Information Skills — Grade 3

Postcards of the Past

Students will participate in Heritage Day activities that will enhance students' awareness of their heritage. They will take digital pictures of activities to include on a web page, and research and report on information gathered. Students will create a web page to present their information.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)

By Karol Leaptrott, Rebecca Watt, and Regina Welsted.

Visualizations: Black poet, Langston Hughes

Third grade or fourth grade students will have an opportunity to read and appreciate selected poetry of the African-American poet, Langston Hughes.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)

By Floanna Long.

Lesson plans on the web

Let freedom ring: The life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Students investigate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. through biographies, photos, and speeches. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Information Skills and English Language Arts)

Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities