+
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Thanksgiving Lessons Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the first Thanksgiving. In this holiday lesson, students create a KWL chart on what they know about the first Thanksgiving and conduct Internet research on this topic. Students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Matthew Henson: Heroic Explore Who Conquered Racism

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the concept of racism.  In this character building lesson, students read a biography about a hero Matthew Henson.  Students discover the challenges he, and others, faced during a time of unfairness. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Crinoids: Flowers f the Iowa Seas

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students study the rocks and fossils associated with the geologic landscape of Iowa. In this rocks and fossils lesson, students examine fossils that would be found in the Iowa landscape that show evidence of marine invertebrates such as...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ships to a New World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students experiment with buoyancy as a force. In this buoyancy lesson plan, students access an assigned website to examine the sailing vessels that came to the New World. They work as teams to build boats out of aluminum foil to see...
+
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Seeing Sense in Photographs & Poems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze photographs and poetry as forms of each other. In this poetry and photography analysis lesson, students use the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and poetry from William Carlos William to explore how poetry and painting...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Native Lands: Indians in Georgia

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the Native Americans of the Muscogee Creek and their use of the land. In this U.S. history lesson plan, students investigate the importance of the deer for the Muscogee Creek peoples' way of life and the many uses...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Native Lands: Indians in Georgia-Shifting Ground Political Cartoon-Introduction

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore the relationship between the Creek, Cherokee, and European/American cultures prior to the American Revolution.  Students do Internet research to identify and explain  changes in these cultures, then  create six panel...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seals: From the National To the Local

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate official government symbols by completing a scavenger hunt.  In this U.S. Government lesson, 3rd graders participate in a scavenger hunt in which they locate seals or logos in their community.  Students...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introducing the Narrative Account Web Page

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students complete a narrative writing assignment by critiquing a sample webpage. In this narrative writing activity, students view the sample webpage and take notes. Students create a similar webpage that contains a narrative account...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

History of the Telephone, Radio, and Light Bulb

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research and discuss the history of the telephone, radio, and light bulb. In this invention history lesson, students access Internet sites to explore the inventors and the invention of the telephone, the radio, and the light...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keeping Watch on Coral Reefs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the dangers Coral Reefs face by investigating satellite images.  In this environmental protection lesson, students utilize the Internet to discover the types of satellites and sensors used to provide oceanographic...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

African American Contributions

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners recognize contributions made by African Americans to American society. For this African American history lesson, students research contributions made by African Americans and use a graphic organizer to organize their research....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Evacuation: The Japanese Americans in World War II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Japanese internment camps of World War II. In this World War II lesson, students use primary and secondary sources to research the evacuation process and life within the internment camps. Students discuss the racial bias...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Twentieth Century Entertainment: When Work is Done

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students determine how Americans enjoy leisure time. In this 20th century America lesson plan, students research primary sources to study how Americans gained leisure time during the century and what they did with it.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Billy the Kid: Perspectives on an Outlaw

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine the life of Billy the Kid. In this Westward Expansion instructional activity, students use Internet and print sources to research the contributions of gunfighters to the settlement of the American West.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

French Canadian Immigrants in New England

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this immigration instructional activity, students conduct research related to the movement of French Canadians to England....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drake's West Indian Voyage 1588-1589

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate several maps detailing Sir Francis Drake's voyages.  In this geography instructional activity, students practice reading maps and locating the precise locations of where Sir Francis Drake visited.  Learners create an...
+
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Suffragists and Their Tactics

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the fight for voting rights. In this women's history lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the strategies employed by the suffragists to gain voting rights.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oklahoma Stone Soup

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discover the history of the Oklahoma Territory and what foods cowboys used to eat while on the move.  In this culinary lesson, students read the ingredients to Oklahoma Stone Soup and prepare them in a crock pot over the course...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Agriculture in Motion

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research machines used in agriculture. In this agriculture lesson, 6th graders complete a variety of activities that involve farming and crops. Some examples include: answering questions, creating a storyboard, poetry, and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Slavery: How did the Abolition Acts Affect the Slave Trade?

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students investigate the abolition of slavery by examining historical documents.  In this U.S. history lesson, students view photographs of East African residents who were forced into slavery.  Students write about the information they...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is FEMA a Natural Disaster?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop an understanding of FEMA and reflect about the consequences of a natural disaster.  In this natural disaster instructional activity, students are asked specific questions after reading several stories.  After class...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fair Shares

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars investigate division by sharing food items with their classmates.  In this division activity, students are given a food item which they must equally share among the class using division.  Young scholars predict how many...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Continuing Gandhi's Legacy of Cross-Cultural Understanding: Central Asia and the Middle East

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate the lifestyle of Gandhi by creating a Venn Diagram.  In this biographical lesson, students compare the philosophies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi while discussing their teaching methods.  Students utilize the...

Other popular searches