Grades 3 to 5

In this lesson, students evaluate group practices and propose measures to improve the classroom climate. Objectives Students will evaluate group practices and propose ...

Lesson helps students understand how media influence their decisions. Popular media influence the development of self in young people. Teenagers view commercials and popular shows as ...

Holocaust study encourages discussion about what it means to be a responsible citizen. The Respect ...

Collective poetry is an exercise designed to encourage students to work from a shared pattern in order to join their voices in a collective rhythm. We all have stories. In telling ...

In this lesson, students will explore the way clothing can influence our perceptions of one another. "Who you are is more important than what you wear." — Kenneth Cole, ...

Morning Girl looks at the themes of exploration and "discovery" from another perspective. Discouraged by images of Columbus greeting indigenous people with hopeful ...

Our students come from upper-middle-class homes and live in a sheltered suburban community with little exposure to anyone significantly different than themselves. Teaching tolerance is difficult when they have ...

Morning Meetings help students and teachers connect and start the day on a positive note. It's the start of the school day at Kensington Avenue School in Springfield, Mass. ...

Artifacts of hate help middle school students see result of bullying, racist behavior. Slave shackles, a mangled piece of the World Trade Center's south tower, video of a ...

Teacher/musician uses music to help students deal with images of war. When the daily newspaper depicted gruesome violence with horrifying headlines about the war in Iraq, my thoughts ...

This collection of primary resources and corresponding activities sheds light on the endurance of peaceful protesters in Montgomery, Ala., who overturned an unjust law. On December ...

Implement an intervention program built on shared music and individual counseling sessions. "Dom ti-dom di-ga di-ga dat dat" — tubano drums that mimic speech resound ...

Teach students about the right to safety with a project based on the 1989 Charter of Children's Rights. It isn't very hard to get middle school students thinking about ...

Combat stereotypes by creatively combining science and social studies activities. As a teacher, I've watched too many children hit one another because they have to "kill ...

This lesson looks at an important question students will face as citizens: What responsibilities accompany our basic rights? Overview The lesson begins with a class discussion ...

Examine identity and assimilation with an activity that asks the essential question: Was there ever a part of your identity you had to hide? In the essay, "Magic Carpet", ...

Exploring family roots and immigration. Lesson Overview After exposure to relevant literature in class, students will research their family history by interviewing their ...

Celebrated annually on November 2, Dia de los Muertos, or "Day of the Dead," embraces life as it pokes fun at the Grim Reaper. (Note: In some regions, the celebration spans two days, from November ...

Middle school students build their own Bill of Rights. Lesson Overview Team Harmony taught other students about the UN's Declaration on the Rights of a Child during ...

Activities for African American History Month Happy Birthday (Grades K-3) In establishing Negro History Week (now African American History Month) in the month of February, ...

Measure your awareness of Native American influences in U.S. history and culture. "These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past; wisdom is of the ...

Commemorate the life of Louis Braille. January 4 marks the birth of Louis Braille (1809-52), perhaps the greatest benefactor of the sightless. Through his creation of the Braille ...