Ocean Currents Students learn about ocean currents by exploring two activities and then mapping the major...		Exploring Addition Patterns Provide students with an opportunity to learn and use addition patterns to find sums.
Conflict Resolution Activities Promote positive community building with these activities. These lessons are appropriate for...		Tape Recorder Fight Role Play The Acting Out Conflict lesson plan incorporates a role playing activity detailed in this...
Pedro's Journal Literature Guide The literature guide for Pedro's Journal, a story about Columbus' travels, includes...		Acting Out Conflict Students act out skits showing typical conflicts that arise in school and then resolve them...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Enrichment activities and Web resources for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, plus a...		Many Ways to Resolve Conflict Students learn how to use negotiation, arbitration, communication, and mediation to resolve...
Brainstorming for Consensus Employ this activity when you want to teach younger students how to brainstorm ideas.		Talk It Out Together In this school safety lesson plan, students learn the Talk It Out Together conflict-solving...
What's So Bad or Good About Conflict? Students discuss the meaning of the word "conflict" and give examples of positive and negative...		Practicing Problem Solving Help students solve word problems using a step-by-step process.
What About Fighting? In this conflict-resolution lesson, students discuss the use of violence, the reasons people...		Who Writes History? Rethinking Columbus Day In this lesson plan, students explore their ideas about history and who writes it. The...
Dried-Pepper Hangings Instruction Sheet Students learn how to make bouquets out of dried peppers or flowers, as the Pilgrims did during...		Identify the Resolution This handout is for use in the There Are Many Ways to Resolve Conflicts lesson plan.
Learning About Voice Through Photographs Finding one's voice is a challenge for many writers. In this exercise, students use classic...		Chart Columbus's Voyages Students plot the course of Columbus's various expeditions on a map of the world.
Learning About Voice Through Photographs Assessment Assessment that aligns with the "Learning About Voice Through Photographs" lesson.		The Gorp Reading Activities The following exercises are activities for before and after you read The Gorp's Gift.