Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Haring Mural

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars create a class mural emphasizing color and lines. In this mural lesson plan, students first study the work of Keith Haring before they create their mural.
Handout
Curated OER

New York City: ESL Read Aloud

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about the city of New York City. There are no questions to answer on this page.
Worksheet
Curated OER

1Word and Letter Match Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word and letter match instructional activity, learners match groups of 3 letters to words that contain each set. A reference web site is given for additional activities. 
Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Nyc Subway Cars Transform Into Condominiums for Fish

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the disposal of New York City subway cars into the Atlanic Ocean, and how these cars are then used by the marine life. Includes video.
Website
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Nyc Subway Turns 100

For Students 9th - 10th
America's most famous subway has turned 100! NPR does a fun series that looks at the early technology and the usage of subway in film and song. Be sure to view the galleries of photos and listen to the memories and music!
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: New York City Subway Posters

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Website
Other

Cincinnati's Abandoned Subway

For Students 9th - 10th
So much work, time and money, but now an urban legend, that's the abandoned subway project in Cincinnati. Narrative with some photos describe the city's failed attempt to build the subway despite the Depression and World Wars.
Website
Other

New York City Subway: Early Transit in New York City

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures, primary source documents, and articles about the subway system and rapid transit in New York City at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Transportation 2: The Subway

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery item, the Subway.
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Other

New York Subway History: Beach Pneumatic Transit

For Students 9th - 10th
Not all inventions turn out to be good ideas! Read about Alfred Ely Beach's idea to build a pneumatic tube under the streets of New York City for subway trains to use.
Website
Other

Metro De Madrid Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed downloadable subway maps for Madrid, Spain highlighting significant places around the city. A great way to practice, in Spanish, using a subway map to get around in Madrid to see the sights.
Graphic
Curated OER

A View on Cities: Frankfurt: Bockenheimer Warte Subway Entrance

For Students 9th - 10th
Bockenheimer Warte subway entrance (Frankfurt)
Graphic
Curated OER

A View on Cities: Montreal: Montreal Subway

For Students 9th - 10th
Montreal subway (Montreal)
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Ride of the Century

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the 100th birthday of New York City's subway system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Taken by Surprise

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a man named Tim who is surprised and disappointed by the changes he sees while walking through the subway. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
eBook
Other

Poetry Collection: Sharon Olds

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains six poems of Sharon Olds, including "Connoisseuse of Slugs," "January, Daughter," "On the Subway," "Sex Without Love," "My Son the Man," and "Rite of Passage."
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Ride of the Century

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the centennial celebration of New York City's subway system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Young Couple Finds a Way to Make Commuting Fun

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about two students who took a picture of themselves at every subway stop in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Article
Read Works

Read Works: Ride of the Century

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the New York's subway system history. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How the World's First Metro System Was Built

For Students 9th - 10th
Christian Wolmar explains how the London Underground was built at a time when no one had built a railway under a city before.
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BBC

Bbc News: Q&a: Germ Warfare

For Students 9th - 10th
Read these questions and answers by BBC News Online about biological weapons, the threat of germ warfare, and the politics involved as of 2001. Includes many links to appropriate articles and related information.
Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Attacks in Central London

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides interactive maps, video, audio, and images of the attack on London's transit system. Presents the location, casualties, and different scenes from the attack on 7/7/2005.
Website
BBC

Bbc News: London Attacks

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News in-depth coverage of the London Attacks on 7/7/2005. You will find eyewitness accounts, reaction from around the world, and video accounts.
Unit Plan
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Bernhard Goetz Trial (1987)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Saturday afternoon before Christmas in 1984, on a New York City subway car making its run downtown, two black teenagers approached Bernhard Goetz. One of the teens said to the slightly built blond man, "Give me five dollars." Seconds...

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