Columbus Day Lesson Plans

41. Walk Around Ohio
Best Practice Blue Ribbon Winner PE Central Best Practices PE Central Teacher: Jodi Palmer who teaches at Windermere Elementary School in Columbus, OH. Jodi Palmer can be contacted at jpalmer@uaschools.org. Name of Best Practice: Walk Around Ohio Rationale/Purpose of Event: To motivate kids to be physically active and to incorporate geography along the way. Suggested Grade Level: 3-5 Materials Needed: Area to walk, large map of Ohio (or your own s...

42. DreamYard - Lesson Plan - Settling North America: Improvisation and Playwriting
...igital image tableaux to accompany our concept of the classroom as a map and the students' depictions as a "living map." Students will create four "freeze" images of four broad regional groups of early North Americans. Freezes will often be inspired by textbook or other source illustrations of everyday survival activities. Students will each get to take part in creating an image showing an activity - each person with a specific task (such as drawing back a bow to hunt a bison, raising a spear to fish over a woven fish-trap, etc.) Students will be reminded of the importance of working together to create a c...

43. DreamYard - Lesson Plan - Settling North America: Improvisation and Playwriting
...igital image tableaux to accompany our concept of the classroom as a map and the students' depictions as a "living map." Students will create four "freeze" images of four broad regional groups of early North Americans. Freezes will often be inspired by textbook or other source illustrations of everyday survival activities. Students will each get to take part in creating an image showing an activity - each person with a specific task (such as drawing back a bow to hunt a bison, raising a spear to fish over a woven fish-trap, etc.) Students will be reminded of the importance of working together to create a c...

44. Mussel Your Way Through Photosynthesis
...ng in the water, acidifying it. When, on exposure to light, photosynthesis begins again, CO is used more rapidly than it is released, and the plant starts to extract CO from the water. As the amount of CO in the water decreases, the indicator changes back to blue. Teaching Hints: Start lab on Wednesday, switch on Thursday, then switch back on Friday, leave for weekend, observe and record Monday. I use this activity to introduce the pH, without using pH paper or a meter. The following 10-0-10 scale of green to blue color can be used to indicate, indirectly, the amount of CO produced. Lab groups must collect...

45. Quilts
...ect fitting the theme at home, 2) to find out as much of the artifact's history as they can and record it on a report form. They should not measure, weigh or fill out anything except the "historical" items on the form: Its provenience (history) who made it what was its original use how is it used today (heirloom or ordinary use) who owns it now who knows the most about it. (Parents and grandparents will be good oral informants), and 3) to bring it in on the day chosen for this lesson. Note:A parent or grandparent might be willing or even eager to explain the history of their child's object in class. This i...

46. Conquistadors
...s by Mathematics Subject Area Science Social Studies Perform a key word search: Search Lessons by Keyword Advanced Search Search How-To Top 100 Lesson Plans Just-in-Time Support Printer version Conquistadors Subject Area: Social Studies (American History) Grade Level(s): 8th Duration of Activity: 2 days Description of Activity: This is a group activity that allows students to become familiar with Spanish conquistadors as well as the dates and results of their expeditions. Students will work in cooperative groups and use their textbooks as well as other resources to help them complete Microsoft Excel spread...

47. Citizen Participation
...DES: 9-12 Participation 3. Making Choices with Scarce Resources _ 4. Nonprofits and Me Subjects: Philanthropy and Social Studies _ Key Words/Concepts (click to view) PHIL: Community; Philanthropic Act; Time/Talent/ Treasure SOC: Citizenship/Civic Engagement; Communities; LEAGUE Optional Lesson: One Day; LEAGUE Optional Lesson: The Drive The LEAGUE Logo LEAGUE Lessons LeagueWorldWide.org Purpose: Learners will identify the ways citizens can become active participants in the community through political parties, interest groups, voting and providing public service. They will use the terminology of philanthrop...

48. Teaching English Language Arts: ShortStories
...that they are fully capable of teaching their short story and all the necessary elements to their peers. This lesson would take place at the beginning of a unit on short stories as it is the foundation for the entire unit that follows. As not all of the elements of this lesson can occur on the same day, it is up to the teacher to decide what they want to cover to fill any gaps they feel need filling. Students will select, in groups of 4, a short story that they will then analyze. Once students are familiar with the content, they will design a lesson through which they will teach the important elements of t...

49. Mapping the Past
...students look at maps that record the early exploration of the American West, noting how mapmakers kept alive hopes of finding a Northwest Passage and how this hope is reflected in what Lewis and Clark marked as significant on the map produced by their expedition. Finally, students collect present-day maps, using library and/or Internet resources, to investigate the range of perspectives we adopt toward our world and how our maps reflect our own cultural concerns and aspirations. Learning Objectives (1) To examine historical maps as cultural artifacts that reflect the views of particular times and places;...

50. Andros Adventure
...s Adventure, a multidisciplinary course, has been offered at Colchester High School, Colchester, Vermont since 1982. The 1/2 credit course integrates marine biology, botany, art, photography, and journal writing during 8 evening sessions, a pool session to practice snorkeling, and the culminating 8 day field study on Andros Island, Bahamas. Students stay at the Forfar Field Station run by International Field Studies of Columbus, Ohio. While on the island, each student completes a series of art and biology projects related to the unique aspects of the coral reef ecosystem and the botany of the region. Upon...