My Home, Your Home

Learners use a variety of maps to locate their home, their school and the origin of their ancestors.

In this about me learning exercise, students put an x in the box that tells where they live. Their choices are house, apartment, mobile home, or other. Students then draw a picture of their home and print their name on the blank.

Students discover the concept of a "home" by conducting interviews.  In this community lesson, students discuss what the word "home" means to them as well as research Habitat for Humanity.  Students interview home renters as well as...

Learners explore their family traditions through interview, art, and creative writing. They take home the included interview sheet to learn more about their ancestral celebrations and use a map to identify where their ancestors came...

Pupils share examples of good sportsmanship, then read a news article about a team helping an injured player score a home run. The teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then young scholars read the...

Students study maps. For this social studies lesson, students draw a map of either their room at home or the route they take to school. Students label items on their maps.

Sydney, a young girl, takes viewers on a virtual field trip to New York City to meet a man who raises homing pigeons. First she explains the role homing pigeons have played in culture and throughout history and then she interviews a...

Students brainstorm a list of stories or items that make them proud of their heritage. Individually, they create their own quilt square design which uses a border and markers. To end the lesson, they sew the squares together and describe...

Fifth graders explore the civilian role during World War II. In this social studies instructional activity, 5th graders write an "I Am an American" poem from the perspective of various Americans during the war.

Students collect data about energy usage and use mathematical calculations to analyze their data. In this energy conservation and statistics math lesson, students survey their homes to complete an energy usage worksheet. Students...