always rely on others for your needs. A story is read to them or they read it and reflect on the it. They put on a play in a small group and...
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Recreating a Masterpiece
Students analyze and critique various artists and their work. They write research papers on artists and create reproductions of their works, reflecting their earlier critiques of the works.
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Literature Soundtracks
Student choose ten songs to create a soundtrack for a novel read in class or as outside reading. In the liner notes, instead of lyrics High schoolers writes a rationale of why or how the song relates to the novel in terms of setting,...
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London Mail
In this research skills worksheet, students read through the questions related to the London Royal Mail and the history of the post office. Students do independent research to answer 10 questions.
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Second Graders Create Their Own Social Studies Book (Part I, The 5Ws of the Constitution)
Students study the United States Constitution and create a year-long cumulative activity for social studies. In this social studies lesson, students complete activities throughout the year to learn the 5Ws for the United States...