Grade Levels Archives: Elementary School

The Buffalo Hunt

The topic of this lesson is the Buffalo Hunt. The students will be investigating the importance of the buffalo in the Midwest to the Native more...
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Bridging the Mississippi

In this lesson, students will investigate the need for development of railroad transportation across the Mississippi River to facilitate westward expansion. It will conclude with more...
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The Virginia Declaration of Rights

Students will analyze George Mason’s Virginia Declaration of Rights and compare it to the United States Bill of Rights. Students will discover that many rights more...
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Road Building and the Growth of Cities

Students will analyze four different photographs to understand what road conditions were like in the early parts of the 20th century. They will discuss the more...
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The Perfect Storm

The topic of the lesson is the Dust Bowl and what caused the devastation to the southern Great Plains. Students will use prior knowledge of more...
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The Dust Bowl

The students will learn about the Dust Bowl, which took place in the 1930’s in parts of the Midwest and Southwest. As we are finishing more...
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Effects of Segregation and “Jim Crow” laws on life in Virginia for African Americans

After a brief introduction and/or review of the Reconstruction time period, students will be given copies of photographs, drawings or political cartoons from the period more...
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Comparing and Contrasting Soviet and American Space Craft

Students will identify similarities and differences between the Soviet and American spacecraft and discover why the designs impacted the success of the United States in more...
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Founding Documents

The students will compare and contrast George Mason’s Virginia Declaration of Rights and Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence and recognize the purpose of each document, more...
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Reward: Valuable Slaves

In this lesson students will examine run-away slave advertisements and slave auction broadsides to get an understanding of how enslaved African Americans were viewed during more...
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