National Center for Families Learning
The Summer Fun Summer Learning Dance Unit
Summer slide. Alas, not a term synonymous with a type of sliding board, summer slide refers to the fact that learning slips during summer break, especially in the areas of spelling and math facts. Enrich summer break with a...
Curated OER
Leap! Frog!
Students write a report stating facts and opinions based on frogs. Investigate and understand the changes that take place during the life cycle of a frog. Respond to language, meanings and ideas in different texts, relating them to...
Advocates for Human Rights
A Teaching Guide on Local and Global Transitional Justice
The Road to Peace introduces learners to the concept of transitional justice, a process where nations examine the causes of conflict, identify abuses, and use this information to develop a plan to transition to a society that upholds...
Smithsonian Institution
The American Presidency: Grades 4-6
An interesting unit explains the American presidency from the campaign trail all the way to the role of the president. Historians participate in discussions, create posters, conduct Internet research, and more to gain an understanding of...
Madison Public Schools
Journalism
Whether you are teaching a newspaper unit in language arts, covering the First Amendment and censorship in social studies, or focusing on writing ethics in journalism, a unit based on the foundations of journalism would be an excellent...
Los Angeles Unified School District
“Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: HIV/AIDS”
These activities and instructional handouts will help your learners to understand not only the causes, transmission, and prevention of HIV/AIDS, but also gain a deeper understanding of the chain of infection when diseases are spread.
Curated OER
Fieldwork Basics Overview
Put your feet up and grab a cup of coffee before going through this extensive field work unit plan! Based on folklorist studies of traditional culture and ethnography, several activities focus on topics such as cultural sensitivity;...
Mathematics Vision Project
Geometric Figures
Logical thinking is at the forefront of this jam-packed lesson, with young mathematicians not only investigating geometric concepts but also how they "know what they know". Through each activity and worksheet, learners wrestle with...
Amnesty International
Human Rights and Service Learning (Part 1)
What better way is there to teach about human rights than by seeing them firsthand? Introduce your class or club to the spirit of service through a myriad of service project ideas. First in a series of human rights instructional...
Curated OER
What is Equality and How Does it Affect Me?
Students explore the concept of civil rights and the ways in which Dr. Martin Luther Kind and others utilized non-violent protests to achieve their goals. They participate in a variety of discussion and role play activities during this...
Curated OER
James Welch's Fools Crow
Learners explore the history of Montana's Native Americans by reading James Welch's Fools Crow. Set shortly after the Civil War, the novel focuses on a young Blackfoot Indian and his tribe. Over the course of several weeks, class members...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Pennsylvania: Facts, Map, and State Symbols
A list of key facts about the state of Pennsylvania, including information about Pennsylvania's state symbols. Useful extras for teachers include black-line masters of concept diagrams, maps, and thought organizers.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Selecting the Related Addition Fact
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine which addition fact is related to the given addition problem. The video uses vocabulary of addends and sum. The video is...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Indiana
Enchanted Learning provides an Indiana fact sheet and map as well as a list of state symbols and links to related information.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Think Critically
Learn how to think critically by distinguishing between facts, opinions, and reasoned judgments. Practice exercise included.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing 2 Digit Numbers by 1 Digit Numbers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice with basic division facts by dividing two digit numbers by one digit numbers.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing by 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice division facts by examining the tens.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing by 11
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice division facts by dividing by eleven.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing by 12
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice division facts by dividing by twelve.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing by 2
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice with basic division facts by dividing by two.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing by 3
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice basic division facts by dividing by three.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing by 4
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice division facts by attempting the fours.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing by 5
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice with basic division facts by dividing by five.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing by 6
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice division facts by watching a video and attempting practice problems.