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- Field Day Games for Whole-Class Fun
- Field day games make for whole-class fun. Try the Teacher Sled Race, Water Balloon Volleyball, more.
- Kudos by Kiddos
- All grade levels celebrate Book Week (May 12-18, 2008) by having students design new "medals" for children's books!
- Memorial Day Lesson Ideas
- This collection of 9 lessons and teaching ideas helps students understand the meaning of Memorial Day.
- Mother's Day Curriculum Resources
- Tired of doing the same Mother's Day projects year after year? We have six lesson ideas to help you celebrate mothers on their special day!
- Mother's Day Magic: Today's Gift, Tomorrow's Treasure
- Grades 6-12 explore some of the words and phrases used during the Civil War and their meanings.
- Civil War Slang
- Grades 6-12 explore some of the words and phrases used during the Civil War and their meanings.
- Clean Up Hazardous Waste
- Grades 3-12 identify sources of home hazardous waste and create posters to educate community members about how to handle that waste.
- "Book Report Gallery" Bulletin Board
- A camera is all you need to create this fun bulletin board for Library Week (April 13-19, 2008).
- Note Taking by Crayon
- Grades 3-12 use crayons or markers to learn note-taking skills.
- Earth Day Resources
- Help your students get into the spirit of Earth Day with community involvement and public-service activities.
- Resources for National Poetry Month
- April is National Poetry Month. This collection of curriculum resources helps teachers introduce their students to the joys of reading, reciting and writing poetry.
- Resources for Math Awareness Month
- Held each year in April, the 2008 theme is Math and Voting. These curriculum resources will help you bring math moth into your classroom.
- Create a Poetry Calendar
- Students research, design, and create a school-year calendar based on the work of famous poets.
- Gems from the Garden
- Ten hands-on, indoor and outdoor gardening activities for all ages.
- Bug Watch
- Grades 3-6 explore the area around their school and create a field journal about the bugs they find there.
- Music Math: Create a Clapping Symphony
- Students read simple music to create a symphony of clapping (all grades). Plus fraction math for grades 5-up.
- Five Quick Games Build Reading Skills
- Grades 3-8 practice sentence structure, sequencing, word recognition, skimming, and visual recognition.
- Women's Words of Wisdom
- Create a bulletin board of inspiring quotes by famous women.
- Valentine's Day Curriculum Resources
- To celebrate Valentine's Day, here are a collection of interdisciplinary curriculum resources for all grade levels -- plus links to dozens of others! -- to help students get in the spirit of the holiday.
- Help Wanted: President of the United States
- Students write help wanted ads that describe the position of president of the United States.
- Have a Heart!
- February is Heart Month. This Internet scavenger hunt helps students learn about the human heart.
- The African American Population in U.S. History
- Grades 3-12 learn about the growth of the African-American population throughout history by using charts, graphs, and maps.
- The Gap vs. Old Navy: Mapping Brand Names Across the U.S.
- Students use an online mapping tool to compare various retail outlets in certain geographical location.
- Mapping Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Students explore places that were important in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Heroes Mural
- Students create a mural showing famous people regarded as heroes.
- Around the World
- Grades 3-8 play a game in which they practice timed math activities.
- Make a Model of a Wright Flyer
- Dec. 17 is the anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight. Celebrate by creating a model of the Wright brothers' engine-powered glider.
- Colorful Stained-Glass Candleholder
- Students create a colorful candleholder -- a bright gift for a family member, neighbor, or friend!
- Holiday Lessons & Resources
- Lesson plans, activity ideas, shopping & spending advice, and more.
- Daily Numbers: A Math Skill Reinforcement Activity
- Use this daily lesson to reinforce skills taught throughout the school year.
- Celebrate National Inclusive Schools Week
- Activities and lessons to help your school celebrate National Inclusive Schools Week in December.
- Create a Country
- Students apply geography skills to create a map of an imaginary country.
- Say "Thank You" in 100 Languages!
- Put the "Thanks" back in Thanksgiving with this geography and language activity that teaches students to say "thank you" in many languages.
