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Values in a Multicultural Society
Students list personal values that are important to them. In this values instructional activity, students reflect about values they learned during childhood. They discuss the different factors affecting their current beliefs.
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People Making a Difference
Learners research the idea of basic needs, study philanthropists in their community, and think about ways to help others receive basic needs. In this needs and philanthropy lesson, students brainstorm about basic needs. Learners use...
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Diversity Grade 12
Twelfth graders explore injustices that natives of Canada want rectified. In this diversity lesson, 12th graders discuss former Canadian policies that were morally objectionable. Students discuss how the past indiscretions should be...
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Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
Eleventh graders read Hawthorne's, "The Scarlet Letter" prior to doing the project. They find a contemporary person who has been shunned by society, write an essay, and give an oral presentation about the person.
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Role Models- Grade 9
Ninth graders research Aboriginal role models. In this native studies lesson plan, 9th graders select leaders of the First Nations and Metis Nations of the Saskatchewan and research their contributions to society. Students create...
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"The Election"
Students participate in an election for the purpose of comprehending the political process and the responsibilities that come with citizenship in a free society. They elect officials with no identity and are surprised with the revealing...
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Mixing Up the Melting Pot
Students examine the cultures of indigenous peoples and how they have or have not assimilated into modern society. They create reports with recommendations on how the Nukak of Columbia could be assimilated into society.
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Struggling To Survive: Life In Sarajevo
Young scholars gain an understanding of the impact that wars have on society. They use Web sites to gain information about Sarajevo, create characters using what they learn from watching video clips and viewing news footage online and...
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"Death to King Alcohol!" Temperance in the 19th Century
Eleventh graders utilize 19th century songs, drawings, and lecture materials to explore the temperance movement in the US during the 19th century. They form a classroom Washington Temperance Society and work in groups to analyze...
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The Vikings
High schoolers research and explore Viking culture, distinguishing between fact and fiction, and examine their contribution to our society.
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"Death To King Alcohol!" Temperance in the 19th Century
Students analyze songs, drawings and stories from the 19th century temperance movement. They work together in groups to form a temperance society within their classroom and analyze strategies of campaigns during the movement.
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The Mind Behind Design
Learners explore a design website and journal their findings. In this design and writing lesson, students analyze the design process and discuss benefits to society through design. Learners choose a design that they feel is the most...
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What is Democracy?
Students explore the facets of democracy. In this civic responsibility lesson, students create a definition of democracy and discuss the difference between a spectator and a participatory citizen. Students discuss whose responsibility...
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What do they want? Critical Perspectives on the 1960's in the United States
Students determine that history is a field of study that can help them understand themselves and the people around them. By reading sources by and about people with many of the same interests and concerns that they have and learning to...
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Rituals and Rites of Passage
Young scholars explore the concept of rites of passage and the rituals that society performs to mark certain moments in life. They read books, discuss the cultural implications of certain rites of passage, design a mural of funeral...
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Rise of the Modern City
Learners investigate the industrial developments of the twentieth century and the development of urban environments. In this industrial art lesson, students compare and contrast graphics and analyze industrial developments on...
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Homeless in America
Students explore society by analyzing current events. In this homeless epidemic lesson, students discuss the problem of people who don't have housing and the adverse affects on everyday people. Students identify ways to reduce...
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Exploring Disability
Students explore through drama how disabled people may be treated by society.
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Coney Island: The Great Escape
Students use primary documents and film to explore the role of Coney Island recreation for New Yorker's at the beginning of the 20th century. They compare the lives of the people in their research to their own.
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Early Human Progress: Writing Activity
In this early humans worksheet, students look at 2 pictures of early humans, then write an essay explaining what is different about the lives of the people shown in the 2 pictures. Students are given a list of terms to include.
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The Violence of Ancient Rome
Students compare the violence in ancient Rome and the violence in American society today. They research and write an essay that requires comparison and contrast techniques as well as supporting personal opinions about violence in our...
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Cultural Diversity In The Classroom
Students engage in a lesson that supports the fact that Asian people are part of the educational culture in schools. The lesson includes background information for the teacher. With the completion of the unit students develop a personal...
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A Brief History of Rubber
Students explore the history of rubber. In this rubber lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the history of the product and its uses in society. Students create timelines that detail the chronology of...
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Mayan Culture
Pupils use RAFT prompts to write about Mayan society. In this lesson on Mayan culture, students research and then explain the Mayan hierarchy and social structure. As a culminating activity each student will write a newspaper article...
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