PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Election Central: Campaign Manager: 60 Second Presidents
In this activity, students watch videos to determine the best characteristics of a president in order to develop a campaign around these traits. Students watch videos of specific presidents and then create campaign posters which reflect...
US National Archives
Docsteach: Compare Wwi Posters Urging Americans to Conserve Food for War Effort
Middle schoolers will speculate why the U. S. Food Administration created posters urging Americans to conserve wheat in multiple languages and what techniques the administration used to appeal to citizens.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: As Large as Life a Poster of a Human Body System
This is a student led exploration of the systems of the human body through art and self-expression. Groups will cooperatively develop a poster, the size of a fifth-grade student, and will accurately depict the assigned system of the...
NOAA
Noaa: The Ocean Drugstore [Pdf]
Learn how organisms living in the oceans may help people cure diseases. Create a poster to display what you learn.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Perspectives on the Trail of Tears
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, student groups will design and create a poster containing facts about the Trail of Tears as well as a collage and concluding statement expressing the group's feelings about the event.
Other
Keith Haring Foundation: Dance Party
A lesson plan for Grade 5 where they look at Keith Haring's Dance series and create a poster based on it.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Magnet Mania
Students will discover the power of magnets through this interactive lesson. First, students will participate in a virtual field trip. Afterward, students will create electronic posters about magnets using information learned during the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's Your Style?
Through collaboration with the art teacher and library media specialist, students will use various electronic information sources to research an artist and discover the style of the artist through examination of the artist's work....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Poetry Slam
Students will locate a poem of their choice from a designated website to interpret. Students will then search the Internet for performances of the poem they select. In addition to creating a written interpretation of the poem, including...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Novel Study Independent Reading
Students will choose a novel from a teacher-created reading list. After reading their choice novel, students will prepare a 1-1/2 to 2 minute multimedia presentation to "sell" other students on the novel. In addition, students will...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Teaching Art With Picture Books
Lesson where young scholars learn about Eric Carle, create an online Project Poster about him, and create a collage using his style of illustrations. Students will discuss their art in small groups using vocabulary learned during the...
Other
The National Archives Experience: Digital Vaults
Browse through hundreds of historical records, including photos, documents, maps, artwork, video clips, and audio files dating from the 1800s to the present. The Digital Vaults enables visitors to customize their exhibit experience to...
Childnet
Childnet: Digiduck Stories
Engaging online safety stories for young children aged 3-7. The Digiduck collection has been created to help parents and teachers educate children aged 3 - 7 about online safety. The collection includes a ebooks, PDFs, a poster and an...
US National Archives
Docsteach: Uncle Sam and the American Diet
In this activity, students will closely examine two food nutrition guideline posters from the USDA to determine the government's purpose in creating such guidelines and how they have changed over time. Students will also question how...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Bee's Knees of the 1920s
This is a culminating activity to an American history unit on "The Roaring 20s." Learners will work in groups to research notable individuals from the 1920s and apply that knowledge to create a digital poster using Glogster. This poster...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Strong Passwords (3 5)
Students learn how to create secure passwords in order to protect their private information and accounts online. They learn tips for creating safe passwords. They explore scenarios in which two characters choose passwords, and they use...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Deadly Frogs of Manu
Identify dangerous frogs from the Amazon, determine what makes the frogs dangerous to humans and create posters depicting the frogs.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Targets
Examine the reasons alcohol advertisers target young people, and interpret the "real" messages in alcohol advertising. Learn basic facts about alcohol abuse to create a factual poster about alcohol.
Other
Milwaukee Art Museum: You Can't Sell This Thing
Introduce learners to new product trademarks, logos, packaging, and advertising. Teams of students will design and create a logo or trademark, packaging box, and poster for original products.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Foss Lifeboat Investigation
The second of a lesson series contains an activity where young scholars choose a lifeboat's variable to investigate, plan an experiment based on the variable they have chosen, and then test the variable. Upon completion of their...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: At Home in a Biome
This lesson plan allows students to study and learn the names and characteristics of Earth's six major biomes. The biomes are introduced with a slideshow presentation. A paper-folding poster activity gives students the opportunity to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Triangle to Remember
This lesson will introduce students to different types of triangles by using a clip from the movie A Walk to Remember. They will take part in interactive tutorials to strengthen the concepts of classifying triangles. The students will...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Inner and Outer Planets of the Solar System
In this science lesson learners will work collaboratively to learn and introduce the eight planets, sizes, characteristics, and their order. They will use size comparisons, research a planet, design a poster and create a PowerPoint...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Living Things
During this lesson students will learn about living things. Through this hands-on lesson, students will have the opportunity to create a slideshow presentation and plant poster and explore Internet sites to learn about living things.