- Thanksgiving Lesson Ideas
- Five interdisciplinary activities help students learn about and celebrate Thanksgiving.
- Thanksgiving Placemats: A Community Service Project
- Work with your local shelter, food kitchen, or nursing home to brighten everybody's Thanksgiving.
- Celebrate Fall and Its Colors
- Hands-on science and language activities teach important concepts and valuable study skills.
- Autumn Activities
- Six activities take advantage of the changing seasons.
- Foliage Tracker
- Grades 6-8 track leaf changes, input data found at one Web site into another, and then graph foliage changes with a free online tool.
- "Dead Word Wall" Kills Overused Words
- Students participate in a funeral for the words they overuse in their writing.
- Should We Celebrate Columbus Day?
- Grades 6-12 gather information about Columbus's impact on the Americas and answer questions about recognizing Columbus Day.
- Fall Similes
- Students write autumn-themed similes on colored paper, then frame these hand-written notes for seasonal display.
- Lewis and Clark: Equipping the Expedition
- In this cooperative activity, students make educated guesses, create graphic organizers, and compare their predictions with the actual "shopping list."
- Make a Mummy: The Science of Mummification
- Students learn about the history and science of mummification by making an apple (or chicken) mummy.
- Interview With the Signers of the Constitution
- Grades 6-8 work in small groups to write questions a newspaper reporter might pose to signers of the Constitution.
- "Bursting" Stereotypes
- Balloons serve as a conduit in this lesson in which students "burst" stereotypes that unfairly label individuals or groups.
- Technology Integration Made Easy
- 20 easy and painless ways to integrate technology into your daily routine.
- NEA's Top 20 Back-to-School Resources
- Find lessons & activities for starting the school year, plus tips for welcoming new students, setting up your classroom, and meeting parents.
- The Art of Me
- Students create a work of art that expresses the most important things they want others to know about them.
- Student Learning-Strengths Inventory
- Start the school year with an online inventory to determine students' learning strengths and intelligences.
- On the Street Where You Live: Online Mapping
- In this online activity, grades K-2 use Google Maps to pinpoint their home address and get directions to and from school.
- The Human Body: A Life-Size Model on Paper
- Students create a life-size model of the human body and its parts (adaptable for all grade levels).
- Introducing Tessellations
- Students learn about tessellations using M.C. Escher drawings, and then create their own tessellations.
- Who Said That?
- Students complete a tutorial on Web literacy and use what they learn to evaluate a Web site.
- Scriptwriting with a Wiki
- Grades 6-12 use online, collaborative writing tools to author a one-act play.
- Explaining the Bill of Rights
- Grades 6-8 and 9-12 work in groups to rewrite the Bill of Rights in their own words.
- Activities for Teaching With the Newspaper
- Ten terrific classroom activities that use the newspaper to teach all sorts of valuable skills.
- Father Knows Best
- Students consider a father's responsibilities and write letters to their fathers or caregivers.
- ZIP Code Math
- Students in all grade levels add or subtract to solve ZIP Code math word problems.
- Five Spelling Games
- The National Spelling Bee is coming soon. Use these ideas for end-of-year spelling fun and review.
- Thinking Ahead to Next Year
- Students leave advice for other students, or write informative letters to next year's teachers.
- 15 Relays for Field Days
- Many schools hold an annual "field day" in May. We have 15 great relay ideas to help you make the most of yours.
- Celebrating Asian and Pacific-Island Heritage
- Five lessons introduce students to famous Asian and Pacific Islanders, and their origins, history and culture.
- Asian Americans: Where Do They Come From?
- Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, grades 3-12 learn about some of the places from which Asian Americans come.
- Verb-Adverb Charades
- Verbs and adverbs take center stage in this lively activity for grades 3-8.
- Judging a Book by Its Cover
- Students lend a hand to the library by designing new covers for damaged books.
- Composting With Worms
- A classroom composting experiment demonstrates why worms are called "nature's recyclers."
- 'P' Is for Poetry
- Students create simple rhymes for each letter of the alphabet, gather them together, and publish them in book format.
- Soar Into Spring With Kites
- Shake off the winter doldrums with interdisciplinary activity ideas for all grade levels.
