- Spirit of the Season
Lesson plans and online resources about the winter holidays, including Christmas, Hannukah, New Year's, and Kwanzaa. With games and activities for both elementary and upper school students. From the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/season
- TASSI: Children's Day
Lesson plan for teachers to celebrate this holiday in their classrooms.
www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~tassi/children.htm
- Social Studies Lesson Plans, Ideas & Activities
Find social studies lesson plans from the Lesson Plans Page with subjects including community and sociology, culture, environment, family, economics, and more.
www.lessonplanspage.com/SSK1.htm
- Social and Environmental Education Australia
Providing teaching and lesson suggestions for Year 2 social education teachers.
www.angelfire.com/sc/soced/index.html
- National Geographic TV Special: Air Force One
Includes fast facts, classroom ideas, and video clips of past presidents talking about the plane.
www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/specials/airforceone
- Decisions, Decisions: Free Trade
Teaching material for grades 5-10 that includes video of 4 "advisors" espousing 4 different points of view on the issue. Students print out advisor memos and vote in an online web poll.
ddonline.tomsnyder.com/issues/freetrade/intro.cfm
- Totem Poles of the North American Northwest Coast Indians
Teaching curriculum and bibliography by Maryanne Kathleen Basti.
www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1985/6/85.06.01.x.html
- Lesson Plans: Felon Disenfranchisement Laws
Allows students to learn to formulate their own opinions on restrictive provisions on the voting rights of ex-offenders. From the ACLU of Florida.
www.aclufl.org/body_lessonsmar2001.html
- The New York Times Learning Network: Attack on America
Interdisciplinary lesson plans developed for teachers and students to discuss the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/terrorism/index.html
- Lesson Plan Unit: Human Rights
From The New York Times Learning Network.
www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/humanrts.html
- Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States
Bestows the Raoul Wallenberg Award and perpetuates his ideals through his 'A Study of Heroes' interdisciplinary curriculum for use in elementary and high schools.
www.raoulwallenberg.org
- Smithsonian Education: Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources
Information for educators to use when teaching about Hispanic Heritage Month.
www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/hispanic_resources....
- Crayola.com: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Find a variety of activities to use in the classroom for National Hispanic Heritage Month, including printables, craft ideas, cards, and lesson plans.
www.crayola.com/calendar/detail.cfm?event_id=161&year=2005&extended=true
- Economics and Geography Lessons
Features ideas and activities based on books for children.
www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html
- High School Curriculum on the Judiciary
Interactive site that provides a two-lesson unit for high school seniors about the Supreme Court and court procedures. Provided by the American Judicature Society.
www.ajs.org/hsc
- Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
Resource for teaching the geographic dimensions of American history.
www3.newberry.org/k12maps
- China: Dim Sum
Features cross-curricular lesson ideas on Chinese-American culture.
www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/chinadimsumaconnection.html
- Academy Curricular Exchange: Social Studies - Elementary
Lessons for grades k-5.
ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/elem.html
- Beyond the Fire
Introduces the real-life stories of 15 teenagers, now living in the U.S., who have survived war in seven war zones. Includes a section for educators with lesson plans, conflict timelines, country facts, and an interactive world map.
www.itvs.org/beyondthefire
- Cesar Chavez Day and Model Curriculum
Information on the holiday honoring labor leader César Chávez, as well as links to curriculum for K-12 teachers from the California Department of Education.
chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Intro.aspx
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