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Back to School Rules

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss basic classroom rules as a whole class. They break into groups to determine other rules which they present to the whole class. They vote on two or three of the best rules to use for the rest of the school year.
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Celebrating the Smithsonian's Birthday

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils examine online objects from the Smithsonian website and use them as subjects and inspiration for creative writing exercises.
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Building a Better Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss importance of making good choices.
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Montana Tribal Governments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a research lesson to find out more information about tribal governments. The lesson includes guiding questions to help in the research process. They complete a chart of comparisons and contrasts of several indian...
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The Great Depression Essay

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the events that led to the stock market crash,the concerns of the Depression, and the effects of the New Deal programs on the American people and the American economy.
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Corps of Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students assess their knowledge of the Corps of Discovery through a written pretest, follow the journey of Lewis and Clark on the internet, record data on events, dates, places, people, animals, distance traveled, and geographic...
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Six Pack Loop Rings Photodegradable?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review experiments testing the photo degradability of the six-pack plastic ring and complete further experiments on the process.
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Terrorism: How Should We Respond?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in an online ballot activity focused on the overarching question of the role of the United States in the world.
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North Korea and Nuclear Weapons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students deliberate on the merits and tradeoffs of North Korea and Nuclear Weapons.
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Are We Americans Again? A Portrait of Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study letters and images of the Japanese American Interment during World War II. They discuss the issues presented.
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Battle Flags: Michigan and the Civil War Optional Research Assignment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research an aspect of Michigan's involvement in the Civil War and prepare a two page research paper. They present their research findings in a news style presentation while role playing parts of a news team.
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Gambling Sparks Battle at Civil War Site

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine different battles of the Civil War. They discuss the proposal to put in slot machines for revenue at the battleground. They examine many key turning points of the war through an interactive program.
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Conditional Grammar Quiz- Conditional 0, 1, 2, and 3

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students answer 5 multiple choice questions in which they choose a phrase to complete a conditional statement. All sentences have the word "if" and students select the most correct way to end the sentence.
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Plant a Seed

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars complete a seed and plant growth activity. In this plant growth instructional activity, students read about Lady Bird Johnson and then answer questions about her role in the beautification and the environment. Young...
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The Battle of Horseshoe Bend: Collision of Cultures (54)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the political and cultural conflicts that led to the Battle of Horseshoe Blend, Alabama, and evaluate historical maps of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. They research American Indian cultures that were located in their...
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Show Me the Money!

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the importance of campaign finances in elections in the United States by gathering information from various Web sites about campaign finances of different Presidential hopefuls.
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Ruby Bridges

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students think about differences and equality as they compare their life to that of Ruby Bridges.
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Foreign and Defense Policy: An Overview

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explain why the United States have a policy for its relationship with the rest of the world. They examine their clothing and shoes or other personal items to determine which were manufactured in the US and which in...
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Surviving the Depression- 1930-1939 Lesson 3: Solutions to the Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate the components of the New Deal and role of nonprofit organizations the relief and rebuilding efforts of the Great Depression. They write letters to the organization that they are researching.
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Heritage: Famous People of the West

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine two famous people, Brigham Young and Jim Bridger, who made an impact on the westward expansion, and create cartoon strip using the information.
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Developing a Media Portfolio

For Teachers 9th
students discuss the vehicles used by media to feed images to consumers. In small groups, 9th graders are given magazines and asked to pick out the ads that appeal to them. They write responses to the questions:
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Get Out of the Box

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders think outside the box with this lesson in organization through webbing. After a lecture/demo, 3rd graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides them through creating a writing web.
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Education of the Artist: An Investigation into the Ideas that Defined aGeneration of Artists in late Eighteenth-Century Britain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore training of artists as professionals, and identify the many different types of jobs that require art training.
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Campaign 2004: Classroom Electorate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers role play as political analysts first forecasting the electoral college vote in a presidential election and then, following the results of the actual count. They study the role of swing states, and why political...

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