Berenstain Bears . Caregivers . Lesson Plans | PBS Kids OUR FAMILIES Learning about the diversity of families in the classroom.Learning Areas Tolerance, diversity, Similarities and Differences http://pbskids.org/berenstainbears/caregiver/outreach_our_families.html
Extractions: Write notes to the children's families/households asking them (if they are able) to sign up for a special day to share their cultures (music, stories, traditions, recipes, etc.). Explain that if they are unable to come to class, perhaps one or two items can be brought in and shared by their child(ren) that represent their culture (i.e., a recipe, story or picture).
DPTV :: Living The Dream BLACK HISTORY MONTH lesson plans HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH lessonplans NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH lesson plans http://www.wtvs.org/livingthedream/lessonplans.htm
Extractions: Living the Dream Home Lesson Plans Profiles DPTV On-Air Schedules BLACK HISTORY MONTH LESSON PLANS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH LESSON PLANS NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH LESSON PLANS Search more than 3,000 free lessons and activities on PBS TeacherSource (including more than 700 plans pertinent to each: African American, Hispanic American and Native American culture)! Type in a keyword or words, then click go. Home Watch Learn What's New ... Kids
Science Netlinks: Lesson Index To sort the lessons by lesson title or benchmark, click on the corresponding header. SamplingRocks, K2, 9D Uncertainty. Shakey Snake, K-2, 5A diversity of Life. http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm
Extractions: Send us feedback Lesson Title Grade Benchmark Grades K-2 Build a Better Pencil K-2 Design and Systems Butterfly 1: Observing the Life Cycle of ... K-2 Constancy and Change Butterfly 2: A Butterfly's Home K-2 Interdependence of Life Creating Classroom Rules K-2 Cultural Effects on Behavior Erupting Volcanoes! K-2 Processes that Shape the Earth Estimation and Measurement K-2 Numbers Exploring Parts and Wholes K-2 Systems Groups We Belong To K-2
Extractions: Classification is the arrangement of objects, ideas, or information into groups, the members of which have one or more characteristics in common. Classification makes things easier to find, identify, and study. Scientific classification groups all plants and animals on the basis of certain characteristics they have in common. Scientific classification uses Latin and Greek words to give each animal and plant two names (similar to a first and last name) that identify the animal or plant.
Extractions: Contents Lesson Plans Anti-Bias Books Resources ... Student Work All skin is composed of four substances and has colors in it, brown, yellow, white, and red. These colors have special names. Yellow is carotene, red is hemoglobin, and the brown is melanin. The amount of melanin is the substance that makes people's skin different colors. melanin Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers carotene An orange-yellow to red crystalline pigment, C40H56, found in animal tissue and certain plants, such as carrots and squash. It exists in three isomeric forms and is converted to vitamin A in the liver. hemoglobin The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates, consisting of about 6 percent heme and 94 percent globin.
Big Bend National Park Lesson Plans 2000 Biodiversity Workshop lesson plans Activities - Resources, 2001 CulturalDiversity Workshop lesson plans - Activities - Resources. ¿Quién soy yo? http://www.nps.gov/bibe/teachers/lessonplans/lessonplans.htm
Extractions: Civics, Sociology In this lesson, students compare themes, characters, settings, and other aspects of two children's books that teach diversity and respect. Students will character, values, hero, courage, tolerance, prejudice, citizenship, respect, dictionary, team, cooperative, group, graphic organizer, Venn diagram Before the lesson, read aloud to students
Web Based Lesson Plans place to find lesson plans and classroom activities. BC First Nations Studies 12 Integrated Resource Package; Celebrating Our Nation's DiversityWe designed http://ss.uno.edu/SS/homePages/WebLP.html
Extractions: Webquest pages A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The Digital Classroom Primary Sources, Activities, and Training for Educators and Students Welcome to the Digital Classroom! The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) encourages teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom. The Digital Classroom provides materials from NARA, methods for teaching with primary sources, and sample lesson plans.
The Standards Site: Numeracy Pick an area. 139 lesson plans on the Numeracy Web site. http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/numeracy/about/?a=whole_article&art_id=2882
Anti-Bias Books: Hair Diversity Lesson Plan Materials This lesson requires a collection of several different pictures of cornrow WebsitesDiversity Information about the controversial book Nappy Hair by http://www.newton.mec.edu/Franklin/Yes/Lessons/Hair/hair.htm
Extractions: CyberLesson Contents Lesson Plans Anti-Bias Books Resources ... Student Work Positive Images Grade Level : Kindergarten These are terms that children should understand and use comfortably throughout the unit. follicle -a small cavity or deep bodily depression, with a narrow mouth, from which a hair might grow. afro a tightly curled hairstyle typically worn by people of African descent. style the unique way in which something is done, created, performed, or expressed. texture -the structure, feel, and appearance of something. Pre-assessment By asking the children to tell what they know before, during, and after they are presented with concepts, teachers can pre-assess children's knowledge of this subject. Use a K-W-L chart to pre-assess children's knowledge of the subject. (K = what children know, W = what children want to learn, L = what they have learned after the lesson.) Have the children work in a large group to tell what they think they know, and what they would like to learn. Keep the chart in a visible space where it can be amended as the children gain knowledge.
