Who Cares for the Land?

Learners complete pre reading, writing, and post reading activities for the book The Boy Who Saved Baseball. In this guided reading lesson plan, students complete writing, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have...

Students explore the importance of natural resources. They are given copies of the story, "Who Cares For The Land," and students follow along as the teacher reads it. Students identify the key points in the story. (Soil, water and air...

Students investigate equality by reading a historical fiction book in class.  In this civil rights lesson, students read the story Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry with their classmates and define the Jim Crow Laws that kept blacks...

Young scientists who are learning about the variety of environments that animals live in use a activity in order to choose animals that live, primarily, in water environments. There are eight pictures on the activity, and learners must...

Students discuss the importance of respecting animals and properly providing for their needs. In a class setting, students read a story about animals and identify kind and caring actions toward the animals. After a class sing-a-long,...

Students use the folk singer Woody Guthrie's song 'This Land is Your Land' to learn about the responsibility of every person to take care of each other and the land. In this land preservation lesson plan, students sing the song, learn...

Students observe changes of season over time and record their findings on a class chart. They can record temperatures and rain or snowfall, interview residents and use their own powers of observations.

Students utilize prior knowledge about the Pontchartrain Basin. In this subsidence/erosion lesson, students study the chart on land subsidence and must them identify and find solution for problems caused by erosion.

Students explore the difference between public and private, and will categorize a list of places as public or private. They determine what is their responsibility to care for public (common) areas and share their new understanding by...

Students read "Joseph had a Little Overcoat" and explain why his clothing didn't go to waste. For this repairing, reusing, recycling lesson, students recognize by reusing objects they help the environment. Students write their ideas for...