Musical Roots Teach the relationship of today's pop vocal music and other American vocal genres.		The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 Learn more about the flu epidemic that killed more Americans than all wars of the twentieth...
Mexico's Day of the Dead By studying the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday, students will gain an understanding that...		Discovering the Magical Pi Students will use data on the circumference and diameter of various objects to calculate pi.
Day of the Dead Evaluation Rubric Use this rubric with the "Mexico's Day of the Dead" lesson plan.		Journal Writing Introduce students to autobiographical journal writing with this lesson plan.
Veterans Day Newspaper Students write a class newspaper about the armed conflicts in which the United States has...		Write a Letter to the President Students will write a letter to the president with details of their ideas for goals to be met...
Make a Dried Bouquet Students learn how to make bouquets out of dried peppers or flowers. This was a common Colonial...		The Price of Cigarettes By tallying the cost of buying cigarettes, students will be better able to decide whether to...
The Presidential Election Process With this lesson plan, students learn that presidential elections are decided by the electoral...		Bringing the Solar System Down to Earth Students create a scaled-down model of the solar system by calculating the planets' diameters...
Paper Weavings Students learn to make weavings out of paper or cloth to mimic the activities of women from...		Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...
Colonial New England Food & Cooking In this Colonial times lesson, students learn about the methods of preparation and the types of...		Senufo Painting Students can make Senufo paintings, which are stylized representations of animals or people....
Recycled Art Students will use found and recycled objects to make art. Then, they will evaluate their...		Indentured Servants Use a lesson that helps students to compare and contrast European American indentured servitude...
Jackie Robinson and Civil Rights Students think critically about the Civil Rights movement and its key players as they explore a...		The Underground Railroad Students take a "cyber-journey" through the Underground Railroad: the path to freedom for...