Class members adopt the role of Law and Order history investigators and examine primary source documents to determine the legitimacy of Marco Polo's claim that he traveled to and traded in China. A cleverly crafted...

Students examine the labels on their own clothes to determine where they were made and think about important factors when shopping for different items. They figure how much the person who makes their sneakers would get and complete a...

Students study women's fund raising efforts during the Civil War era. They participate in a shared reading about the Sanitary Commission and analyze a political cartoon about women's contributions to the Sanitary Fair. They write...

Students set up a classroom currency exchange and explore the idea of bartering to get what they want. They create a monetary unit that is based on fractions and multiples of a standard unit, and compare this system to the U.S. monetary...

Young scholars complete activities with the book The Story of Sitting Bull by Jeffrey A. Rucker. In this literature lesson, students review new vocabulary and practice finding capital letters. They read the story, answer...

Fourth graders create their classroom rules.  In this Mayflower Compact lesson, 4th graders listen to the Plymouth story and learn about the Mayflower Compact.  Students analyze the Mayflower Compact and create a class compact...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A fair trade quiz for primary schools with web links to a couple of videos, and with reference to the Oxfam fair trade site.