Students will analyze images of tools that were used on rice plantations to determine each tool's purpose. These objects can tell us a great deal about slavery and the lives of the slaves who worked on rice plantations.

This lesson plan addresses the ways people learn about events from the past and discusses how historical accounts are influenced by the perspective of the person giving the account. To understand that history is made up of many people's stories of the past, students interview family members about the same event and compare the ifferent versions, construct a personal history timeline and connect it to larger historical events, and synthesize eyewitness testimony from different sources to create their own "official" account.

In this lesson, students take on an environmental project. They interview long-time residents of the town/neighborhood about the state of the local environment and then choose an environmental problem on which to focus and take action.

In this resource, students can explore the American presidency and elections in these four activities from Smithsonian Education’s Art to Zoo. Each of the four activities focuses on a different skill in social studies: examining maps, using timelines, studying collections, and using primary sources.

Students can explore an online resource which focuses on famous women. In "Women on Stamps: Part 2", it features women who pioneered in the fields of health, science, education, philanthropy, aviation and athletics. This is the second virtual exhibit in a series of four.

Students can explore an online resource, "Women on Stamps" virtual exhibit series, it explores the women on postage stamps and the contributions they have made to America. In "Women on Stamps: Part 3" it focuses on women who have made significant contributions to the arts and literature.

Students can learn about women's role in the United States through stamsp. The four-part virtual exhibit series, "Women on Stamps", highlights prominent women that have been featured on United States postage stamps. In "Women on Stamps: Part 4", it focuses on women who have made significant contributions to the performing arts.

Students will review one or more compositions by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., identify meaningful words and phrases, and create word art using the Wordle Web site.