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• A Lesson in Conflict Using the Film Simon Birch
  What are stories without conflict? Well, pointless. But while conflict adds interest to writing, lesson plans on conflict are often pretty dull. Help your middle or high school students understand this important element in a memorable way, using the film Simon Birch and the following lesson plan.
• Seventh Graders Will Love Making These Board Games
  In the 7th grade social studies class, making board games is a creative way to help students to review important concepts while working in small groups.
• Field Day Activities for Studying Lewis and Clark
  Supplement a class lecture about the Lewis and Clark expedition with field day activities to provide students with hands-on experiences, making the lesson more meaningful, memorable, and fun.
• A Social Studies Unit: Create Your Own Island, Government & Society
  Create a world is a wonderful, long-term language arts activity that gives students the opportunity to work in a collaborative fashion, use a variety of skills, and explore various subjects of their own or the teacher's choice. In this project, students create, define, and describe their world.
• Ancient Canaan, The Exodus And Babylon: A Lesson Plan On Early Israelites and Ancient Palestine
  This article provides a social studies lesson plan on the geography of Ancient Palestine and modern day Israel. The lesson provides students with background on Abraham, the Exodus from Egypt, the divided Kingdoms and the eventual Jewish Diaspora following the captivity in Babylon. (Map Project)
• Lesson Plans on Branches of Government
  Understanding your rights means understanding the branches of government. These branches of government lesson plans will help you teach this fundamental knowledge to future voters.
• Celebrate Flag Day in Your Class
  Teach your students about Flag Day with a community-wide ceremony. Students will work together to complete research tasks, write skits, speeches and poems and create original patriotic art to share with the neighborhood.
• The Five Themes of Geography Lesson Plans
  The 5 themes of geography are location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, and regions. Many teachers use these themes throughout their social studies lessons during the entire year. These themes help students understand more than just where a place is located.
• Studying New Cultures in Sociology
  When preparing culture lesson plans for sociology remember that culture within the study of sociology incorporates the study of the beginnings and development of groups of people, their beliefs and their traditions. Finding similarities and differences helps students develop understanding of others.