Curated OER
Tracing the Idea of Civil Disobedience through Thoreau, Gandhi, and King
Students analyze civil disobedience through history studying Thoreau, Gandhi, and Dr. King. In this civil disobedience instructional activity, students read and analyze excerpts from Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Students...
Curated OER
Texas Quarter Drawing
Students recognize the U.S. penny, nickel, dime, and
quarter by design and denomination and study the historical figures depicted on the coins. They study simple Texas symbols and choose
one to draw in a design for a Texas Quarter.
Curated OER
Primary Sources by and about Mexicans and Californios
Students access many pages of unique and interesting people of Mexican/Californios decent/heritage. After reading an insert on one, they can future research that person on the Internet. Students share their findings on a power point...
Curated OER
CDV, CDV, What's a CDV?
Introduce your class to the Core Democratic Values. The lesson focuses on defining the Core Democratic Values and related terms. Small groups look up terms and present a song based on the information they've found. After the...
Curated OER
Kansas in the Movies, the Cold War Period
Young scholars are instructed using a cross curricular type of lesson. The time period that they focus upon is the founding of the Soviet Union as a superpower in the world after WWII. The rise of communism is also taken into consideration.
Curated OER
Sporting Fever
Students view a video about the values that are represented by sports teams. They write a paper about the connection between sports and social values. They share their responses with the class.
Curated OER
Flags
Students read You're a Grand Old Flag as well as other provided books about flags. In this flag lesson, students cut, decorate and bake cookies as flags, practice the letter f, the number 4, the rectangle shape and use the color white....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Symbols of Freedom
Lesson where each student researches an American patriotic symbol, creates a slideshow, and presents it to the class.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: American Revolution as Civil War
A instructional activity where students examine the journal of a young Scottish woman, Janet Schaw, visiting North Carolina in 1775. She writes of her experiences observing the tensions and rivalries in the Cape Fear River area that...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The American Spy in Me
This is a fun and innovative lesson that will allow learners to travel through history in a most unique fashion. Through Internet research and video conferencing students will get a real blast from the past. Learners will hold on to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Revolutionary War Patriots and Loyalists
Students are assigned a prominent man or woman of the American Revolutionary War. The students will write a two-page report, create a poster person, and then present their research to the class in first person.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Simple Symbols and American Children
Lesson plan includes activities that teach respect for the American flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, the bald eagle, and other patriotic symbols.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Causes of American Revolution: Soldiers and Civilians at War
In this lesson, 5th graders look at causes and consequences of the American Revolution, at nations and individuals that impacted the outcome, at the roles women played, and at how the war affected families, economics, and the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Personal Patriots
First graders will review the Pledge of Allegiance and symbols of America.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Road to Revolution: Patriotism or Treason?
Learners will analyze the causes of the American Revolution and examine them from various points of view. Perspectives include the Sons of Liberty, loyalists living in the colonies, patriots, and British citizens living in England.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Patriotic Celebration of Veterans
Students will gain an understanding of the significance and meaning of National Veterans Day, the unique founder of the organization and the history created in Birmingham, Alabama for veterans across America. Students will recognize the...
Other
Patriotic Themes in Country Music
A fun way to explore the theme of patriotism in American country music is featured in this WebQuest. Students explore the American ideal of freedom through country music. Click Teacher Resources for complete lesson plans.
PBS
Pbs Lesson Plan: The American Flag
A lesson plan from the (9-11-01) PBS, "America Responds," series where students examine the history, importance, and pride associated with the American Flag. This lesson plan engages students in discussion and a variety of "patriotic"...
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: u.s. Patriotic Symbols
This personal site provides information and lesson plans about U.S. patriotic symbols. Additional information is organized by states.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Source: Patriot Women
Women served the American revolutionary cause as well as men. Use these lesson plans to make pupils aware of important women during that era using the "discuss and predict" method.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: What the Star Spangled Banner Means
Thorough two-part lesson plan that explains the historical significance of the Star Spangled Banner and the American flag. Includes a link to a wonderful site about the history of the American flag. Requires the students to think about...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade K: A Is for America
Students read informational and literary texts in order to gather information about people, events, symbols, and ideas that are representative of the United States of America. Students begin to develop an understanding of the United...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: I Am American!
Lesson that helps learners understand the importance of the United States flag. Students discuss The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan and then work together to create a paper chain flag for display.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Poster Art From World War Ii
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) explores how words and posters waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry during World War II.