Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keeping Time

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compose lyrics to songs for a music festival to promote issues in their community. They write artists' statements explaining the issues they chose to write about.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ancient Chinese Tomb Building

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners compare and contrast the monuments erected for George Washington, the first president of the United States, and Qin Shi Huangdi (r. 221- 210 BCE), the first emperor of China. This instructional activity also includes a creative...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Plants

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reading comprehension about plants activity, students study an informative text about the medicinal use of plants. Students answer 4 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Our Country's Landforms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the many different landforms that are found throughout the United States. They use the internet and other resources to gather information. The information is used to prepare a multimedia slideshow and to create a...
Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 5th
A learning module on the significance of a declaration of independence by a country. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will...
Lesson Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Looking Back, Looking Forward

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson reviews what middle schoolers have learned in the unit on European cultural and physical landscape. Students compare maps, questions and ideas from the beginning of the unit and identify new questions for research.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: "Gypsies" in the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has many photos from the Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection. The site is an introduction to several groups of people from other countries who refer to themselves as "gypsies" in English. Each group, which has a...