In this lesson plan, students will consider what it means to be an ally and to stand up for justice by studying protest at the 1968 Olympics.
This resource is a poster of the functions of the 3 branches of government.
Students will create their own restaurant. By combining economics principles and math concepts by interpreting data to drive their decisions as business owners.
Read the book Mr. Ferris and his Wheel. Make sure to draw attention to the shapes used in the creation of a ferris wheel. Students will work in small groups to design and create a free standing, spinning wheel.
This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 3rd grade Social Studies content.
This resource accompanies our Rethink 3rd Grade Science course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.
Students will discuss what some problems in their local community are, and how their local government solved a particular problem in their community. Then they will work in groups to solve their own community problem - there is no water storage in the town. Students will create a free standing water tower that can store one cup of water without leaks or spillage.
At the end of the lesson, you will understand money decisions, such as: how much to spend, how much to save, and how having or not having money affects your every day life.
At the end of this assignment, you will be able to summarize or prepare a list of changes that have taken place in North Carolina since it became a state.
This North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Live Binder site provides lesson plans and activities to assist students in learning about and understanding the N.C. State Constitution and government.
This jeopardy style interactive reviews social studies content.
This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 4th grade Social Studies content.
This resource accompanies our Rethink 4th Grade Social Studies course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.
This resource provides information on the three branches of government and contains two videos about the constitution.
This presentation teaches students about the branches of government at the state level and how they check and balance each other.
At Ashbrook University , they teach students and teachers about America by using original historical documents. This is their core list of documents that we believe all students and teachers ought to study in order to understand what it means to be an American.
This resource outlines the 5 major perspectives in psychology: biological, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and humanistic.
In this activity, students will use 5 pictures and 15 words of their choice to respond to a prompt of the teacher's choosing.
From two psychology professors- "Here are five techniques we use in our ethics courses to help students explore the ethics of psychology—and their own ethics. We'll give you one example of each technique; you can take it from there and apply these to ethics in your personal life and your own profession."
This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 5th grade Social Studies content.