Anti-Bias Books: Religious Diversity Lesson Plan scenes that portray much of the emotion within the plot.) Write the children's responseson chart paper and save them for future activities within this lesson. http://www.newton.mec.edu/Franklin/Yes/Lessons/Friendship/elijah.htm
Extractions: CyberLesson Contents Lesson Plans Anti-Bias Books Resources ... Student Work Friendship Grade Level : Fourth The vocabulary below is a short list of key words and concepts taken from the book. Definition of these terms can facilitate discussions detailed in the lessons. As religion is a topic that tends to be highly interpretive, the definitions below are suggestions based upon the book and other resources. friendship see lesson plan to create a class definition Menorah candelabra used for the Jewish holiday of Chanukah To sculpt or carve; engrave. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.
The Standards Site: Literacy 125 lesson plans on the Literacy web site. http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/literacy/about/?a=whole_article&art_id=3048
Instructional Materials In Multiculturalism Instructional Resources Their lesson plans selection has lesson plans related to CelebratingDiversity In this year long multidisciplinary unit, intermediate http://www.cln.org/subjects/mc_inst.html
Extractions: Instructional Materials in Multiculturalism Below are the CLN "Theme Pages" which focus on specific topics within Multiculturalism. CLN's theme pages are collections of useful Internet educational resources within a narrow curricular topic and contain links to two types of information. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme. General Multiculturalism Resources Here are a number of links to other Internet resources which contain information and/or other links related to Multiculturalism. Please read our Ask Asia: Instructional Resources Their "lesson plans" selection has lesson plans related to Asia, many of which include links to related readings, images, or classroom activities. There are also instructional materials (readings, downloadable images and maps), and links to other Asian resources. Additional resources on this page include bibliographies, reviews, and resource locators.
Extractions: Reading Without Seeing: Louis Braille and the Braille Alphabet Subject: Special Education History, Our Bodies Grade: Brief Description In this lesson, students explore the Braille alphabet and the contributions Louis Braille made to society. Objectives Students learn about Louis Braille and the Braille alphabet and explore some of the challenges people with impaired vision might face. Keywords Louis Braille, Braille alphabet, blindness, disabilities, senses Materials Needed computers with Internet access, Braille History , overhead projector or chalkboard, small paper bags, alphabet blocks, alphabet ink stamps, The Braille Alphabet , paper punch, construction paper, glue sticks, index cards, student journals Lesson Plan Begin by sharing a bit of background information on Louis Braille at the Braille History site. Discuss with students what having impaired vision might be like. Record students' thoughts on an overhead projector or a chalkboard. Distribute a few alphabet blocks in a bag, and ask students to identify each letter by feeling it. Discuss the results. Was the method successful? Why or why not?
Extractions: Students use library or online sources to create time lines of the life of Johannes Gutenberg and tell the impact his invention, the printing press, had on the development of newspapers. Objectives Students learn about Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press. Students sequence historical events about the life of Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press in chronological order. Keywords newspaper, time line, Johannes Gutenberg, printing press, library, Internet Materials Needed Lesson Plan Ask students to define the term time line and to give examples of information that appears in time lines. Introduce Johannes Gutenberg, and tell students that they will each create a time line about the life of Johannes Gutenberg and about how his invention, the printing press, influenced the development of newspapers. The following are good Web sites: Assessment Evaluate students' time lines.
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Extractions: These lesson plans offer ideas for a variety of ways to teach Core Knowledge topics and suggest helpful resources for teachers and students. The goal of the Core Knowledge Foundation is to provide all children, regardless of background, with the shared knowledge they need to be included in our national literate culture.
Culture Page grade level and the theme of Culture. Primary Level lesson plans. CulturalDiversity in Nebraska. Upper Elementary Level lesson plans. http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/c.html
Extractions: Coming to the USA - Immigration Nationwide, the United States is in an immigration boom. As the 20th century draws to a close, immigration levels are higher than they've been since the century began. Nearly 1.2 million immigrants are arriving in the USA every year, about 900,000 legally and an estimated 275,000 illegally. Explore more USA Today infomation on the topic of immigration
Online Distance Learning - World Affairs lesson plans designed by the US Census Bureau around the theme ofdiversity. Elementary and juniorsenior high school editions. http://projects.edte.utwente.nl/ism/online96/project/kiosk/team12/exs12.htm
Extractions: Some of the lesson plans are the result of the work of the teachers who have attended the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshop CEC is a consortium of teacher from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States, and particularly the quality of math and science Education. Other examples ERIC Lesson Plans for All Social Studies Subjects (K-12). More than one hundred lesson plans from ERIC to explore and use in your own class. Designed by teachers, each lesson plan includes an overview, purpose, objectives, activities, and resource materials. Big Sky Lesson Plans. Another one hundred or so lesson plans from Big Sky for American History, Economics, Geography, Government, and other social studies areas for you to try in your classroom. Lesson Plans and Activities from Houghton Mifflin.