Curated OER
A Look Through My Antonia's Eyes
Thoroughly delve into My Antonia by Willa Cather with a plethora of activities. Engage scholars with videos and web sites in this week-long unit that explains the historical context and creates pioneers in the field of research. An...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-You Cheat!
Students read the book, You Cheat! by Jamie Gilson. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding sibling relationships and other concepts included in the book. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing,...
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Harvard University: Project Zero: Artful Thinking
Find engaging ways to integrate visual art and music into regular classroom instruction and strengthen cognitive thinking skills and abilities to reason creatively from multiple perspectives. Get great classroom questioning tips, case...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Most Nutritious Election
In this lesson young scholars will write a persuasive speech for the Fruit or Vegetable of the Year Award. Nutrition information should be incorporated into this cross-curricular lesson.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky "I Will Not" Chalkboard
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, this cross-curricular lesson involves having students Learn how to summarize correctly with this cross-curricular writing assignment and prompt.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky "Box of Rocks" Assignment
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson, learners learn how to summarize properly.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky Smear Campaign
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who Doesn't Want to Be a Millionaire
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson learners learn how to summarize properly.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky Classroom Calendar
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky Geography Scrapbook
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky Advertisement (With Disclaimer) Activity
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Moving West
In this cross curricular lesson students will learn how to write a concept poem regarding an immigrant trail. Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails by Verla Kay is a helpful tool, but not necessary to teach the lesson.
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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.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Now & Then
Inspired by Gene Barretta's Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin this fantastic cross-curricular activity has students comparing or contrasting a particular topic of history with how things are in this day and age.
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Writing Fix: A Primary Source Picture Book
Inspired by My Tour Of Europe, by Teddy Roosevelt, young scholars will create a children's picture book based on a topic of historical study to be used as a primary document.
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Writing Fix: Riding a Train of States
Help students memorize the states and their capitals with this interactive train-car lesson.
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Writing Fix: The Drinking Gourd
After learning the song Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winters, students will use the Underground Railroad to identify with some goal or task in their own life.
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Writing Fix: States, a to Z
In this instructional activity students will collect information about the state they live in and create an alphabet book of information.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Pompeii, I See
In this lesson young scholars will research the explosion of the Mt. Vesuvius volcano by describing how they think the scene may have occurred in Pompeii.
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Ties Magazine: Through the Eyes of Falcons [Pdf]
This science fiction story is a spring board for great discussion questions that span across various school subjects.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Common Content Area Roots and Affixes
This table offers 50 or so common roots, prefixes, and suffixes, their definitions, and sample words in the content areas. L.9-10.4b Patterns/word changes
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: We Are Family, Grades 4 8
How can you introduce a unit on families with upper elementary and middle school students? This site provides lessons, activities, themes and more for accomplishing this task.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: We Are Family, Grades 2 3
Check out these cross-curricular activities for second and third grade teachers focused on the family. This site provides lessons, activities, ideas, reproducibles and more.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The American Revolution: Heroes
For this lesson students will understand the significance of those who served during the American Revolution.