- Pair the Plants: An Introduction to Scientific Names
- Students learn why plants have both common and scientific names, then match corresponding names.
- Graphing Our Snacks
- In this activity for grades 3 and up, students graph the fat content of their favorite snack foods.
- Write a Number Story
- Grades K-5 use Appleworks or Office to write and illustrate a number story.
- Women of the Century WebQuest
- Grades 5-12 celebrate Women's History Month by using print and online resources to create an Encyclopedia of Notable Women.
- Timeline of Historical Fiction
- An historical fiction timeline offers insight into history while adding color and life to classroom walls.
- Presidents' Day Activities
- Find several activities for all grade levels to teach students about the Presidents of the United States.
- "Meet Our Presidents" Bulletin Board
- Students use resources from library and/or Internet resources to create a bulletin board.
- Candy Heart Stories
- For Valentine's Day, grades 3-8 write a story using the text from candy conversation hearts.
- Three-Way Match: Famous Black Americans
- Students learn about the accomplishments of famous African American men and women using a unique three-way matching activity.
- Marmots (Groundhogs) Of the World
- Grades 3-12 use a graphic organizer to organize groundhog species information.
- An Immigration Graph
- Grades 3-8 create a graph showing the number of immigrants per country of origin between 1899 and 1924.
- Martin Luther King Jr.: A Fact or Opinion Activity
- Grades 3-8 read a brief biography of MKL and learn the differences between fact and opinion.
- MLK Day Curriculum Resources
- Teachers will find a collection of curriculum resources to help students put in perspective Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life.
- MLK Day Curriculum Resources
- Teachers will find a collection of curriculum resources to help students put in perspective Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life.
- Let It Snow!
- Grades preK-2 and 3-5 make the most of the season's first snowfall with a snowflake study.
- Counting Christmas Trees
- Grades 3-5 and 6-8 answer questions about a line graph showing tree sales.
- Make and Shake a Snow Globe
- In this activity for all grade levels, students make a holiday or seasonal snow globe to give as a gift.
- An Immigration Graph Work Sheet
- Student worksheet to accompany "An Immigration Graph" lesson plan.
- How Many Ways Can You Say Merry Christmas?
- In this activity for all grade levels, students create a multicultural holiday bulletin board map.
- Thanksgiving Science Experiment
- This plant-growing experiment for grades preK-5 shows how Squanto helped the early settlers.
- Geography Twister
- Students exercise while they play this fun geography game based on Twister.
- "Book Report Gallery" Bulletin Board
- A camera is all you need to create this fun bulletin board for Book Week (Nov. 13-19).
- How Well Do You Follow Directions?
- Stress the importance of listening and following directions with this activity for all grade levels.
- Meet the Press
- Grades 6-12 learn about the upcoming election by playing the roles of candidate, campaign manager, and journalist.
- My Pumpkin Story
- Grades K-5 use an online tool to "carve" a pumpkin and write a story about it.
- Predicting Pumpkins
- In this interdisciplinary lesson idea for all grade levels, students make and test predictions about pumpkins.
- Graphing Names in a Historic Cemetery
- Get ready for Halloween! Students visit a cemetery, where they tally and graph common names.
- Graphing Greenery
- Grades 6-8 gather fall leaves and use their shapes to create graphing puzzles for other students.
- Write a Hispanic Folktale
- Grades 3-8 write a folktale modeled after tales from Hispanic cultures read and heard in class.
- Create a New Amendment
- Celebrate Constitution Day (Sept. 17) with this lesson in which grades 5-12 study amendments to the Constitution and propose a new one.
- Look but Don't Touch: Dangerous Animal Facts
- Grades K-5 identify facts about animals and record them on a graphic organizer.
- Write Letters to Commemorate 9/11
- Students commemorate the 9/11 anniversary by writing letters to fire and police personell or to service men and women.
- Going Back to School Can Be Expensive!
- In this homework activity, parents help students figure the costs of going back to school.
- Activites for Student-Created Rules
- Eight activites help students set their own classroom rules.
