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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Big City

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore structures in a big city.  In this big city lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary about big cities through songs graphs, and hands-on art. Students practice phonic sound /M/.
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Article
Other

City Journal: Let's Break Up the Big Cities

For Students 9th - 10th
This lengthy article offers many examples in its claim that smaller municipalities do a better job of governing and providing services than huge megacities.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Big City

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Molly who sees the difference between the country and the big city. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.