Unit Plan
Newspaper Association of America

Power Pack: Lessons in Civics, Math, and Fine Arts

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Newspaper in Education (NIE) Week honors the contributions of the newspaper and is celebrated in the resource within a civics, mathematics, and fine arts setting. The resource represents every grade from 3rd to 12th with questions...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spanish Drama: Latin America

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars explore Hispanic countries.  In this Hispanic culture and language instructional activity, students choose an Hispanic country to research.  Young scholars explore given websites and prepare a dramatization...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Strange Encounters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine a variety of Robert Harris' paintings. Using the characters in the art, they develop a conversation between them in a musical verse. In groups, they identify safety procedures to be used by those traveling in the...
Lesson Plan
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Acting Out or "as the School Turns"

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars learn the idea of drama in their own lives; and then transfer that idea to the works of others in this series of lessons. They discuss the question of identity.
Activity
Teaching Tolerance

Consuming and Creating Political Art

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
A picture is worth a thousand words, but political art may be worth even more! After examining examples of political cartoons, murals, and other forms of public art, class members create their own pieces to reflect their ideals and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Once Upon A Time...

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss elements of fairy tales, examine selected piece of Robert Harris' art, and compose fairy tales based on what they see and imagine. Students then view homes in Harris' artwork collection, create home in which they would...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Reading 3 and $

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this picture and word associations worksheet, students view and determine who is portrayed in eight pictures and then answer eight multiple choice questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

On the Mayflower Lesson Plan

For Teachers K
Students create a model of the Mayflower. For this early childhood lesson plan, students engage in dramatic play while reenacting the Pilgrims and the Mayflower. Students listen as the instructor reads On the Mayflower by Kate Waters.
Lesson Plan
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To Vote or Not To Vote

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discuss if it was worth some groups fighting for the right to vote. In groups, they participate in a debate in which they discuss whether the right to vote is a responsiblity by its members. They create their own piece of...