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Teachnology: Social Studies Lesson Plans
Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of history-related subjects. A wonderful resource for wonderful teachers!
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Dick Blick Art Materials Castles Lesson Plan
This illustrated lesson plan could easily fit into social studies or art unit on European castles. Students create a pop-up castle with construction paper and other art materials.
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Alex: The Study of Human Geography
Geographers are social scientists who are interested in human activities as well as the physical environment. Human geography includes a wide range of topics, such as the study of languages, religions, customs, economics, and political...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Mathematics With a Mob Cap
This hands-on multidisciplinary activity, combines math and social studies. Students will discover how 18th Century fashion, and culture impacted Colonial Life.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson: You Too Can Haiku
Here's a creative lesson for students to examine various haikus, and Japanese culture, then write their own haiku poem, and illustrate it using watercolors! Provides plenty of links to more information, a thorough explanation of the...
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Multicultural Literature for Children: Abuela's Weave
This lesson plan is perfect in an ESL classroom. "Abuela's Weave" is the story of a young girl from Guatemala and the beautiful tapestry she creates. Includes prereading questions, vocabulary, and activities to integrate into other...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: All American Girl
This lesson plan on Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley and other women writers is designed to "enhance the Social Studies curriculum for fourth and fifth graders by providing information on the roles that women had during three areas in...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Time Flies
This lesson plan is one of the first in a unit on telling time which addresses the following content areas: language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. Students will read several resource books to gather information....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How a Bill Becomes a Law
This lesson plan will focus on how bills become laws. This interdisciplinary lesson plan combines social studies, language arts and reading skills and concepts. Students will research the topic through the Internet and other digital...
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Alex: Exploring the World With p.w. Cracker!
This lesson can be completed in a whole group or small group setting. After reading the book "P.W. Cracker Sees the World," the students will complete an inquiry project that connects social studies/geography to what they read in their...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Preparing for Natural Disasters
This social studies lesson provides information and safety tips for different natural disasters. It integrates technology, writing, and art activities. The included slideshow may be presented to the whole group, or young scholars may...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Memories of the Great Depression
This hands-on lesson plan combines social studies, language arts, and technology. Fourth grade students begin by researching and collecting information from a variety of sources. Students develop an appreciation of the difficulties...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: I Have a Dream
A great cross-curricular activity, students will create a diamante poem based on their feelings regarding Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Hats Off to You!
In the lesson, "Hats Off to You", younger students will learn about world occupations and costumes. Older students will be able to learn idioms about hats. The site features downloads and resources.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson Plan: Writing Folktales
With this lesson plan, students examine the American tradition of folk tales and tall tales, then write and illustrate their own original tale. Provides links to more information, an assessment rubric, extension ideas, and a list of...
Microsoft
Microsoft: The Story of Sacagawea's Son Pomp
Lewis and Clark traveled for two years and covered 4,000 miles to reach the Pacific Ocean. They had the help of a young Native American girl, Sacagawea, who carried with her a small baby! Students will learn about the Lewis and Clark...
PBS
Pbs: Your Life, Your Money: Educators & Families: Being Your Own Boss
Interview a local business owner to learn what it's like being your own boss.
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Pbs: Your Life, Your Money: Educators & Families: Dependents and Insurance
Investigate how having a dependent increases the need for different types of insurance.
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Pbs: Your Life, Your Money: Educators & Families: Picking a Bank
Learn how to select a bank through comparing and contrasting bank options.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Challenge of the Desert
This elementary exploration of interdependence from the American Forum for Global Education touches on language arts, social studies, and science. Students understand the connection between themselves and their natural environment.
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