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Junior High and Middle School Lesson Plans for History and Social Studies Subjects
Environmental Injustice Unit – Lesson 3
Title – Environmental Injustice Unit – Reporting the Facts, Lesson 3 – WebQuestBy – Lisa Bachman Primary Subject – Language Arts Secondary Subjects – Science, Social Studies Grade Level – 6-8 Reporting Environmental Injustice Unit Contents: Lesson 1 – Research the Facts …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
Grades:
6, 7, 8
Students use the Internet here to research the history of the Thanksgiving holiday
Title – History of Thanksgiving By – Anita Claudette Roberts Primary Subject – Social Studies Secondary Subjects – Computers / Internet, Language Arts, Other Grade Level – 6 Lesson Summary: Students use the Internet to research the history of the Thanksgiving holiday. …
Subject:
Social Studies
Grade:
6
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Communism!
Title – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Communism! By – Christine Shirley Primary Subject – Language Arts Secondary Subjects – Social Studies Grade Level – 6 Note from LessonPlansPage.com: One of the links in this lesson, www.RoaldDahlFans.com was not working on …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Social Studies
Grade:
6
Here are some Worksheet ideas to be used before beginning a lesson
Title – Pick of the Day By – Joan M. Diez Subject – Social Studies, Language Arts Grade Level – Grades 3 – 6 Objectives: To give students a number of different tasks to do, individually or in pairs/small groups. Most of …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
3, 4, 5, 6
Students create a travel brochure to an imaginary place in this lesson
Title – Travel Brochure By – Charisse Riser Primary Subject – Language Arts Secondary Subjects – Social Studies, Art, Computers / Internet Grade Level – 6- 8 Have students fold a piece of paper into threes. Your paper is to become a …
Subjects:
Art, Computers & Internet, Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
6, 7, 8
A very thorough lesson on creating an Alphabet Book and Research
Title – Alphabet Book By – Carolyn Murray Subject – Language Arts, Social Studies Grade Level – 5th – 6th Lesson Plan Format I. INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVE(S)/OUTCOMES: Students will: — select a topic for their alphabet book. — research the topic in the …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
5, 6
This Rosa Parks history lesson incorporates reading comprehension as well
Title – Rosa Parks – History with integrated literature By – Mandy Roman Primary Subject – Social Studies Secondary Subjects – Language Arts Grade Level – 4 – 6 Materials: two different colors of stickers reading passage on Rosa Parks (one …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
4, 5, 6
Here is another family tree activity
Title – Family Tree By – Dawn Pawlowski Primary Subject – Social Studies Grade Level – 5-8 Objectives: Students will… (1) Identify different types of connections that exist within his/her family, (2) Chart his/her family tree, (3) Explain his/her family tree, …
Subject:
Social Studies
Grades:
5, 6, 7, 8
This is a WebQuest on the American Revolution
Subjects:
Computers & Internet, Social Studies
Grades:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
This TV newscast lesson will bring the American Revolution, and your students, to life or at least to tape
Title – An American Revolution Newscast By – Erin Lynch Primary Subject – Social Studies Secondary Subject – Computers & Internet Grade Level – 5-7 Objectives: 1. The students will work in groups to ultimately produce a news program together. 2. …
Subjects:
Computers & Internet, Social Studies
Grades:
5, 6, 7
A lesson for the new Millenium! This one involves making Millneium Mobiles for people (or events) of the 20th century
Title – Millenium Mobiles By – Nancy Robillard Subject – Social Studies, New Years Grade Level – 4-6 Ahead of time, have students research three concepts and then write a brief paragraph about each on three index cards: * What was the …
Subject:
Social Studies
Grades:
4, 5, 6
This idea involves Research, Writing and creating a Time Capsule covering the 20th Century
Title – Millennium By – Karen Richau Subject – Social Studies, Language Arts Grade Level – 6-8 Objective: To make us more aware of the changes that have occurred over the past one hundred years. Materials/Resources: Internet Historical documents Other media sources/magazines/books …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
6, 7, 8
Here students study multimedia persuasion techniques and use them to create Photo Story 3 advertisements
Title – Improving Multimedia Literacy Skills Using Photo Story 3 By – Emily Moore Primary Subject – Computers / Internet Secondary Subjects – Language Arts, Social Studies, Music, Art, Grade Level – Grades 5-8 Concept/Topic to Teach: Deliberate juxtaposition of images, sound, …
Subjects:
Art, Computers & Internet, Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
5, 6, 7, 8
Students create a medieval crusade journal here after reading a story about Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Title – Crusade Journal By – Helen Venosdel Primary Subject – Language Arts Secondary Subjects – Social Studies Grade Level – 6-8 Objective: After reading Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World by Polly S. Brooks, students will create a diary/travelogue …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
6, 7, 8
Students love this Earth Day Jeopardy game activity (Special Ed – 3-12)
Title – Earth Day Jeopardy By – Julia Bishop Primary Subject – Science Secondary Subjects – Social Studies, Language Arts Grade Level – 3-7, Special Ed Concept: Earth Day Jeopardy is a great cross-curricular ecology lesson (reading, social studies and science) that …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
Grades:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7
This lesson is for creating a PowerPoint Presentation on the Revolutionary War
Title – American Revolutionary War PowerPoint Presentation By – Michelle Anderson Subject – Social Studies, Language Arts, Computers Grade Level – 5th – 8th Materials: Microsoft PowerPoint, reference materials for the Revolutionary War (this could easily be adapted to any unit of …
Subjects:
Computers & Internet, Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
5, 6, 7, 8
Aboriginal Dot Painting
By – Maggie Yant OBJECTIVES: Students will learn about the culture of the Australian Aborigines and do their own traditional dot paintings. MATERIALS: Tempera paint or poster paint in basic colors Construction paper in shades of brown Cotton swabs The …
Subjects:
Art, Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
This is a successful and appreciated Adopt-A-Vet idea
Title – Adopt-A-Vet By – Charesse Hicks Primary Subject – Social Studies Secondary Subjects – Language Arts Grade Level – 2-6 Second graders at Chapin Elementary adopt veterans, one per class, from the CW Tucker Nursing Center in Columbia, SC. Chosen …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
2, 3, 4, 5, 6
To demonstrate their Civil War knowledge, students write a diary entry or letter from the period, in this lesson
Title – Civil War Diaries and Letters By – Andrea Smith Primary Subject – Social Studies Secondary Subjects – Language Arts Grade Level – 6-8 Goals: Students will learn about the various effects that the Civil War had on people. They …
Subjects:
Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades:
6, 7, 8
A Social Studies game on continents
Jami Bernstein Lesson Plan 4 TITLE: The Continent Game GRADE LEVEL: 5 – 6 DATE: 1 day/1 hr. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS: The purpose of this activity is to provide students with the skills to compare the earth’s continents in a variety of ways. …
Subject:
Social Studies
Grades:
5, 6
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