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- Introducing the Blue Ridge Parkway
- In Driving through time: The digital Blue Ridge Parkway, page 4.1
- In this lesson, students will be introduced to the Blue Ridge Parkway. They will work in groups to analyze historical photographs of the Parkway in order to determine what purpose it serves and why it is such a unique landmark.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies)
- By Melissa Harden.
- Building the Blue Ridge Parkway
- In Driving through time: The digital Blue Ridge Parkway, page 4.2
- In this lesson, students will learn about various ways in which the land was modified in order to build the Blue Ridge Parkway. They will analyze different types of resources for details and use those details to make generalizations about the work required to build the Blue Ridge Parkway.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies)
- By Melissa Harden.
- Pirates and economics
- In this lesson, students will learn the basics of a market economy and how pirates impacted the economic system in colonial times. Students will read one Mini Page about the famous pirate Blackbeard and another about economics. Students will map out the colonial economic system to demonstrate their knowledge of both economics and pirates' interventions. At the end of the lesson, students will imagine they are colonists and write a letter to the governor either in support or in opposition to piracy. This allows students to utilize economic vocabulary in a variety of creative ways.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Summer Pennell.
- Women in US history: Research lesson
- Students will use the Mini Page and other sources to research important women in US history: Bessie Coleman and Sally Ride. They will make a poster comparing these two women. This is intended as an introductory lesson to research skills.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Summer Pennell.
- Creating a Mini Page
- This activity allows students to take their knowledge from previous lessons or research projects and turn it into a newspaper, modeled after the Mini-Page, to share with their classmates. The focus of this activity is not research and writing instruction; rather, it is meant to be used as a culminating activity.
- Format: activity/lesson plan
- By Summer Pennell.
- Hickory Nut Gap Farm
- Visit the Hickory Nut Gap Farm to learn about farming and the importance of soil to agriculture.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Sarah P. Duke Gardens
- The Sarah P. Duke Gardens offer programs that introduce students to the wonders and complexities of our natural world.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The amazing army ant of the Amazon rain forest
- In this lesson, students will compare and contrast fire ants and army ants. In doing so, students will learn about the parts and life cycle of an ant. This lesson also serves as an introduction to learning about the Amazon rain forest.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)
- By Linda Hayes.
- Rain forest animal movement
- Kindergarten students are naturally curious about a variety of animals. In this lesson, students explore the rain forest through books and online videos. Students will observe the movement of animals and then participate in imitation movements. They will then use nonstandard measurement to identify and record the length they moved.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Science)
- By Star Davis.
- Exploring the effects of deforestation in the rain forest
- In this lesson, students learn about deforestation throughout our world. They will analyze the authors’ messages in The Lorax and The Great Kapok Tree and create visuals to persuade others to stop deforestation in the rain forest.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Shannon Page.
- Five senses of the rain forest
- In this lesson, students use their five senses to observe rain forests and determine what it might be like to visit a rain forest. Students will better understand rain forests and their importance, as well as record observations in a bubble map.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
- By Natalie Hudson.
- DNA wrap: Packaging matters
- In this lesson, students learn about epigenetics and its role in gene expression.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Dana Haine.
