Prestwick House
The Giver
The world in Lois Lowry's The Giver is one without pain or suffering. Similiarly, your classroom review of the novel can be painless with a simple and straightforward crossword puzzle that covers characters, details, and setting...
Social Media Toolbox
Social Media Plan
It's gameplan time! Journalism scholars create a social media plan based upon work completed in previous lessons. The activity, fifth in a 16-part Social Media Toolbox series, focuses on using data and consensus to create an effective...
University of Pennsylvania
Decoding Propaganda: J’Accuse…! vs. J’Accuse…!
Reading snail mail is a great way to go back into history and to understand others' points of view. The resource, the second in a five-part unit, covers the Dreyfus Affair. Scholars, working in two different groups, read one letter and...
K12 Reader
The Apprentice System
Readers are asked to identify the central idea and two supporting details that develop this main idea in an article about the apprentice system popular in colonial America.
NASA
The Case of the Wacky Water Cycle
Join the tree house detectives in learning about the processes of the water cycle, water conservation, water treatment, and water as a limited resource.
City University of New York
Urban Politics: Machines and Reformers
Take a trip to the turn of the twentieth century with a resource about industrialism in America. With primary source documents and focus questions, learners think about the ways that government groups and organizations paved the way...
Seussville
Oh! the Places You'll Go!
Honor Dr. Seuss on his birthday with a read aloud of the story Oh! the Places You'll Go! and a variety of activities that inspire scholars to dream of their future endeavors. Readers take part in conversations, research the...
Civil Rights Movement Veterans
Timeline of Events: 1960’s Civil Rights Movement of St. Augustine, Florida
A timeline can be a powerful learning tool because it reveals a pattern in events. While few would consider St. Augustine, Florida a hotbed of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, a selection of background information and a timeline of...
Curated OER
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
Participate in authentic career research, and make effective and realistic career/academic choices entering high school. Develop communication skills, demonstrate English language arts proficiency, and share a group presentation with...
Curated OER
Choosing a Foreign Language Career
"Why do we have to learn a foreign language?" Have you ever heard that question before? Give your novices this project, and have them research different jobs that require the use of a foreign language. They create a PowerPoint...
Curated OER
Let's Discover Communities
Second graders compare and contrast the city and the country. After reading books about animals, 2nd graders create picture cards of animals in both the country and city environment. In partners, students draw pictures of animals,...
Curated OER
Entrepreneurship
Give your class a copy of USA TOday to read through and find articles about companies that offer goods or services. They create a graphic organizer and list the business, product, want or need fulfilled of the companies found in the USA...
Curated OER
Social Studies and Reading Integration
Kids take a quiz on the concepts that define community and culture. They answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding family traditions, immigration, Hispanic culture, and community.
Curated OER
Creating Star Quality Job Seekers
Students prepare to job hunt. In this job search lesson, students examine sample resumes and sample job applications. Students write their own resumes and discuss job interview tips. This lesson is set up for students to move to...
Curated OER
Exploring Nonprofits
Learners research nonprofit organizations. In this philanthropy lesson, students use the Yellow Pages to identify nonprofit organizations and graph the organizations according to category.
Curated OER
Relationships, Rules, and Responsibilities
First graders identify jobs in the environment. In this social justice lesson, 1st graders describe rules to protect the environment and the roles specific jobs play. Students construct environmental rules for an imaginary town.
Curated OER
Lesson Eight: Depending on Others
Students consider what real needs are and how people meet them. In this community lesson, students read A New Coat for Anna and utilize a landscape picture map to help them discuss community.
Curated OER
Aluminum Can Drive
Second graders complete a recycling project to clean-up their school. In this service project activity, 2nd graders assess their campus for litter, set up a recycling project, clean up their campus, and recycle the trash. Students also...
Curated OER
Mini-Economy
Third graders perform jobs in order to sustain their classroom community. After completing a brief overview of how local economies are sustained, they complete job applications for classroom jobs. Students perform their jobs throughout...
Curated OER
Mrs. Portillo
Students view a film about the importance of working together. They idenitfy different people's roles in the community. They participate in activities in which they practice Spanish vocabulary.
Curated OER
What To Be or Not To Be
Students discuss and learn about jobs and workers found in their school and then in the world around them. Through the activities presented in the instructional activity, students will become familiar with various workers and their...
Curated OER
Who Works for Nonprofit Organizations? (6-8)
Students explore career opportunities in the nonprofit sector. In this career exploration lesson, students listen to guest speakers who work for nonprofit organizations explain their jobs. Students also examine the role of nonprofit...
Curated OER
Finders Keepers
Students explore the career of beekeeping. In this careers lesson plan, students examine the importance of the beekeeping industry. Students read stories about beekeepers and write comparisons. Students write a report on beekeepers and...
Curated OER
Mini-Unit: Natural Resources
Young scholars explore how their choices affect others. For this character development and ecology lesson, students debate choice-making issues. Young scholars listen to The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and identify choices the...