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Canadian Olympic Fashion

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students, in groups, research a Canadian Olympic sport and design a uniform for a Canadian Olympic team.
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History Trifold in Publisher

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create a timeline of events happening around the world. In this timeline lesson plan, students use Microsoft Publisher to create a timeline of events happening around the world as they live their lives presently.
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Learning About Life as a Slave

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the history of slavery. In this slavery lesson, students take a closer look at slavery in the Americas and the abolitionist movement as they visit the suggested museums and their websites.
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Same and Different

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore similarities and differences. They name ways they are alike and different from their peers.
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Holiday Cards using Publisher

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a holiday card using technology. In this technology lesson, students use Publisher templates to create a holiday card. Students organize, design, and edit their card.
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Holiday Flier in Publisher

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use Publisher in this lesson to make a holiday flier. In this technology lesson, students create a holiday flier. Students choose fonts, use clipart, use grammar and spelling check, and save to their work to a flash drive or...
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Indegenous Cultures Magazine in Publisher

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use Publisher to create their own magazine. In this online magazine lesson plan, 4th graders follow the instructions to create a magazine using text, pictures, and colors within the Publisher system.
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Senior Scrapbook Assignment

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders write creatively and reflectively on 20 different events or memories that shaped their senior year. They organize memorabilia into a scrapbook with 20 entries and create a cover that represents their senior year. They...
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Learning about Vincent Van Gogh

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners conduct research on the life and artwork of Vincent Van Gogh. They explore various websites, answer research questions and write a paragraph about the information found online, and discuss as a class what makes Van Gogh's...
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A Holiday Newsletter In MS Word For Elementary School

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students produce a holiday newsletter using a software program. In this holiday newsletter lesson, students use a software template to write a newsletter. They fill in the template with appropriate information and pictures.
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Exploring The Everglades

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply basic Internet navigation and computer skills to complete a scavenger hunt about the Everglades, after reading the book, Everglades, by Jean Craighead George.
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9-11: Looking Back...Moving Forward

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students watch and discuss a video about teens living in and around New York and how 9-11 changed their lives. They answer discussion questions, read and discuss newspaper/magazine articles, take a self-test on depression, and create a...
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Think Positive!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are read a story in which they identify the positive and negative thinking. In groups, they are given a scenerio in which they change the negatives into a positive. They perform the scenerio to tthe class and discuss how...
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How to Teach Dolch Words with Kid Pix

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use KidPix computer program to learn Dolch sight words. In this technology and language lesson, students type their Dolch sight words into KidPix to create a quasi-sentence.
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How to Teach Geography with KidPix II

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners use the computer program KidPix II to color a map of the world. In this world map lesson plan, students fill in different colors for different continents that are told to them on the program KidPix II.
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Fifty States

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders find each state and its capital city on a map before memorizing the information. They work in small groups after watching a modeled instructional activity by the teachers. They write a statement about their assigned states...
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Westward Expansion and the War with Mexico

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate primary sources to develop their own opinions about Westward Expansion. In this Manifest Destiny lesson, students examine and respond to questions about Gast's painting titled American Progress Students research how...
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Mock Trial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after the traditional read and discussion of BEOWULF, put one of the the main characters on trial.
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The Life of Buddha, relating his life to our own in modern times

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students do a variety of activities to become familiar with Buddha's life and relate it to their own.
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The Black Plague

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a simulation game to experience the societal effects of the Black Plague during the Medieval Period. Information garnered during the game is used to discuss the current state of communicable diseases in our world...
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Culture Club Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? Do You Really Want To Make Me Cry?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate cultural differences and determine how this knowledge will help resolve conflicts. They look at how the history of Kentucky was influenced by Native Americans. They design a conflict resolution presentation...
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Words Hurt

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students identify the various forms of bullying in a class discussion and to sort out the situations that can hurt outside and inside. They count the number of bullying incidents posted on the bulletin board to find which occur most...
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Culture, Climate, and Current Events

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students decide on a country to research as a class, keeping a list of the countries already being researched. Using the internet, they research the culture, climate and current events of the country. They end the lesson by compiling a...
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Feeding the World

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students participate in a Socratic discussion about world hunger. In this world hunger lesson, students review the Socratic discussion method and use it to discuss an initiative to reduce world hunger. Students answer discussion...