Massachusetts Lesson Plans

1. Who Were the Settlers of Jamestown?
Lesson Plan :CC-0016 Second Grade Lesson 2: Who Were the Settlers of Jamestown? Objectives: The student will be able to: 1. locate Plymouth, Massachusetts, Jamestown, and Virginia on a map. 2. recognize that the settlers of Jamestown were different from the settlers of Plymouth. 3. understand how the leaders of the Jamestown settlement were chosen. Description of lesson/activity: 1. On a map of the United States locate with the children Plymouth, Mass...

2. Build Skills - Read Maps
...ice Look at this subway map. Click Blue Line. The dots show where the train stops at other subway stations. How many stops are there on the Blue Line? A colored dot shows where you can change to another subway line. Where can you change to the Green Line? About the site This Web page is part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority homepage, which contains schedules, maps, fares, and other information about subway, bus, commuter rail, and boat transportation. The Subway Service page shows maps of America's first subway system, located in Boston, Massachusetts. The system has four subway lines: Blue...

3. Lesson 2:
...lands have gone. Framework Connection Biology Standard 6 Ecology Standard 6.4 Analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from natural causes, changes in climate, human activity, or introduction of non-native species. Curricular Objectives ?????????? To investigate wetland loss between 1860s- 2003 in Massachusetts ?????????? To analyze changes in wetland types ?????????? To compare results and discuss cause and effect relationships that contribute to wetland loss ???????????? Hypothesize the impacts of wetland destruction in our future Global Objectives ???????????? Students gain experience in working coopera...

4. Math in Daily Life -- Playing to Win
...t of 12. You can set this up as a fraction or a percentage that expresses the probability of picking a red sock: 5/12 Your chances of picking a red sock are 5 out of 12, or 5 divided by 12, which is about 42%. Not bad, as odds go. Imagine you're choosing between 2 colleges, 1 in California and 1 in Massachusetts. You decide to flip a coin. Heads, you'll go to California. Tails, you'll go to Massachusetts. When you toss the coin, what is the probability that the head side of the coin will be facing up once the coin hits the floor? There are 2 sides to a coin, and 1 of them is heads, so your odds are 1 out of...

5. Lesson 1 - Overview of World Events
...site) Frederick Church - representative works Albert Bierstadt - representative works Edward Hicks - "The Peaceable Kingdom" (you can find a copy at the Albright Knox Gallery's website) top of page Materials Primary and Secondary Sources: 1. Turner, Fredrick Jackson. "The First Official Frontier of Massachusetts Bay". from The Colonial Society of Massachusetts. 4 April 1914. 2. Copies of the paintings mentioned above. top of page Activities Materials in Context Activity 1 1. Direct students to locate paintings of the frontier such as artists as Thomas Cole's "The Oxbow," or the works of Frederick Church and...

6. ENT Gallery: The Water Quality Project
gallery Welcome Center Learning Center Workshop Meeting Hall Library Gallery Backpack The Water Quality Project Boston Latin Academy, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Materials and Resources The Water Quality Project Introduction to Water Quality Testing and Standards Lesson Plan OverviewA Detailed LookThe TfU FrameworkStandardsTimelineHow Key Understandings: the Unit WorkedWhat New Technology Adds Materials and Resources Understand the importance of water q...

7. Lesson 14 - Indians and African Americans 1780-1820
...since its beginning as an English Homework Assignment Collection settlement? Assessment Site Search Lesson Length One 30-minute session. Advanced top of page Search Key Content Ideas Taught in this Lesson and Teacher Background Until 1783, the opportunities of African Americans living in Deerfield, Massachusetts remained largely constrained by slavery (slaves were sometimes called "servants for life"). Some African Americans had been freed at this time. In 1783, slavery was abolished in Massachusetts as a result of the Quock Walker vs. Jennison decision. Native Americans are not obvious in town records, and...

8. Lesson 6
icon for In the Classroom > Unit Lessons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Home page Overview 12 13 14 15 icon for + + Digital Collection The First Turn, 1680-1720 icon for Lesson 6: African American Presence in Deerfield, Massachusetts Activities (1680-1720) icon for Turns Unit Central Questions: In This Lesson: Exhibit icon for In What do primary and secondary sources teach us Lesson Length the about the characteristics of "everyday life" of Key Ideas Classroom individuals living in Deerfield at the four turns I.L.O.s icon for of...

9. Meanwhile in Massachusetts
Meanwhile in Massachusetts Meanwhile in Massachusetts Jackie Kennedy: Education, Arts, Letters and Ideas Skill: Elementary School Time Required: One day + + -+ Standards Compliance -+ NCSS Strand 1 Culture -+ NCTE Standard 2 Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of...

10. ENT Gallery: The Water Quality Project
gallery Welcome Center Learning Center Workshop Meeting Hall Library Gallery Backpack The Water Quality Project Boston Latin Academy, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Materials and Resources The Water Quality Project Temperature Lesson Plan OverviewA Detailed LookThe TfU Key Understandings: FrameworkStandardsTimelineHow the Unit WorkedWhat New Technology Adds Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales Materials and Resources How to take accurate temperature m...