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Animal Parade
In this activity, students will work with positional words, reinforcing their understanding of the terms; left, right, before, after, between, first, and last.
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The Washington Monument: Tribute in Stone (62)
Students decide why George Washington was so revered and why a monument was built in his honor. They discover how monument design changes over time.
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The Fabric of America
Students examine the theme of independence in American history by participating in a class-wide paper quilt project. Each student creates three quilt squares representing the past, present and future of independence in the United States.
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Creating A Memorial Day Poster Poem
In this activity, students create a Memorial Day word web and use it to create a poem about Memorial Day. They can write the poem and illustrate it as a poster.
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Sparking History
Students create exhibits about patriotic symbols for a living museum. They write reflective essays exploring the themes and symbols of independence and their influences on social responsibility.
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Independent - To Be Or Not To Be
Students examine national symbols of freedom and speech strategies. They study the constitution, forefathers, and the Declaration of Independence.
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Border to Border
Students use the Internet to gather information on the country of Mexico. They also discover the culture of their people and compare them with the United States population. They take a virtual tour of some of Mexico's most historical ruins.
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Social Studies: Where I Come From
Learners research the countries of their origins and examine life there today. They write family travel logs by interviewing family members about their heritages, and they visit the Xpeditions Website for online resources about their...
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To Protect Your Streams, Protect Your Mountains
Students build and experiment with a watershed to understand the effects of pollution. For this movement of water lesson, students work in groups creating rock formations and change the viscosity of the liquids falling down the mountain....
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Stars and Stripes Forever: Researching Veteran's Day and Historical Events
Sixth graders research Veteran's Day and wars that affected the United States. For this research lesson, 6th graders work in small groups to create an oral presentation based on Internet and conventional research. They complete...
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What State Are You In?
Students identify the major U.S. cities. In this U.S. geography lesson, students work in pairs and use game cards to name various cities in the United States.
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Situation of America, 1848
Students explore 19th century American artwork. In this cross curriculum New York history and art appreciation instructional activity, students view a reproduction of the painting "Situation of America, 1848," and identify visual...
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The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind
First graders read and explore the folktale, The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind. In this folktale lesson plan, 1st graders read the tale and describe the sun. There are several interdisciplinary extensions included: students...
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Countries and Nationalities
In this countries and nationalities worksheet, students write the correct country of where people live, complete the sentences with words given, and choose if things are a language, country, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Team Building
Students participate in various activities to become more successful as a team member. In this team building lesson, students discuss team jobs versus individual ones. Students must work together to complete activities such...
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Follow the Directions: June
In this following directions worksheet, 1st graders will either read or listen to five month of June related directions to complete a picture of a boy at the beach.
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Archery
Students are shown proper stance, nocking, targeting, and release techniques of archery. They follow basic safety procedures involved in handling and using archery equipment. Students practice shooting aluminum or fiberglass shaft arrows.
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Good Citizen Posters
Third graders create a poster documenting the responsibilities of a good citizen. During group discussion, they develop a list of ways in which they can participate as responsible citizens in their society. Students use their list to...
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Fitness Disc Golf
Students participate in a disc golf game. They throw the flying disc to each hole/cone on the course, completing various fitness tasks and monitoring their heart rate on a heart rate monitor.
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European Union Role Play
Students compare and contrast the ways in which people and goods move between European countries prior to and post European Union creation. Students simulate product movement through four different countries prior to the creation of the...
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Marvelouw Mongolia
Students are able to: tell basic information about Mangolia: locate it on a world map, locate its capital, name the countries surrounding Mongolia, read a Mongolian folk tale, and explore about the balalaika.
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Soccer Golf
Learners practice soccer kicking skills. In this soccer skills lesson, students participate in a game as they use the inside of their foot to kick the ball toward numbered cones.
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Cultures of Our World
Students eat food, make crafts, read books, and wear costumes all to learn about another culture. In this culture lesson plan, students can also go to a museum.
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Symbols of Canada Lesson
Students examine the most common symbols of Canada and explain their importance. In this Canadian culture lesson, students identify the beaver, maple leaf, and Inuksuk and discuss why Canada feels these are representative symbols of...