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Conceptual Analysis in Economics
Students practice critical thinking skills by defending their beliefs orally in a "hot seat". In addition, they communicate their feelings about an inssue in writing.
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Current Events
Students explore different countries, their locations, and their cultures. Using an encyclopedia, they locate the information, then write a report. Ultimately, they create a paper doll to represent their chosen country.
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U.S. Constitution and Amendments
Students explore the framework of government and examine the Constitution to see its impact on their lives.
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Making a Cartogram
Students interpret statistical geographic information by creating a cartogram.
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Oh Deer!"
Learners explore the essential components of a habitat, which is food, water, and shelter. They end the lesson by paying the Oh Deer! game.
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Paper Clip Game for Learning the Value of Rules
Students explore the components of good rules and their importance in society. Consistency and fair application for the maintenance of order is emphasized as paper clips and the rules of a game are manipulated.
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INVITING CANDIDATES TO CLASS
Learners explore the election process by researching politcal platforms, inviting candidates to speak, surveying registered voters, and running a mock election.
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Request
Students play a game of questioning with the teacher after reading silently a beginning passage of text. They and teacher request specific information from each other until students are able to summarize and predict the outcome of the...
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Teamwork Towers
Students work in a cooperative groups to create a free standing tower of straws and pins in ten minutes. They watch a video of the cooperative groups working, discuss the process and list the things they could do to improve the cooperation.
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Raven' Beauties
Ravensbruck was a concentration camp for women during World War II. This lesson provides background information on the camp, its effects in Prussia, and a design project intended to commemorate the women who died there. Learners make...
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Fraction Conversion Bingo
Learners reinforce previous math lessons involving the relationships between fractions, decimals and percents.
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Aerial Cameras
Students will explore ways of documenting their landmarks by a creating visual display exhibition in this Youth Source activity. Each student will need a camera and film and reflecting worksheet.
Students will then reflect on their ideas...
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The Importance of Imports
Students explore world trade by examining items they find at home and listing countries those items came from. Data is displayed on a map and charted according to continent. They discuss how products are transported.
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Do I Have a Right To Privacy?
Students, in groups, explore the Fourth Amendment and their right to privacy. They explore reasonable search/seizure, sanctity of a man's house, right to privacy.
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Cruise the News
Students utilize newspapers as a resource to complete various tasks. They read articles, write summaries, investigate the classified section, write commercials, and circle spelling words.
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Entrepreneur
The students, in groups of four, establish a profitable business in the community. They complete research and conduct presentations.
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Orienteering: Map Skills
Students use a map to locate six specific landmarks on a course using a map. They identify how maps can help us and write a paragraph describing how to get from one landmark to another on the map.
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The Influence of Physical Geography
Students explore the limits and demands of their physical world and how it relates to the survival and well-being of people.
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TAKING APART OWL PELLETS
Students dissect and owl pellet and then reconstruct small rodents on a presentation board using a textbook picture as a guide.
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You Can Find It!
Students, in groups, use longitude and latitude to locate various places on a map.
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Reorganizing the Bill of Rights
Eighth graders, in groups, explore all 26 amendments and group them accordingly.
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Cultural Awareness/Sharing Traditions
Learners examine and explore cultural traditions that make their own families unique. In groups, they discuss traditions, write about the similarities and differences in the group, and interview other students.