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EconEdLink & Living Wage CalculatorTwo websites offer 750+ lesson plans and resources to help K-12 students learn about economics, personal finance. A related tool, a living wage calculator, supplements these resources. | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
10 Inauguration Day ResourcesStudents in all grade levels learn about the Presidential Inauguration and how it has changed over time with our recommended activities, background resources, primary source documents, videos, printables, and more. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan; Quiz | |
Cooper-Hewitt Educator ResourcesThe National Design Museum offers 420+ free lesson plans. Design a new playground or t-shirt. Practice map-making and vocabulary skills to design a treasure map. Use geometry to create a new font. Plus much more. (YouTube videos included). | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
WebExhibitsWebExhibits is an interactive and cross-curricular museum of science, humanities, and culture for K-12 and higher. Exhibits explore color, color vision, pigment, calendars, daylight savings time, poetry, Van Gogh’s letters, Bellini, and butter. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
American Indian Heritage ResourcesFrom museums to multimedia, this is a prolific set of resources offering free educational tools for teaching about American Indian culture, history and heritage. | Multimedia; Themed Package | |
Asia Society Education & LearningThis site covers the knowledge and skills our students need for global competence. | Multimedia; Tool | |
Autumn-Themed Classroom ResourcesExplore the season of harvest and migration with lessons, activities, poetry, and song for all grade levels. | Themed Package | |
Black History Month Lessons & ResourcesTo help you integrate Black History Month into your classroom, we offer a selection of lesson plans that cover a variety subjects and that can be adapted for all grade levels. | Themed Package | |
Columbus DayColumbus Day is celebrated in the U.S., Spain, and many countries in Latin America. Whether Christopher Columbus is thought of positively or negatively depends on point-of-view. The following themed package presents a rangs of opinions. | ||
Constitution DaySeptember 17th is Constitution Day. These lessons, activities, and other resources for grades K-12 will help students understand the men and the ideas that created the Constitution of the United States. | Themed Package | |
December Holidays Lessons & Resources, Grades K-5Celebrate the holiday season and learn how others celebrate with these lessons and resources for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ashura, Pongal, and New Years for grades K-5. | Themed Package | |
December Holidays Lessons & ResourcesCelebrate the holiday season and learn how others celebrate with these interdisciplinary lessons and resources about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ashura, Pongal, and New Years for all grades. | Themed Package | |
Geography Awareness WeekThe theme for Geography Awareness Week 2012 is Declare Your Interdependence. The following lessons and activities for all grades explores the idea that we are all are connected to the rest of the world through the decisions we make on a daily basis. | Themed Package | |
Halloween Lessons, Activities & ResourcesPumpkin carving traditions began in Scotland and Ireland with the carving of turnip lanterns. Make your own turnip lantern, carve a virtual pumpkin, download patterns for state-of-the-art pumpkins, and have fun this Halloween these lessons and activities. | Themed Package | |
Halloween Lessons, Activities & Resources, Grades K-5Pumpkin carving traditions began in Scotland and Ireland with the carving of turnip lanterns. Make your own, carve a virtual pumpkin, download patterns for state-of-the-art pumpkins, and have fun on Halloween with this themed package for grades K-5. | Themed Package | |
Iditarod in the ClassroomFollow the 1,150 mile trek from Anchorage to Nome with these lessons and activities for all grades. | Themed Package | |
Japanese Kites at the New YearThese resources explain the cultural and historical importance of kites in Japan. Teachers will find downloadable student readings on kite shapes, kite flying, and Japanese kites at the New Year. | Lesson Plan; Printable | |
National School Lunch WeekThis week celebrates the benefits of the National School Lunch Program, which provides balanced, low-cost or free lunches to millions of children each school day. | Themed Package | |
Five Free Underground Railroad ResourcesFive of our favorite curriculum resources on The Underground Railroad for grades K-12 include lesson plans, interactive maps, timelines and biographies. | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Women’s History Month, Grades K-5Examine the changing cultural perceptions of women in society and honor their contributions to all aspects of life with these interdisciplinary resources for grades K-5. | Themed Package | |
Women’s History Month, Grades 6-8Examine the changing cultural perceptions of women in society and honor their contributions to all aspects of life with these interdisciplinary resources for grades 6-8. | Themed Package | |
Women’s History Month, Grades 9-12Examine the changing cultural perceptions of women in society and honor their contributions to all aspects of life with these interdisciplinary resources for grades 9-12. | Themed Package | |
12 Free Things for St. Patrick’s DayCurriculum resources include videos, arts & crafts, printables, worksheets, interactive maps, and tutorials for all grade levels, and explore Irish culture, history and traditions. | Themed Package | |
Finding Information on the InternetUC Berkeley Library offers an online tutorial covering search strategies, search tools, recommendations for evaluating web pages and other resources that will be of interest to educators and secondary students. | Background Reading | |
The Learning NetworkThe Learning Network publishes a new lesson plan every weekday during the school year. Two recent lesson plans investigate back-to-school shopping and the 2012 election campaign. | Lesson Plan |
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