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Muses of Independence
Eighth graders explore the entertainment options in colonial America. For this colonial life lesson, 8th graders watch a movie about colonial music and arts. Students then respond to questions regarding the movie and also respond to 1...
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Tibet and the U.S.
Students study the Tibetan situation. In this global issues instructional activity, students listen to a lecture regarding Tibet, its location, and its ties to China. Students then create political cartoons or write letters to their...
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Graphing Dairy Production Statistics
Students collect data about dairy production. In this geometry lesson, students formulate and model problem solving. They collect data and plot it on a graph.
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Science: Daily and Seasonal Cycles
First graders use their observations to describe daily and seasonal cycles. through a demonstration using a suspended ball and flashlight, they determine the time of day in various locations. Next, 1st graders participate in a...
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Indian Meets Colonist - Role Play
Learners role play as colonists and Indians. They are assigned a specific colony and Indian group, and write a script and then role play in front of their classmates.
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To Walt Whitman
Students examine the poem To Walt Whitman by Angela de Hoyos. They divide into groups. Each group creates a poem written from one of two perspectives: to Walt Whitman or to de Hoyos from Whitman.
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Lord of the Flies - Sentence Starters and Vocabulary
Students prepare for the reading of iam Golding's novel, The Lord of the Flies, by exploring the theme through a discussion and sentence starter activity.
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Journey on the Underground Railroad
Students use Indiana and Michigan state road maps to trace a route to Canada from Madison, IN. with the many possible stops along the way. They make a picture book that depicts a runaway slave's journey on UCR.
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Native Americans of the USA
Students, in cooperative groups, research a variety of Native American tribes on the Internet and complete corresponding activities. They participate in a play about Native Americans by Sandra Widener.
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Determining Needs Versus Wants
Students discriminate between a need and a want in home buying. They write a detailed description of their dream home. Finally they categorize each of their listed home features as a need or a want.
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Predator/Prey Activity: Fish Feeding, Environments, and General Behavior
Students explore concepts of environment and survival among different marine life, focusing on the ocean environment.
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The Brain and the Sense Organs - Lesson Plan
Young scholars identify the five sense organs and state the uses of the five senses.
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American Focus on World Constitutions
Students describe demographic, economic, political and geographic features of the U.S., summarize events leading to the creation of the Constitution and describe the process of amending the Constitution.
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American Focus on World Constitutions
Ninth graders describe essential components of a constitution and cite cultural factors affecting international law-making.
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People, Places and Environments
Students predict a future for Gary, IN and US Steel Works. They explain how their own town would change if US Steel built this large of a facility in it and discuss why or shy not their town would have been an alternative to choosing Gary.
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Canada's Forests and Resource Management
Students are introduced to the Canadian forest industry so that they may assess the economic and environmental sustainability of the industry.
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The Rivers and Lakes of Alberta
Learners are introduced to the online Atlas of Canada and they identify the lakes and major rivers of Alberta.
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THE DIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE: HOW HEALTHY IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD?
Learners observe and investigate, on a walking tour, what elements create a healthy neighborhood. They examine the significance of the relationship of the built environment as well as the important details of architecture.
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Finding Ourselves: The Search for American Identity
High schoolers examine American identity through race, ethnicity, class, gender, regionalism, political values, and beliefs focusing on the Depression era.
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From the Flintstones to the Jetsons
Eighth graders compare and contrast transportation and agricultural methods in the United States from Colonization to Reconstruction. They, in groups, create and present Ohio Memory Scrapbooks to rest of class.
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Meet Our Presidents Bulletin Board
Learners randomly draw presidents' names and conduct research for a written report on their chosen president. They color portraits of their president to accompany their reports.
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Utah's Amazing Ecosystems
Students investigate the various ecosystems of Utah. They define key vocabulary terms, conduct research, and create an informational report on a selected ecosystem of Utah.
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Making Good Investments
Students compare different aspects of investing money from traditional savings accounts to money market accounts. They research investment accounts at local banks and compare them.
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Get to Know Your City
Third graders research the history of their home city and how it's development was influenced by different groups of people. They present their research information to the class.