Students examine geometric quilt patterns to identify how math may have been used to help slaves escape to freedom. They slide, flip and turn geometric shapes to create a map quilt.

In this telling time activity, 1st graders use the given digital times to then draw the hands on the analog clocks printed with Easter eggs. Students complete 8 clocks.

Students discover what the latitude and longitude of their location is. They start walking and measure their shadow. They fill in a chart to discover the approximate time.

Learners analyze the effects of time zone differences on how we function as a global community, focusing particularly on the turn of the millennium as a way for students to calculate time zone differences.

Pupils record and graph information about themselves and the class. They put the information in a time capsule that they reopen at the end of the year.

Students in a kindergarten class are introduced to the concept of time. Individually, they compare the current year to their birth year to discover their age. As a class, they practice reading a digital and analog clock and create their...

In this telling time worksheet, 1st graders use the hands on the analog clocks to find the digital times. Students find 6 times for the clocks.

Learners compute the cost of electricity used to light their classroom and their school for various lengths of time. They compute the amount of coal needed to produce the electricity used for one hour of light in their classroom. An...

How does consumerism affect global poverty? Upper graders find out about cost benefit, wants and needs, and making good consumer choices as they explore this global topic. They role-play an impulse spending experience and work through...

Just like a painting or the symbols on a flag, quilts can express ideas that reflect a cultural context, space, and time. The class discusses the history of quilt making throughout US history and what different types of quilts mean. They...

Teams of learners integrate reading, writing, math, social studies, and science in this simple, yet effective lesson. They work in groups in order to solve a ten-step problem which requires internet research, the use of a calculator, and...

Students read the Constitution and discuss the importance of enumeration. In this Census lesson, students complete a Census schedule and discuss the job skills of applicants. Students research Census data to compare and contrast the...

Learners determine how to find North using a watch and their shadow. In this finding North lesson, students go outside on a sunny day and work with their shadow and a wrist watch to find out which direction that North is. They examine...

Students study grocery receipts to simulate the archaeological activity of classifying items. They discuss the receipts as if they were find lists.

Students explore economics by writing a fictitious news article. In this personal wealth lesson, students participate in a role-playing activity in which the year is 2025 and they must write an article about their extremely wealthy...

High schoolers work together to analyze United States Census data on immigration. They compare and contrast the data and determine how immigration numbers have changed over time. They calculate percentages and make their own...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the folktale from India, "The Drum." They listen to the story and answer comprehension questions, construct a coffee can drum, and complete a phonics and matching worksheet.

Students participate in a problem solving activity. In this conflict resolution lesson, students sit in a circle and take turns standing up, but two children cannot be standing up next to one another at the same time. Students are...

Student complete a number of activities using computer based resources and primary sources to research the fur trade. They answer questions using the computer research.

Students write a journal entry about where there food comes from. For this Civil War lesson, students discuss journals, the crops grown within the U.S., the import/export process and what food preparation must have been like on a...

Pupils engage in a fun, hands-on activity that uses a Thanksgiving theme to incorporate one-to-one counting to 10. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them with their counting skills.

Middle schoolers listen to a story, "Lily's Crossing," about life during a World War. After completing worksheets, they compare and contrast characters in the story. Using math skills, students develop a time line of the war, calculate...

Learners read The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojacieckowski. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the Christmas holiday. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies,...

Students interpret Japanese and American paintings; evaluate paintings as sources of cultural and historical information