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Getting to Know You Through Peer Editing
Sixth graders get to know their classmates through 'personalized' sentences that feature one student each day, and offer practice in proofreading and peer-editing related to capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and/or grammar rules.
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TE Activity: The Trouble with Topos
Students study the uses of topographical maps including the many forms that they take. They discover that the map features show its intended use such as city maps, wilderness maps, and state maps. They complete a worksheet in which they...
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Globe Lesson 5 - Latitude - Grade 6+
In this latitude learning exercise, students read a 3-paragraph review of latitude and respond to 12 short answer questions.
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Self Portraits Part 2
Sixth graders explore the concept of Cubist art. In this visual arts lesson, 6th graders examine examples of Pablo Picasso's work and they create self portraits in Cubist style.
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Through the Forest and Home Again: Maps Help Us Find Our Ways
Students read Little Red Riding Hood, focusing on her path home to Grandma's house. In this language arts and geography lesson, students perform a reader's theater, re-creating the walk home and possible routes that could have been...
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Real World Systems of Linear Equations
Students solve systems of equations with fluency. For this algebra lesson, students graph, use elimination and substitution to solve systems of equations. They identify the point of intersection using algebra.
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ARTIFACT to ART to GLYPHS
Pupils study the development of early Latin American civilizations in unit one. The second part of the unit is based on early image-making attempts from the Cro-Magnon to the Peruvian Incas. Students create their own weavings using a...
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Statue of Liberty: Liberty Enlightening the World
Students explore reasons that people immigrate to the United States. For this Statue of Liberty lesson, students read a handout regarding immigration, analyze the poem, "The New Colossus," and complete the provided worksheet activities.
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Native American Friendship Dance
The performing arts offer artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural context and aesthetic valuing. This dance helps students understand dance history and develops cultural awareness. Students are given the...
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Orienteering Your School
Students use a compass to move from one point to another point. The procedure can be a valuable tool to help students become more observant of their surroundings.
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Jefferson on a Nickel
Students study our third president, Thomas Jefferson through stories and poems. They investigate the attributes of a nickel.
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Native American Friendship Dance
Students demonstrate the proper steps in sequence to the Native American Friendship Dance.
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Calibrating a Roverbot
Learners build and program a Lego Mindstorms Roverbot to travel for a given amount of time. They gather data on time versus distance traveled to determine a calibration constant for their robot, which relates time to distance.
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A Penny for Abe
Students explore Abraham Lincoln through stories and poems. They also explore him being on the penny.
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Organization of a Territory, Map Elements
Third graders compare printed and online maps and use proper geographic terminology to answer questions.
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Mandala Art
Young scholars investigate art elements such as color schemes and proportion by creating their own personal Mandala Circle on paper or canvas. This also allows students to investigate mathematical concepts such as tesselations or social...
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Fact, Fiction, or Bad Memory
Students identify bias in how the events of the Boston Massacre were reported. They attempt to determine who is to blame for the Boston Massacre by determining the reliability the of sources.
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Maya Math: From Zero to Nineteen
Students explore counting methods of the ancient Maya, and practice identifying Maya number glyphs.
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Creating Station Models
Students work in groups to interpret weather maps. They use latitude and longitude readings to complete a worksheet together and turn in the worksheet along with the maps and a rubric.
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Exploring Arrangements of 2, 3, 4, and 5 Cubes
Students use problem solving skills to create various models of tricubes, tetracubes, and pentacubes. They classify the cubes into various groupings and identify them as mirror images, regular arrangements, and irregular arrangements....
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Paper Quilling: A Colonial Art
Pupils discover the art of paper quilling and rolled paper. As a class, they identify patterns and forms found in nature. They create their own piece of quilled art and view their classmates creations as well.
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How far have we come in the "Freedom Struggle"?
Eleventh graders assess an appreciation for the sacrifices made to achieve fundamental rights in our society. They analyze how far we've come to explore what more needs to be done in the "Freedom Struggle." Each student completes a...
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The Night Chanter Project
Students sketch a design based on "The Night Chanter." For this art design lesson, students listen to the Native American prayer, "The Night Chanter" and illustrate their personal vision of the chant. Students critique the sketches and...
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Pursuit of Meaning
Students study art based on the theme "The Pursuit of Meaning." In this art instructional activity, students research the role of a museum curator and create a proposal and exhibit catalog based on the theme "The Pursuit of Meaning."
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