Ancient Egypt Unit	Lesson Plan
A simple outline for 13 lessons and activities for a study of Ancient Egpyt. Also includes links to student research projects and a library pathfinder to support students. http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/egyptact.htm Grade Level(s): 3-5 • Rating: 6  Votes: 22   Rate It

Artifact Puzzles	Lesson Plan
Students pretend to be archaeologists to determine what artifact they have found and what its use might have been. http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/4935.shtml Grade Level(s): 3-5   Rate It

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad	Lesson Plan
Making multicultural connections through trade books: lesson for math, social studies, and language arts. http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MBD/Aunt_Harriet.html Grade Level(s): 3-5 • Rating: 7  Votes: 8   Rate It

Colonial Life	Lesson Plan
Students will explore the people, places, and events of life in the early settlements and colonies of the United States of America. http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/colony.htm Grade Level(s): 3-5 • Rating: 6  Votes: 18   Rate It

Columbus Day (Native American Perspective)	Lesson Plan
History and activities for a 1 week unit. http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/co... Grade Level(s): 3-5 • Rating: 6  Votes: 7   Rate It

Columbus Day Activities	Lesson Plan
Arts and crafts, language activities, poetry, songs and fingerplays. http://www.theholidayzone.com/columbus/index.html Grade Level(s): 1-2, 3-5 • Rating: 6  Votes: 21   Rate It

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. WebQuest/Timeline	Lesson Plan
Work through the student-created timeline to find answers to the questions. http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/king.htm Grade Level(s): 1-2, 3-5 • Rating: 7  Votes: 18   Rate It

Explorers

Lesson Plan

The lesson will focus on an overview of concurrent Dutch, French, Spanish, and English explorations on the east coast of North America during the 1500’s and 1600’s. After students read their textbooks about North American exploration, this lesson will be used to reemphasize the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments each country experienced. The use of cooperative learning through group goals and individual accountability will be accentuated. http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/4611.shtml Grade Level(s): 3-5   Rate It

Harriet Tubman Mini Unit	Lesson Plan
Provides background and lessons for a 7 day unit on Harriet Tubman. http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/tubman.h... Grade Level(s): 3-5 • Rating: 8  Votes: 8   Rate It

Johnny Appleseed Day Research Activity	Lesson Plan
Students research, then create a holiday for a special person. http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/1587.shtml Grade Level(s): 1-2, 3-5   Rate It

Martin Luther King, Jr.	Lesson Plan
Chronology of MLK's life, Jim Crow laws, "I Have a Dream" speech http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSMartinLutherKing5.htm Grade Level(s): 3-5   Rate It

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Lesson Plan
Background, objectives, activities. http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/ml... Grade Level(s): 3-5 • Rating: 8  Votes: 8   Rate It

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Lesson Plan
Background, activities, objectives http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/ma... Grade Level(s): 3-5   Rate It

Mississippi Bridge Lesson Plan	Lesson Plan
Mississippi Bridge - This book serves as a good starting point for discussion. http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/dela... Grade Level(s): 3-5   Rate It

Pioneer Games	Lesson Plan
Students will be introduced to games that date back to pioneer children and will improve certain skills. http://eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Physical_Education/Games/GAM0003.htm... Grade Level(s): K, 1-2, 3-5   Rate It

Rosa Parks	Lesson Plan
Includes background and activities for 5-7 class periods. Uses The Story of Ruby Bridges. http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/Preview0... Grade Level(s): 3-5   Rate It

Slavery and the Underground Railroad	Lesson Plan
Following the map of the Underground Railroad. http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/450.shtml Grade Level(s): 3-5   Rate It

Thanksgiving & Clothing	Lesson Plan
Objectives: People have the same basic personal needs, such as clothing and food; Indians used the natural resources around them to meet their needs; Identify the Wampanoag as the Indians who helped the Pilgrims. http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/Th... Grade Level(s): 1-2, 3-5   Rate It

The Cowboy Unit	Lesson Plan
These five lessons help students to understand the roles that cowboys played in the United States and Colorado history during the late 1800's. They will develop vocabulary, help students look at cultural assimilation, power, diversity, and economics in Colorado history. http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/passport/lessonplan/lessons/cowboyun... Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8   Rate It

The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students	Lesson Plan
Students can navigate through this site to learn about World War II, Hitler, Nazi Terror, the Final Solution, concentration camps... http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/index.html Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 • Rating: 5  Votes: 10   Rate It

The Thirteen Colonies	Lesson Plan
Two lesson plans exploring economics in the New World. Students learn the economic reasons colonists settled in America, and understand what job opportunities were available in the colonies. http://www.cstone.net/%7Ebcp/3/3DHistory.htm Grade Level(s): 3-5 • Rating: 7  Votes: 6   Rate It

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	Lesson Plan
A simple chronology of events surrounding the Holocaust. http://www.ushmm.org/education/ Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8, 9-12   Rate It

US History, Colonial America 1600-1776	Lesson Plan
Gives some possible discussions, activities and works of literary merit. All of which are intended to be offered as choices to the learner rather than as assignments or lists of things to do. http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/colonial.html Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8   Rate It

WebQuest: Life on Plymouth Plantation	Lesson Plan
In this activity you will be discovering about the early Americans by looking at a recreation of Plymouth Plantation in 1627. http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/plymouth/ Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8 • Rating: 8  Votes: 7   Rate It

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