Curated OER
Around the World, A Multicultural Unit
Students investigate Native American tribes through their stories. In this cultural instructional activity, students read stories of the Inuit tribe and discuss the themes, people, and customs. Students illustrate a picture...
Curated OER
Is It Hot in the Light?
Third graders make observations about the temperature of items in direct sunlight. In groups, they discuss why asphalt, brick and cement are warmer than items surrounding them. To end the instructional activity, they examine how heat...
Curated OER
Living History - Civil War
Eighth graders, after researching antebellum North Carolina and the role of North Carolina in the Civil War, write, edit, publish, and produce their own plays.
Curated OER
A Touch of Green: St. Patrick's Day in the Classroom
Try these ideas to add some Irish flair to your classroom this St. Patrick's Day.
Curated OER
Arkansas Black Pioneers: A History of African-American Colonies in Arkansas
Students identify various regions of early Arkansas as these regions relate to African American colonies that settled in Arkansas after the Civil War.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales
Using international folklore as subject matter, lead your students in a unit to research literary forms and foreign countries. There is a printout available for instruction and assessment.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Fable and Trickster Tales Around the World
The lessons presented in this website "introduce children to folk tales" and how these folktales are changed and affected by generational and cultural values. Includes several links to further related information on folktales, fables,...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Native American Legends
A lesson plan for teaching Native American Legends. Well-designed, and applicable to any legend which you might choose to read.
University of California
Online English: The Hamlet Module: u.c. Davis
Learn more about Shakespeare's "Hamlet," when you visit this online English Module.