Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Okiek

For Students 9th - 10th
"Okiek" is the name of a Kenyan people who formerly lived by hunting game, making beehives, and gathering and trading honey; it is also the name of their language. The collective name "Okiek" includes over two dozen local groups, each...
Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Our America: Western Expansion

For Students 3rd - 8th
Reviews of children's literature, student activities, and interactive games from Scholastic that enrich a student's understanding and appreciation of western expansion before the Civil War.
Activity
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Things to Do at Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Families can come together through games designed to make history something fun and integral to family life. Build a sod house like prairie settlers did in the 1800s. Go back in time to visit five families that lived in the same house...
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: The Gene Connection Show [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders will discover the difference between inherited traits and learned behaviors by bringing the traits to life in a game of charades. After that, the students will demonstrate knowledge of recessive and dominant traits as they...
Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Manatees

For Students 3rd - 8th
Come swim along with the manatees and learn more about them while you're at it! Site includes fun facts, a video as well as games and activities.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Ecosystems in Action [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
In this lesson, 4th graders explore animals and plants that inhabit ecosystems by using movement to deepen the retention of vocabulary. After reviewing the ecosystem players, students will play a call and response game by responding with...
Interactive
Curated OER

National Park Service: Dison National Historical Site: The Invention Factory

For Students 6th - 9th
This terrific interactive site from the National Park Service describes the different buildings on Thomas Edison's West Orange, New Jersey's laboratory facility. After exploring the buildings, follow Edison's invention and application of...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Abraham Whipple

For Students 9th - 10th
Abraham Whipple (26 September 1733 - 27 May 1819) was an American revolutionary naval commander. Whipple was born near Providence, Rhode Island and chose to be a seafarer early in his life. He embarked upon a career in the lucrative West...
Interactive
Other

Junior Achievement: Save Usa Interactive Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive money management lessons teach about spending, saving money, financial responsibility, credit, and financial planning.