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Exploring Systems with a Classroom Systems Hunt
Exploring Systems with a Classroom Systems Hunt
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Exploring Systems with a Classroom Systems Hunt
Teach your students to recognize systems in the world around them by identifying systems that exist in their classroom.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Road Rules
Road Rules
Lesson Plan
Road Rules
On the road again! In this transportation-centered lesson, your class will learn how to identify common road signs.
Preschool
Social studies
Lesson Plan
What is Culture?
What is Culture?
Lesson Plan
What is Culture?
Help your students become global citizens with this lesson that teaches the about culture. Students will explore their culture and the cultures of their classmates in this engaging, hands-on activity.
1st grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Goods and Services: Let's Make a Deal!
Goods and Services: Let's Make a Deal!
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Goods and Services: Let's Make a Deal!
Have your students experience the act of trading goods and services with bartering. In this activity, students will have the opportunity to make a deal, in order to get what they want. Better yet, make a deal without spending a cent!
2nd grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Getting Around: Transportation
Getting Around: Transportation
Lesson Plan
Getting Around: Transportation
Although they may need to wait before driving the real things, preschool students will love engaging with boats, trains, and buses as they learn more about different ways to get around. Honk, honk, choo-choo, and off to learn they’ll go!
Preschool
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Ask Me How
Ask Me How
Lesson Plan
Ask Me How
How? In this lesson, your students will become familiar with using this question word to investigate how things work.
1st grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Law of the Land
Law of the Land
Lesson Plan
Law of the Land
In this lesson, your students will use their imaginations to picture why all communities need laws. Help them brainstorm the important role that laws and rules play in a variety of communities through these engaging activities.
2nd grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Plan That Trip
Plan That Trip
Lesson Plan
Plan That Trip
Students will use their artistic and directional skills as they practice drawing maps and giving directions. By the time it’s done, everyone will know which way is the right way to go!
1st grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Houses and Homes Around the World
Houses and Homes Around the World
Lesson Plan
Houses and Homes Around the World
Students will learn about the different kinds of houses people live in around the world and how they relate to a culture, environment, and country.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Build a Bug!
Build a Bug!
Lesson Plan
Build a Bug!
In this hands on activity students will explore the advantages and disadvantages of specialization and interdependence through their creation of paper bugs.
2nd grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
My Community and I
My Community and I
Lesson Plan
My Community and I
In this lesson, students will develop an understanding of communities and will learn how to locate their communities on a map.
2nd grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
What is a Good Citizen?
What is a Good Citizen?
Lesson Plan
What is a Good Citizen?
Aid your students in becoming the best citizens they can be with this lesson that teaches students how to be, and what makes, a good citizen.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Classroom Directions
Classroom Directions
Lesson Plan
Classroom Directions
In this lesson, your students will learn how to identify what direction they are going when they move from one place to another. They'll be able to visually see directions in the classroom.
2nd grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Kindergarten Economics: Goods and Services
Kindergarten Economics: Goods and Services
Lesson Plan
Kindergarten Economics: Goods and Services
Children need to understand the differences between goods and services and why both of them are important. Children will learn that and more with this lesson that teaches them about everyone's roles in the economy.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
One, Two, Three Resources!
One, Two, Three Resources!
Lesson Plan
One, Two, Three Resources!
What do you use to make what you need? Resources! Students will explore the three kinds of resources producers use to create the products the use and sell.
2nd grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Division of Labor: Good or Bad?
Division of Labor: Good or Bad?
Lesson Plan
Division of Labor: Good or Bad?
In this cooperative economics activity, students learn about the division of labor in a real way. Students will be able to see first hand the advantages and disadvantages of the division of labor.
4th grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Superhero Citizens
Superhero Citizens
Lesson Plan
Superhero Citizens
It’s not a bird! It’s not a plane! It’s a Super Citizen! In this superhero lesson on citizenship, students will learn about the concepts of good citizenship while simultaneously getting a lesson on positive behavior!
1st grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Different Communities
Different Communities
Lesson Plan
Different Communities
What's the difference? In this lesson, your students will learn to describe what living in an urban, rural, and a suburban area is like.
2nd grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Do I Need It? Wants vs. Needs
Do I Need It? Wants vs. Needs
Lesson Plan
Do I Need It? Wants vs. Needs
If you ask your students if they need ice cream, the answer may surprise you! In this lesson, your students will be able differentiate between wants and needs.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Make a Model of Your Community
Make a Model of Your Community
Lesson Plan
Make a Model of Your Community
Your students will be mesmerized with models after this engaging and hands on lesson that gets students up and moving as they explore their community!
1st grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
3 Types Of Resources
3 Types Of Resources
Lesson Plan
3 Types Of Resources
Our community relies on different kinds of resources to operate successfully. In this lesson, your students will learn how capital, human, and natural resources are all important for the functioning of a productive society.
2nd grade
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Goods and Services: On Market Street
Goods and Services: On Market Street
Lesson Plan
Goods and Services: On Market Street
Kids will enjoy hearing the story On Market Street as they become familiar with goods and services. From apples to zippers, students will understand how people buy goods, and how others provide services in our lives.
1st grade
Math
Lesson Plan
Career Math
Career Math
Lesson Plan
Career Math
Help your students make the connection between what they're learning in school and how adults use math in everyday life with this art lesson. Students will sharpen their critical thinking skills and share their ideas for the future.
1st grade
Math
Lesson Plan
Heroes in Our Community
Heroes in Our Community
Lesson Plan
Heroes in Our Community
This lesson is about Community Heroes. It describes what community heroes do. It gives your students a good idea of what makes community heroes special.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
Landmarks Scavenger Hunt
Landmarks Scavenger Hunt
Lesson Plan
Landmarks Scavenger Hunt
Help your kids learn about landmarks with this lesson that takes them on a field trip around the school and has them record their findings in writing.
Kindergarten
Social studies
Lesson Plan
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Search Community & Culture Lesson Plans

What does it mean to live in a community? What is culture? Help children answer these questions and more with these lesson plans on community and cultures. With these diverse lessons, children explore and compare urban, rural, and suburban communities, learn about different kinds of houses around the world, become familiar with goods and services, and more.