- The Art of Me
- Students create a work of art to express the most important things they want others to know about them.
- Drive-Thru Nutrition
- Grades 9-12 compare the fat and calorie content of various items at 12 popular fast-food restaurants.
- Jet-Setting Pets
- Grades K-5 select a pet and find things for it to do at a chosen local.
- Slicing Up Fractions
- Grades 3-8 review fractions as they solve problems involving "fractions" of pizza.
- The Largest Volcano on Earth
- Students create time lines of major volcanic eruptions and historical events with which they coincided.
- Dead Word Wall
- Students participate in a funeral for the words they overuse in their writing!
- Drafting the Declaration of Independence
- Grades 6-12 compare and contrast the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final version.
- Headline News
- Students create stories using words cut from newspaper headlines.
- This Is America! Flag Collage
- Students create an American flag collage -- a visual essay of their thoughts about "What America Means to Me."
- Round Robin Post-It Review
- This small-group activity reviews new skills and preps students for tests.
- Graphing Our History of Sacrifice
- Use an online graphing tool to graph America's history of war dead helps students understand the significance of Memorial Day.
- Revive Reviews With Student-Created Study Guides
- This activity is for all subjects and emphasizes note-taking and outlining skills.
- Design a Poet-T
- Grades 3-12 use old t-shirts to announce and illustrate their favorite poems.
- Motherhood Math: Mothers in the Workforce
- Grades 3-12 examine the increasing numbers of working mothers.
- Pet Pellets
- Students create advertising for a tempting new pet food (adaptable for grades 3-12).
- A Flag Divided
- Grades K-5 learn about the flags of the Union and Confederacy then create their own.
- Clean Up Hazardous Waste
- An Earth Day activity adaptable for grades 3-12.
- Manifest Destiny
- Grades 9-12 discuss the concept of Manifest Destiny in small and large groups.
- Stage a Poetry Slam!
- This classroom or school-wide activity could serve as a fundraiser or parent's night event.
- "Make the Case"--Cutout "Friend" Activity
- Students create a cutout "friend" with a message about the importance of universal primary education.
- "Make the Case"--Poster Activity
- Students create a persuasive poster focusing on the importance of universal basic education.
- "Make the Case"--Host a Hearing Activity
- Students conduct a mock Congressional hearing in which they make a case for universal basic education.
- Pair the Plants
- Grades 3-12 learn the common and scientific names of plants.
- Up-to-Date Aesop
- Students in all grade levels read a fable, then write a modern version.
- Figure the Winner
- Grades 9-12 use math to predict the winners of the NCAA basketball tournaments.
- Create a Clapping Symphony
- This activity combines math & music for all grade levels.
- Five Quick Games Build Reading Skills
- Grades K-8 practice sentence structure, sequencing, word recognition and more.
- Healthy Teeth: Hands-On Science Activities
- Experiments for all grade levels show the importance of brushing your teeth.
- What Did It Cost 100 Years Ago?
- Students compare prices of goods across the century and learn about inflation.
- Create Your Own Olympic Games
- Students compete in a Classroom Olympics with these 8 interdisciplinary activities.
- Unsung Heroes of African American History
- Find two lesson ideas and dozens of online (and on air!) resources.
- Famous African Americans ABC Book
- Grades K-12 create an ABC book of famous African Americans in history.
- Graphing Groundhog Predictions
- Grades K-8 make a bulletin board graph of Punxsutawney Phil's past predictions.
- And You Thought Gasoline Was Expensive!
- Grades 3-12 create charts and compare the price of gas to other liquids.
- Honor Your School and Community Heroes
- Students create an event or award to honor a local hero.
- Write Your Own "I Have a Dream" Speech
- Grades 2-12 use Dr. King's famous speech as a model for their own.
- Healthy Choices
- Curriculum resources explore nutrition & healthy diets, conflict resolution, and more.
- The "Controversy Over Manifest Destiny" Worksheet
- This worksheet accompanies the "Manifest Destiny" lesson plan.
- NEA: Make Your Lessons Pop(corn)!
- Dozens of activity ideas use popcorn to teach a variety of subjects.
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