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Olympics Classroom Theme

  By RebeccaHaden Classroom Themes, social studies

  Even if it’s not an Olympics year, the Olympics can be a great classroom theme. Olympics theme bulletin boards can always say, “Go for the Gold!” Use international flag borders for showing off work and grab the opportunity to learn some geography. Visit the Olympics website. It stays updated… Continue reading

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FreshPlans Visits the Titanic Museum

  By hadensites economics, field trips, social studies
Titanic museum

The Titanic Museum in Branson, Missouri, is an amazing immersive experience. We’re going to say right up front that the kids we took were too young. We had expected to be able to focus on things like the engineering of the ship and the courage of the rescue operation, but… Continue reading

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Easter in the Classroom

  By RebeccaHaden featured, music, social studies, visual arts
Easter classroom

Easter in the classroom is a lot like Christmas in the classroom: there is an unavoidable religious element, but it is also a holiday celebrated as a secular day of fun in the United States, and there are a lot of enjoyable things you can do in your classroom if… Continue reading

Tagged   holidays
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Puerto Rico Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden 21st century skills, social studies
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. In 2012, 2017, 2020, and 2024, the people of Puerto Rico voted on whether to become the 51st state in the Union, and the majority of voters said yes. Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017. News coverage made… Continue reading

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Mardi Gras Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden books, critical thinking, social studies, visual arts
Mardi Gras beads

Bring Mardi Gras fun into your classroom with three easy lesson plans combining art, social studies, critical thinking, and physical education. Mardi Gras is a largely secular celebration with a religious history . If you want to explain the background of the day, you’ll need to begin with Lent. Lent… Continue reading

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Horton Hears a Who Lesson Plans

  By hadensites 21st century skills, books, Heroes, Lesson Plans, video
Horton Hears a Who

Horton Hears a Who was written by by Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, in 1954. Cartoon versions were released in 1970 and 2008. You can watch the entire 1970 TV special on this video: In the picture book, Horton hears the sound of someone calling for… Continue reading

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FreshPlans Goes to Laos

  By hadensites art, field trips, social studies
Laos

Laos is a beautiful country in Southeast Asia. This is the Patuxai or Victory Gate in the capital city, Vientiane. It was built in honor of the warriors who fought for Laos’s independence from France, which owned Laos from 1893 to 1953. Pha That Luang is also in Vientiane. This… Continue reading

Tagged   Asia
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Samurai Lesson Plans

  By Rebecca Haden character education, social studies, visual arts
samurai

For a thousand years, from around the late 800s until the 1880s, Samurai warriors served the noble families and royal courts in Japan. Much like the knights of Europe, the samurai were a special class of fighting men who wore finely made armor and used special weapons. We see them… Continue reading

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FreshPlans Visits the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art

  By hadensites art, featured, field trips, social studies

The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art at the Fenster/Sanditen Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a lesser-known gem of an art museum in a town with a surprising wealth of art museums. The Sherwin Miller specializes in Jewish art, with a wide range of exhibits. Art works in multiple… Continue reading

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Mummies Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden science, social studies
mummy

We met this mummy at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. We appreciate their giving us permission to take and use these photos. Read more about this mummy on the Nelson-Atkins website. Mummifying the bodies of people when they died was a way that the ancient Egyptians showed… Continue reading

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