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Social Studies Lesson Plans 101 to 150
- Academy Social Studies Curriculum Exchange Elementary School(K-5)-50 lesson plans for primary grade students.
- A Panel of Survivors- Students will find out about some heroic figures and what they have in common with one another and with themselves by role-playing real-life survivors in a panel discussion.
- Air Pollution: What Can You Do?- This lesson is about air pollution awareness. It will help students to understand what air pollution is and how students can communicate their feelings about it.
- Armchair Travelers- In this activity, students answer this question by planning and taking a five-day virtual trip to any place they wish in the United States.
- Canadian Province Puzzle- Students will examine the shapes of each province as well as where it belongs in Canada.
- Cathedrals, Pyramids and Mosques- Includes 3 lesson plans.
- Come to Canada! Poster- Students will examine the positive aspects of Canada (eg. diversity, natural resources, scenery) while they design a poster attracting people to come to Canada (travel or immigrate).
- Convince Me!- They may be less conscious of the purposes and intents of advertisements that try to shape their opinions and affect their behavior. In this activity, they look for and analyze examples of those ads.
- Countries of the World- "This is a game idea I made up by myself to help the kids in my class learn the countries of the world. I teach 6th graders. It really helped them to become familiar with the countries of the world."
- Creating Stories Using Pictographs- To incorporate Native American history, culture, and philosophy into an educational program that is significant for children today.
- Designing a Dream Store- Students will plan, create, and advertise their very own, unique store.
- First Nations Lesson Plans- 10 lessons on the first nations.
- Government Action Timelines- Students explain a sequence of events, make and use a timeline, interpret a timeline, and analyze cause and effect relationships with a timeline.
- Homer Price (the Doughnuts)- In the process of figuring out how to sell the doughnuts, Homer helps a woman find her bracelet which she lost in the doughnut machine.
- Human Survival Gear- The purpose of this activity is to help students learn ten parts or systems of the human body that help them survive and to consider individual actions they can take to avoid threats to their own "survival gear."
- Impact Of Government On The Individual- They see voting as a duty, and they, like many of their parents, see government as playing a relatively minor role in their daily lives.
- Lesson Plan: The Civil War- As a result of completing this unit, students will be able to discuss some of the social, political, and personal issues that Americans confronted during the Civil War era.
- Life in a Castle- The students to understand and be able to write about life in a castle.
- Life Map- Students will learn and appreciate the major events that have happened in their own lives as well as others. This activity emphasizes that a person's experiences greatly determine what kind of person they are.
- Map it Out!- In this activity, students will make a class map that shows the routes students take when they travel from home to school.
- Martin Luther King Jr.- The students will recognize the chronology of Martin Luther King's life.
- Mexican Food- Following a lecture on the history of Mexican food, grade five students will be able to recognize and order Mexican cuisine, at a restaurant, with 100% accuracy.
- Multicultural Games- Students will learn, appreciate, and teach the history, cultural significance, and the rules of a multicultural game.
- Natural Resources- Students explain the ways in which people interact with natural resources and identify ways natural resources are protected and threatened, managed and mismanaged.
- Plan a Vacation- In this activity students map the route and highlights of a trip. Students trace routes on a map, identify and locate tourist attractions, and explore their state.
- Record a Moment in Time- Students design an accordian book of historic events. Students use art to tell a story and record an historic moment. Students analyze points of view in art.
- Stranded- Students will identify the basic economic problem by finding specific examples that occur in society during the survival activity, state the three fundamental questions that every society must answer, and recognize that people try to make the best choice from among their alternatives.
- That's Incredible Show!- Children will research world records and then portray the people who broke them in a class interview show.
- The Age of Imperialism- "The Age of Imperialism" represents one chapter of An On-Line History of the United States, a new program that combines an engaging narrative with the broad resources available to students on the Internet.
- The First Americans Today- The goal is to begin the process of helping students visualize the Native American culture as a very important part of their everyday existence.
- The Pony Express- In this activity, students plot the route of the Pony Express, discover the kinds of terrain it crossed and calculate the number of legs needed to cover the distance of its total route.
- The Real McCoy- Elijah McCoy was an African-American inventor who successfully designed an automatic oil cup that may have inspired the popular phrase, "the real McCoy."
- US States and Capitals- US Map puzzle--free software for learning the locations of the states, and their capitals. It works like a wooden map puzzle, except you can't lose Iowa under the bookcase.
- Using Scale- Students use a map scale to determine actual distances. They draw a map to scale and evaluate the merits of maps drawn to scale.
- Water Wasters- Students will be surprised by how much water they can save if they brush their teeth without leaving the water running.
- Where Do You Live?- After completing this activity the student should be able to increase his/her awareness of the make-up of the immediate community.
- Alike and Different: The Middle East and the United States
- American Colonial Life in the Late 1700s: Distant Cousins
- An Entreduction
- Analyzing Designs
- Ancient Egypt: Stories and Myths
- Ancient Worlds Workshop: Egypt
- Anishinabe - Ojibwe - Chippewa: Culture of an Indian Nation
- Antarctica: A Cold Desert Ecosystem
- Aquarium Habitats
- Are Sharks as Dangerous as We Think They Are?
- Australian Aboriginal Art and Storytelling
- Balancing Three Branches at Once: Our System of Checks and Balances
- Banking Is INTEREST-ing!
- Banks, Bankers, Banking