Memory Box

Students discuss what type of items should be placed in a Memory Box by discussing the need to preserve certain historical items. They develop their own memory boxes.

Fourth graders engage in a icebreaker activity that is meant to introduce curriculum areas at the beginning of the school year. The teacher prepares several different boxes filled with items that are to be studied during the year. Then...

In this reading for information activity, students study a one paragraph text about Patriot's Day. Students complete the 5 sentences with words from the word box.

Whether you are planning a class trip to the theater or want to engage your drama club in an inclusive production unit, a resource focused on the Broadway musical Anastasia is sure to capture young imaginations. It includes background...

Students compare how people save money in financial institutions, after reading the story, The Hundred Penny Box. They analyze the advantages of regular saving and how savings grow with compounding.

Students create quiz boxes about Virginia's history. In this primary source analysis lesson, students locate documents and images about famous Virginians and Virginia landmarks from the Library of Congress website. Students use the...

Learners explore the Native American Art of Caitlin. The exploration is done using the internet to make cultural connections.

Read the story Look Inside a Castle with your young learners. That night, each learner should practice memorizing a list of vocabulary words. The next day, learners will start by playing a memory game. Who can remember the most...

Students investigate the impact of the Inca culture by examining our current society.  In this heritage lesson, students identify the Inca people, when they lived and where they were located.  Students view photographs representing Inca...

Young scholars develop questions to ask their famiy members to discover their family history. Individually, they conduct the interview and videotape if possible. To end the lesson, they draw a picture of the person they interviewed to...