Students learn about lift, weight, thrust, and drag in relation to flight. This page would be a great introduction to a lesson or a great closing of a lesson.
Students will listen to some freedom songs on the Internet, and then make their own version of one of the songs.
In these units, students can discover the Spanish and Mexican roots of American cowboy culture in this set of four lessons, divided into grades K–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12. The youngest students look for the Spanish origins of cowboy words (lasso from lazo, for example). Older students do a bit of translation work: they compose a rhyming cowboy ballad based on a Mexican corrido.
Students can use their senses to see, smell, and feel what it would have been like to live on the prairie long ago.
Students can access links to hands-on activities and a list of recommended readings related to the topic of women's history. These links are associated with the Smithsonian Museum in the United States.
Students will examine an historical newspaper, a piece of historical fiction, and their social studies textbooks for accounts of the civil rights movement, and then define 'equality' and 'discrimination'. They will then use these definitions to look for instances of equality and discrimination in modern society.
Students will learn about the different items which are used by firefighters and the role they play in the community.
Students will be able to explain the difference between primary and secondary sources, and explain how the value of using primary sources is important to history. By using primary sources to answer a series of questions, they will see that, much like detectives, historians have to prove that their answers are correct by providing evidence.
Students will be able to cite the origins and outcome of the War of 1812 and be able to place the creation of the Star-Spangled Banner in a chronological framework.
In this lesson, students will use a variety of mechanisms included in movable books and encourages them to build their own pop-up in support of a social studies lesson. Making pop-ups subtly reinforces students’ understanding of mechanical movement and helps budding architects, designers, and engineers begin to envision objects three-dimensionally.
Students will go on a field trip that takes them to historic places to learn through asking questions and seeking answers through observation and using experts. Students will be better able to observe details and ask questions. It will help children build an understanding of a specific historical place and time period, and also spark curiosity about history and ways to creatively solve problems.
Students will take a trip to explore the architecture in their communities, hunting for specific features from the Field Guide and using the suggested discussion questions.
Students will discuss, investigate, reflect, and make a photograph connected to the American flag. They will then write a detailed description that responds to one or more prompt questions and share both photographs and descriptions online.
Students will try an immigration interview from the early 1900s and consider the meanings behind those questions.
In this resource, students can learn about different waterways which were constructed during the 19th Century in the United States. This resource is connected with the Smithsonian Museums.
Students can access an interactive resource around the United States Flag from Fort McHenry which the Star-Spangled Banner poem was written about.
Students will investigate patterns in immigration through data
tables and data maps. They can also develop their own graphs to view the information in
other ways.
Students will watch and discuss a short video about an early American steam
locomotive, the John Bull.
In this activity, students will watch and discuss a 22-minute video of a theater presentation created by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The activity could also include an in-classroom simulation, extension activities, and a sing- along performance of a freedom song.
Students learn about the Native American peoples who lived in the region which is now Oregon and Washington states.