Information Skills — Grade 5

Exploring the Everglades

After reading the book, Everglades, by Jean Craighead George, students will apply basic Internet navigation and computer skills to complete a scavenger hunt about the Everglades. As a culmination activity, students will use a word processing program to type a paragraph detailing what they have learned about the Everglades.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Computer Technology Skills, and Science)

By Debbie Fox.

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The Preamble to the Constitution: How do you make a more perfect union?

Students investigate the purposes of the U.S. Constitution and study fundamental values and principles as they are expressed in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)

Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities