Students research traditions of different cultures and create a multicultural calendar, including important dates in the traditions of their assigned culture.

Students practice memorizing the seven days of the week and keeping them in order.  In this calendar activity, students read aloud the book Today is Monday by Eric Carle, and create their own calendar style book using...

Students study the math concepts associated with the calendar including days of the week, months of the year, odd/even numbers and numbers which come before and after. They use handheld computers with the appropriate software.

Learn about the lunar calendar as it is used by the Maori people of New Zealand. Kids read the five paragraph passage then complete five matching, eight true/false, one vocabulary, seven fill-in-the-blank, and three discussion...

Students discover ways to make the world a peaceful place.  In this humanity activity, students read the book Peace Begins with You by Katerine Sholes, then discuss how they can have a peaceful impact on their society....

Young scholars explore geography by reading a story about Florida. In this Florida vegetation lesson, students read the book Strawberry Girl and identify the locations in Florida that are mentioned in the book. Young scholars identify...

Students engage in research in order to find the origin of a Korean holiday. They compare American holidays to the ones of Korea in order to find the true meanings of holidays in both cultures.

Students examine the lunar phases by locating and graphing the Moon phase of their own birthdays. They listen to and discuss lunar myths and create their own Birthday Moon Stories.

Students conduct surveys to determine when spring occurs in the minds of people in their area. They organize and interpret their data.

Students examine why it is important to study American history. In this American history instructional activity, students discuss why it is necessary to study history, arrange an outline of American history events in chronological...