Henry Ford Lesson

How did Henry Ford change the world? One word: automobile. After reading a two-page passage about Henry Ford's contributions to society with the invention of the automobile, readers respond to a series of 10 reading comprehension...

Why did Henry Ford want to invent a car for the masses? Why did Henry Ford locate his factory in Detroit? Why did Henry Ford encourage the idea of a 5-day work week? Young innovators find the answers to these and other question in a unit...

Fourth graders discover the reasons why people migrated to the Midwestern portion of the United States. In this Midwest migration lesson plan, 4th graders study vocabulary associated with the lesson plan, watch two videos, and draw...

Third graders experience how an assembly line works. For this division of labor lesson, 3rd graders create an assembly line to create cards for their pen pals or buddies.

Students observe and demonstrate various reading decoding strategies to improve their reading fluency. In pairs, they take turns reading sentences outloud to each other, with the goal of reading them more quickly each time. Students...

Fourth graders examine how specialization and division of labor increase productivity and explore several characteristics of a market economy. In this specialization and division of labor lesson, 4th graders discover the power of...

Students work cooperatively to create a quilt. They choose a pattern and determine the specific skills and steps needed to produce that quilt. Labor is divided equally between group members and a quilt is created assembly line style....

Second graders observe the workings of an assembly line. They classify old crayon pieces by color, melt them in candy molds, package them, and produce advertising literature to sell the product. Students share their work with the class.

Students discover the process of writing,. including the different steps to be taken in accomplishing the writing process to come up with the final published pieces.