Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit" This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for...		The Presidential Election Process With this lesson plan, students learn that presidential elections are decided by the electoral...
Conflict Resolution Activities Promote positive community building with these activities. These lessons are appropriate for...		Latitude and Longitude Students will understand how latitude and longitude are used to identify places on a map.
The Underground Railroad Students take a "cyber-journey" through the Underground Railroad: the path to freedom for...		Exploring the Nature of Conflict Explore the negative and positive sides of conflict, and discuss with your students how they...
Many Ways to Resolve Conflict Students learn how to use negotiation, arbitration, communication, and mediation to resolve...		The Struggle Against Segregation Students learn about the history of segregation in the United States by reading about the...
Senufo Painting Students can make Senufo paintings, which are stylized representations of animals or people....		"Hi" in Hieroglyphics Children explore an online resource and translate names and common words from English into...
African-American Gospel Music Introduce Gospel music while explaining lyrical meaning and cultural values. This is an...		The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields" Learn about the history behind "In Flanders Fields" while reviewing tetrameter and sonnet form....
Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights Leader Deliver a lesson plan that reviews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, and use a pictorial...		Paper Quilts Celebrate women's art with this lesson about quilt making. This is also a great project to...
Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...		Traditional Circle Game from Puerto Rico Use a lesson that uses Spanish to introduce students to traditional Puerto Rican song and...
Write a Letter to the President Students will write a letter to the president with details of their ideas for goals to be met...		An Immigrant's Story Students will create a character who immigrates to the United States. They will base a large...
Jackie Robinson and Civil Rights Students think critically about the Civil Rights movement and its key players as they explore a...		Pilgrim Unit (7 lessons) Use this chart to plan the Pilgrim Study Unit (objectives and materials) of six lessons. ...