It’s Showtime! Fireside Chatting with FDR and Obama
Summary During this lesson, students will review communicat Nions from two famous Presidents. They will then work in pairs to develop their own speech. One …
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Presenting the Fabulous Famous Americans!
Summary Third graders’ curiosity was piqued after learning about various Famous Americans. To discover more, they researched using a variety of search engines. They used …
Reporting Live from Jamestown
Summary In groups of 2-3 students, the fourth graders will choose a topic about Jamestown to research. Students will use search engines such as Ask …
Three Tribes at the MSIC
Summary Students will be challenged with a task of designing brochures for the Math Science Innovation Center (MSIC) to advertise new Native American classes being …
Virginia’s First People – Past & Present
Summary After completing our unit on Virginia’s native people, students chose a current Indian tribe of Virginia to research in self-selected groups. This correlates with …
Map Creation Project
Summary To understand the purpose of maps and the elements included in them, students were presented with a “real life” map-building scenario. The students had …
Campaign Commercial
Summary Prior to this lesson, students create their own political parties. They research policy issues, choose their party’s stance on issues and create an “image” …
Traits of a Good Citizen
Summary The object of the lesson is for students to recognize and demonstrate the character traits of a good citizen. After a discussion of what …
WHAT’S UP WITH THE CABINET – 5307
Summary This lesson can be taught as an extension activity to the National Government Unit or with the Executive Branch Unit. After the class has …
Road To Revolution
Summary The students are instructed that they are reporters and have to report on one of eight key events that led the country into and …