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Modern day Folktales: Recasting Folktales in the 21st Century
Learners write their own modern day folktale and compare it with "Cathal O'Cruachan and the Cowherd." In addition, they illustrate a character from the original Irish folktale and how the same character would appear today. Students read...
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Care For Your Classroom Computer
Students discover the proper way to care for their computers at school. As a class, they use the Internet to view a website on how to care for pets and relate it to their classroom computer. To end the lesson, they are given different...
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Constitutional Issues: Separation of Powers
Pupils discribe the principle and the history of separation of powers.
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Memorandum of a Conference with President Eisenhower after Sputnik
Students use the National Archives to research how the United States and the Soviet Union south to maintain its supremacy after World War II.
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In the Eyes of the Beholder
High schoolers investigate the relationship between the consumers and producers with the role that the government plays in the free enterprise system.
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Toxic Waste in Grand Banks
Students investigate the issues of economic prosperity, environmental concerns, government intervention in the market economy and responsible civic participation in solving community problems.
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Community Search
Students, as a class, brainstorm a list of possible jobs in the community to explore. Working in teams of two (writer and photographer), students choose their interview assignments-e.g., preacher, principal, basketball coach, postmaster,...
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Positive Comment Walk-A-Long
Students find a partner, take a walk, and tell their partner something nice they had done or seen during the day or the week.
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The Lavender Llama
Students explore friendship, discrimination, prejudice and tolerance.
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Christmas in Mexico
Young scholars identify how Christmas holidays are celebrated in Mexico, compare Mexican holidays with U.S. holidays, and learn Mexican customs. Lesson includes many downloadable activities to try with students.
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The Self
High schoolers practice using new vocabulary while using adjectives to describe people and feelings. They watch and participate in demonstrations on how to pronuciate certain words. They also complete writing assignments in Spanish.
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Anasazi/Mesoamerican/Andean: Time and Cultural Passages
Seventh graders role play the position of someone in one of six different civilization groups. They research the group's development, advancement and fall of their civilization. They create a presentation to share the information with...
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Ethics In The Science Classroom - Fraud In Science
Students are given a fictitious case study to read in preparation for the class. This lesson can also be readily adapted for a role-playing classroom exercise. They discuss the ethical issues of the case.
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Food For Heart Challenge
Students use a variety of locomotor motions to obtain different pictures of foods for thieir teams. They must decide if the food is always healthy.
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Creating Professional Awareness: What I Discovered At The Teachers' Institute On Canadian Parliamentary Democracy
Students do research about the Canadian government and become aware of all the resources available to them.
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How - To - Posters
Students investigate the skills needed to survive for the early colonial settlers and Native Americans. They conduct research, develop a list of skills, and create a how-to poster demonstrating a survival skill.
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Local History
Students research the history of their own town. They post the findings in an iEARN on line forum. They practice research skills and gain an understanding of local history.
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Religion and Deaf Education: The Contract Between Clerc and Gallaudet
Students examine the issues surrounding the prevailing religious and cultural beliefs in the early 19th century United States and how they influenced the education of deaf people. They apply this information to modern day contexts.
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Life Lessons: Imagination
Students look at clouds and find some that are shaped like various items. They also pretend they are animals and make movements and sounds to resemble the animals.
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Japanese Warriors
Young scholars compare and contrast the warriors in Japanese history, folktales, and art to the kinds of soldiers American children learn about. This instructional activity includes possible instructional activity enrichments.
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Keep This Under Your Hat
Students identify and describe the human and physical characteristics of various geographical areas. In groups, they wear a hat to represent that region and view slides on how they are worn. They create a collage using magazine pictures...
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Civil Liberties
Students explore civil liberties. They identify the major provisions of the Canadian Constitution. Students describe fundamental principals of federal and provincial legal systems. They distinguish between individual and group rights....
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Robots
Second graders examine the concepts of direction and movement as they attempt to program a robot to move. They design a set of instructions using right, left, forward, backwards, and quarter turn so that the robot can accomplish tasks.
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Robots
Fourth graders devise and use problem solving strategies to explore situations mathematically (guess and check, make a drawing, use equipment). The use of logical reasoning is a focus of this lesson.
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