The Presidential Election Process With this lesson plan, students learn that presidential elections are decided by the electoral...		Percussion Performance and Culture Students in grades 5-8 study African and Native American percussion, consider music's cultural...
Latitude and Longitude Students will understand how latitude and longitude are used to identify places on a map.		Presidential Trading Cards Students will use the Internet to gather data about the presidents of the United States. They...
Exploring the Nature of Conflict Explore the negative and positive sides of conflict, and discuss with your students how they...		The Mayan Empire Students learn about the architectural and cultural wonders of the Mayan Empire as they explore...
The Struggle Against Segregation Students learn about the history of segregation in the United States by reading about the...		Letter for Great Mail Race Students practice writing and word processing a letter to be used in The Great Mail Race.
"Hi" in Hieroglyphics Children explore an online resource and translate names and common words from English into...		Australia Poster Students create a poster about Australia using fact sheets and a map.
The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields" Learn about the history behind "In Flanders Fields" while reviewing tetrameter and sonnet form....		Mexico's Day of the Dead By studying the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday, students will gain an understanding that...
Paper Quilts Celebrate women's art with this lesson about quilt making. This is also a great project to...		Map Making, Floor Plans & Map Reading Making maps will help students to use scale and compasses.
Traditional Circle Game from Puerto Rico Use a lesson that uses Spanish to introduce students to traditional Puerto Rican song and...		Harriet Brent Jacobs Harriet Brent Jacobs was a slave who wrote an autobiography. Students read an excerpt and react...
An Immigrant's Story Students will create a character who immigrates to the United States. They will base a large...		Election Vocabulary Bingo Play bingo with election vocabulary to have fun and assess your students' knowledge of the...
Pilgrim Unit (7 lessons) Use this chart to plan the Pilgrim Study Unit (objectives and materials) of six lessons. ...		Martin Luther King, Jr. Receives the Nobel Peace Prize Present this lesson plan to teach students about when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received the...