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Serious Doodling
Students examine cartoons drawn by a volunteer serving in the country of Jordan. They draw a cartoon about a time felt different from others around them and share their cartoons with the class. The answer the questions: How can cartoons...
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Purposeful Act of Kindness
Learners define a community need and explain a purposeful act of kindness. In this community kindness lesson, students identify a community need before making a quilt that depicts acts of kindness that can be extended to remedy that need.
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Loon Fun Facts
Third graders learn about loon fun facts. In this loon lesson, 3rd graders read three pages of facts about loons and their habitats. They read Native American myths about loons and make a loon mask using the attached worksheets.
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Write a Rap Song
Students 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. Students perform the song for their classmates.
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Statue of Liberty: Liberty Enlightening the World
Students explore reasons that people immigrate to the United States. In this Statue of Liberty instructional activity, students read a handout regarding immigration, analyze the poem, "The New Colossus," and complete the provided...
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Tuesday Tours: Communication
Students explore communication skills. For this career traits lesson, students are introduced to Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis Model of Communication. Students discuss the impact of verbal and nonverbal communication in the...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: National Jelly Bean Day
In this language skills learning exercise, students read an article about National Jelly Bean Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble ...
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Abenaki Indians: A Jigsaw Activity
Students work together to research the Abenaki Indians. They discover how the Native Americans lives where changed after contact with the Europeans. They compare and contrast the Indians and the Europeans and present their information to...
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Young scholars examine the importance of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument. As a class, they complete a K-W-L chart about George Washington and write about what they believe is going on in a picture they are shown. ...
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Guesstimate
Students estimate large quantities. They first practice estimating beans in a tub. They solve a large scale problem using one method of estimating they learned while watching the video, "Eddie Files".
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Birds of Wisconsin
First graders explore the job done by ornithologists. They role play identifying the characteristics that make a bird a bird. They discuss what makes each bird species unique. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's most common and rare...
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Breaking News English: World's Oldest Man Dies
In this English activity, students read "World's Oldest Man Dies," and then respond to 20 fill in the blank, 15 short answer, 8 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Social Studies: Grab Day at the Pueblo
Pupils develop a cultural understanding of "Grab Day." Using magazines, they clip out pictures to make collages of items thrown down to people on this day. Students label the items in their collages.
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The Day the Water Ran Out
Students explore ecosystems by researching desert characteristics. In this drought lesson plan, students identify the potential impacts of a drought on their home state and interview people who are familiar with water studies. Students...
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Be a Sourceerer's Apprentice
Learners examine and discuss various primary and secondary sources. They bring in an example of a primary source, explain how it is a primary source, and complete a worksheet about interviewing a primary source.
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Name Geneology Essay
Students research the meaning of their names and write an essay about their findings.
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It's A Free Country, Isn't It?
Students examine immigration into the United States. They identify the rights and responsbilities of being a citizen of this country. They create a new verse to be included in the National Anthem.
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Slavery in the United States
Students research slavery in the United States and present their findings as a newscast with appropriate visuals to the class.
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Lesson 2: Mapping With Words
Students demonstrate an understanding of the personal relationship that Wabanaki peoples had with the land by analyzing selected Wabanaki place names. They practice map-reading and map-making skills.
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Primary Sources
Students write personal facts on a photograph of themselves to create a Primary Source. They then define Primary Source and list examples as a class of places where they could find primary sources. They also discuss the importance of...
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Defining Voice of the Punk Years
Students analyze the music of The Clash and have extensive and intensive practice in reading and listening skills.
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3-D Posters
Students work in small groups to create 3-D posters to discourage throwing trash away and encourage recycling.
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Colors of Gray
Students view a film about theatres in Chicago. They discover how performing arts can be enjoyed by all ages and how one becomes involved in performing in theatre. They answer questions and discuss to end the lesson.
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South Korea
Pupils use primary and secondary resources in order to investigate the culture of South Korea. They use guiding questions that progressively lead them to higher order thinking to make connections from the information to how people live.