Code.org: Persistence & Frustration: Stevie and the Big Project

Here is an ambitious and engaging lesson that should help elementary schoolers begin to develop a basic understanding of human rights. Pupils are asked to think about their own rights, the rights of others, and how an individual's voice...

Agricultural survey and the documentation of livestock or goods was the basis for the first written language. Youngsters discuss sorting and counting, and how these skills have been used for thousands of years. They accent their class...

Help students realize that failure and frustration are common when working on projects, but that doesn't mean that they should give up.

Create a list of random acts of kindness and have your class perform them during a designated week. Learners will also participate in a project centered around being kind to others. Each grade chooses their kindness project, and then...

Here's a twist on the old compare-and-contrast lesson plan. Budding art historians compare an Assyrian limestone relief to comic book superheroes. They discuss the similarities and differences in the three-dimensional relief to...

Watch this video to learn about a variety of modes of transportation to get from point a to point b from Big Bird, Abby, Telly, and Elmo. [3:58]

Students investigate the uses of images, shapes and colors in classic art sculptures.  In this art analysis lesson, students observe Malagan Figures, a type of sculpture from New Guinea, and describe the different ideas and images...

Donkey Hodie online resources provide many opportunities for educators to introduce or reinforce social emotional curriculum. In every episode of this puppet series for 3-5-year-olds, Donkey Hodie and her pals, Purple Panda, Duck Duck...

Students study big cats in a variety of lessons included in this unit.

Students research stories of teens who care using a website embedded in the lesson.  In this character education lesson, students read about students who performed philanthropic acts and discuss the projects that most influenced them.