Students learn about multicultural holidays celebrated in winter: Hanukkah, St. Lucia Day, Las Posadas, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year.
Students will create a paper face and a paper face book to recognize similarities and differences.
This activity focuses on being an individual and reminds students that it is okay to be different.
The student will be able to create a visual representation of the knowledge gained studying the American Indians of Utah.
The student will be able to write an essay using knowledge gained by studying the American Indians of Utah.
The student will be able to discern the correct answers to multiple choice questions based on comprehension of the materials presented on the American Indians of Utah.
This activity will incrase students' knowledge of using maps and how it is important in their lives.
This activity is designed to familiarize students with the cowboy culture of the Old West and its presence in our modern times.
This article provides links to interactive web sites and lesson plans for teaching about paleontology, dinosaurs, and archaeology in the elementary classroom.
This article provides a lesson plan that teaches elementary students to write poems about home using sensory language and imagery. Examples of student work are provided.
Activities and a game help students compare rural, suburban, and urban communities.
Students will complete an art activity and a classroom graph that ties with the "Tacky the Penguin Series" by Helen Leste.