Curated OER
Write a Rap Song
Learners compose lyrics for a rap song. In this music lesson, students choose a topic, such as "Our School," and use rhyming words to compose a rap song. Learners perform the song for their classmates.
Curated OER
Life and Times, Developing a Chronology
Students review the career and life of Ernie Pyle as an example of a biography in context. They consider how a chronology maps out the events in the life of an individual in the context of other events that were occurring at the same time.
Curated OER
New York Earns Title: Empire State
Seventh graders study the Erie Canal and New York state. They design a three-day vacation itinerary using tourism sites, which highlight historical facts and include the modern remains of the New York Canal system.
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Read Write Think: Creating Family Timelines Graphing Family Memories
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons that ask learners to create time lines of their own family and life histories. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in...