Students extend their understanding of Milton Hershey. For this notable figures lesson, students create a paper quilt about Milton Hershey. Students use the template provided to design their own quilt square, including an illustration...

Students explore the accomplishments of Milton Hershey. In this historical analysis lesson plan, students research Hershey's life and the historical events that occurred during his life. Students create timelines that feature both sets...

Learners analyze historical photographs. For this research skills lesson, students examine photographs of Milton Hershey and his factory. Learners use the provided photo analysis guide to analyze the photographs.

  Students reenact what finding a job was like in the 1900's and model their actions after Milton Hershey.  In this history instructional activity, students create business cards, and conduct mock interviews for jobs that would have...

Compiled of 18 task cards and five worksheets, young mathemmaticians practice solving fraction word problems and other fraction-based activities with a Hershey Bar. The packet comes with sheets to record and keep track of all of the task...

Students participate in a scavenger hunt. In this Milton Hershey lesson plan, students prepare for a trip to the Hershey Museum in Pennsylvania by completing a scavenger hunt. Students draw conclusions on their findings. 

Learners create a classroom mural that features heroes. In this Milton Hershey lesson, students discuss the qualities Hershey had that made him a hero. Learners then identify other heroes and design a classroom mural of those heroes.

Middle schoolers examine the life and business success of Milton Hershey. They conduct an interview with a local entrepreneur, define key vocabulary terms, develop a list of jobs they can do to earn money, read a biography of Milton...

Twelfth graders compare and contrast information from stories.  In this similarities and differences lesson, 12th graders read about Milton Hershey and Forrest S. Mars to learn about the lives of the two men.  Students complete a graphic...

Students determine how push/pull factors convinced Milton Hershey to build his chocolate factory in Derry Township. In this geography skills instructional activity, students complete an anticipation guide, read about push/pull factors,...

Students examine the design of Hershey, Pennsylvania. In this town planning lesson, students research how Milton Hershey planned his town and then design their own towns.

If you mention that your next lesson features chocolate, changes are that your kids will be very intrigued! Learn about the rich history of chocolate with an informational reading activity. Kids read about Milton Hershey and the...

Fourth graders participate in a guided reading group where they read and discuss Betty Burford's "Chocolate by Hershey". They discuss the chocolate maker's life and career and complete a Venn diagram comparing their own way of living to...

Students review a trip they made to the Hershey Museum. For this history of chocolate lesson, students determine the impact chocolate has made on cultures and create visual projects that feature their findings.

Middle schoolers explore the history of chocolate and its consumption. For this chocolate history lesson, students discover how industrialization changed the way humans consume chocolate. Middle schoolers use the provided worksheet to...

High schoolers define entrepreneurship and identify examples of those who have succeeded. Using the Internet, they research the lives of Henry Ford, Bill Gates and others. To end the instructional activity, they develop their own...