+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where's Up?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use a needle and a magnet to create a compass.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Justice Demands an End to Segregation, But it Does Not End

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars define human rights and describe how it applies to politics, economics and cultural rights. As a class, they watch a video how the Constitution was made and discuss its purpose. In groups, they present information to the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Humpty Dumpty

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this Humpty Dumpty worksheet, students read the nursery rhyme and use word cards to identify the rhyming words. Black-and-white and color cut-outs are provided to tell the nursery rhyme.
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Curated OER

Sandra Day O'Connor

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
No unit on important women in history would be complete without a lesson on Sandra Day O'Connor. After reading background information about the first female Supreme Court justice, middle schoolers engage in several activities addressing...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building the Foundation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners understand the purpose of the judicial branch of government. In this judiciary lesson, students participate in exercises to understand how the court system works. Learners complete activity sheets to develop understanding of...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

African-Americans in California's Heartland

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read and view video about the pioneers moving west.  In this African American pioneer lesson, students become familiar with the problems faced by the pioneers and African-American pioneers. Learners complete worksheets and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ahimsa in the Real World: Truth, Love, and Nonviolence

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create an abstract painting that conveys feelings of nonviolence.  In this visual arts lesson plan, 2nd graders read "The First Step of Jainism" and discuss honesty, watch a digital story, discuss feelings after watching...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Breaking News: Syria Protests Getting Bigger (April 16th, 2011)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore current events by participating in several worksheet style activities. In this Syrian protest lesson, students read a news article discussing the Syrian uprising that took place in April of 2011. Students complete...
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Curated OER

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study and explore the portrayal and development of a major character in a novel from the novel, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens. They identify words and phrases that effectively describe the main character in this novel....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thinking About Violence: Child Abuse

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students recognize different forms of child abuse (in story), explain why the government (child welfare) can interfere in family life, and create short "stories" for the other major characters in Ken's Story.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Elizabethan Monarchy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explain the difference between democracy and monarchy. They see how the Queen Elizabeth and her Privy Council ran England. They explain the different terms involved in the Elizabethan government.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dragon's Gate

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars read Dragon's Gate as a shared literature book. This instructional activity provides excellent extension activities students can engage in while they are reading, and after they have finished the book.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where There's Smoke, There's Fire

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore impact of smoking in workplaces. In this health awareness lesson plan, students act as owners and managers of different types of business locations. They develop smoking policies and defend them by responding to students...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Press-ing Freedom

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider how free speech applies to journalistic practices in light of a legal case involving two reporters. They participate in a fishbowl discussion about journalism codes of ethics and write response papers.
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Curated OER

Just Say No to Drugs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the dangers of drugs, drug awareness and abuse and different types of drugs. They demonstrate reading comprehension sills including inference, literal meaning and critical analysis.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Just Want to Say

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study poetic devices included in conversation poems and explore their eloquent messages. They read and discuss poems by Langston Hughes and Don Marquis.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bag It

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students create a book report in a bag. They include items that explain the elements of the story and share them with the class.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spin Me a Story

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the motif of spinning and weaving in myths and folktales. They read various myths, complete a WebQuest, develop a mind map of story elements, and write an original "spider" story.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Social Issues Facing Children

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the issues facing children in society. In groups, they participate in a simulation to discover the lack of connection between child-support and how it affects the children and society as a whole. To end the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Expanding Journal Writing Entries For Beginning Writers

For Teachers 1st
First graders through a variety of strategies assess how to write in journals openly and effectively. Those strategies include integration of technology, story telling, group and team work, performance-based assessment/rubrics, visual...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this rhyme worksheet, students read a nursery rhyme about a clock. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

For Teachers Pre-K - K
For this rhyme worksheet, students read a nursery rhyme about a spider. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Underlining or Italics and Quotation Marks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheets learners will focus upon the correct usage of titles. Students will focus on 14 sentences noting the correct way to punctuate the given proper nouns.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Free Verse Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, learners will focus on free verse poetry. Students will articulate a free verse poem about family, feelings, and a favorite place.

Other popular searches