Curated OER
Film Interpretation of the Great Depression
Young scholars examine major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in United States, world, and Washington State history. They also analyze the chronology of the history.
Curated OER
Teaching the Toki Kaku Dako
Pupils complete various readings and decorating, constructing, and flying a kite. They analyze how the parts of a system to together. Students comprehend the concept of area.
Curated OER
Wilderness Training
Students explore how to prepare for a wilderness journey. In this wilderness survival lesson, students construct a compass from a magnet and a sewing needle.
Curated OER
Nutrition: Why do we need rice in our diet?
Second graders discover what the Food Guide Pyramid represents. In this health lesson, 2nd graders experience the types of foods represented in each of the groups found in the pyramid. As part of this lesson, students discover one food...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Decisions!"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes helping students develop decision-making skills, promote critical thinking skills, and reflect on their beliefs. Good site.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Being Responsible
Teaching young learners about responsibility just got a little easier. Use this resource to find discussion questions, activities, and writing prompts about being responsible.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Responsibility
Through writing activities, discussion questions, and student activities, teach young learners about responsibility.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: To Buy or Not to Buy
While precise numbers are not known, it is believed the number of boycotts has grown markedly in the past fifty years. Consumers seem to be besieged by requests from special interest groups to refrain from buying certain goods and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Sorting: Using Observation and Comprehension
Critical thinking, comprehension and analysis skills are the focus of this physical activity. Good beginning to teaching different ways of looking at things.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Using Keywords (K 2)
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students understand that keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the Internet. They learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results to meet their goals. Then they...