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We The People
Students engage in this introductory unit of history which is ideal for the first few weeks of instruction. The unit is meant to prepare students for the nation wide contest associated with History Day.
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Giving
Students analyze the true meaning of giving in this three part lesson. First, the students make a fanciful wish for a loved one. Second, they students make hand-made presents such as stepping-stones for the school garden, Finally,...
National First Ladies' Library
Presidential Campaigning--Front Porch Style
High schoolers compare and contrast "front porch" political campaigns and modern day traveling campaigns of past presidents. Using the internet and other sources, they explore President Harding's campaign and platform. Using the internet...
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Celebrating Thanksgiving
In this Thanksgiving learning exercise, learners use 18 clues given at the bottom of the page to solve a Thanksgiving Day crossword puzzle.
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Follow Spring's Journey North Recording Highlights of the Season
Learners scan headlines on the Journey North News Updates each day to track the changes that spring brings as it comes to different areas of the United States.
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February Friendship Bugs
First graders select five behaviors from a class web that promote kindness and strengthen friendships. For this random acts of kindness lesson, 1st graders create friendship bugs with corresponding Kindness Tasks....
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Ramps 1: Let it Roll!
Students perform the following activity as a group so that they can gain experience with how ramps work. Students will first construct a simple ramp and then time how fast different objects roll down that ramp.
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Postcards from the Past
Young scholars create postcards from the past by summarizing a historical event. Then they design illustrations for their postcards and send them off to another teacher at their school.
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The Artist As Storyteller
Pupils practice the art of storytelling by examining scroll writing techniques of Asia and applying them to a monthly story of their own classroom. This lesson is in two parts (Part II continues throughout the school year).
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Nursery Rhymes
Students copy a memorized nursery rhyme on to writing paper. They illustrate their writing and the finished piece is posted for conferences or Back-to-School night.
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Stargazers And Skywatchers
Students recognize the daily motion of the Sun across the sky, defining the main directions of east, west, south and north. They see how the first calendars were based on changes in the Sun's noontime elevation, and on locations of...
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Weave a Web of Words
Fifth graders write a first draft of an oral presentation about the American Revolution and take their work through the writing process.
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Secretary of State Powell
Students study the life of Colin Powell who was Secretary of State during President Bush's first term. They investigate the workings of the US State Department by researching a number of websites.
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Houses in Japan
First graders compare the everday lives of school-aged children in the United States and Japan by comparing the houses they live in. They discuss how traditional Japanese houses are designed with a feeling of opennes to the outdoors and...
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Japanese Peasants
Learners examine how the Japanese peasant was depicted in art in this high school lesson plan about Asian cultures. Emphasis is placed on individual observations and written reflections.
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Database Detectives Solve a Mystery ~ Part 2
Middle schoolers work together to solve a classroom mystery. They collect and organize their information into databases. They educate the school on how databases benefit life in a democracy.
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The Three Bears
Second graders are comparing and contrasting two stories, The Three Bears and Abuelo and the Three Bears. The first story is the traditional fairy tale. The second one is a different version of the story with some Spanish words and phrases.
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Meet Cecilia, Gilbert and Kate
Young scholars experience the experiences of several ESL students. They view there journeys in life. Young scholars encounter first hand their joys, pains and hardships. They begin to feel what these young people feel everyday of their...
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Graphing a Healthy Lifestyle
Fifth graders record the amount of time they spend sleeping, attending school, watching T.V., exercising and doing homework. At the end of the week they graph all of their information and discuss how sleep impacts their learning....
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When were you selfless today?
Students, after reading and discussing the poem, Selflessness of Mind, by Joe Gutknecht, discuss specific recent acts of selflessness and then write a first draft paper on selflessness. They compare/contrast their own lives to the poem...
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Wagons West
Students explore problem solving. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate the five-step approach to problem solving. Students solve word problems by employing the five-step process.
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Air Pollution: What Can You Do?
Third graders read the book "Air Pollution" by Gary Lopez. They reflect on what causes air pollution and write about it in their journals, learning new vocabulary and using it each day.
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Experiment: How acidic is rain in your area?
Students collect water samples from around your home and school, check the pH level of each water sample, and record the pH levels in a chart that looks something like this: