Use your noodle! Pasta is a fun way to study geography, math, and history. We have ideas and activities for all grades! Pasta is a food made from flour, water, and often eggs and flavorings. It can be cooked and eaten immediately, or dried for long storage. It is boiled,… Continue reading
Get medieval for inspiring lessons on social studies, science, and art. The Middle Ages lasted from the sack of Rome in 400 AD to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th century, so there’s plenty to work with. Let us share our favorite lesson plans for working on… Continue reading
Rome was at first a village providing a central space for shepherds and farmers living in the hills of what is now Italy. By 753 BC, the city of Rome had come into being, named for its first king, Romulus. There were kings until about 509 BC, when the Roman… Continue reading
The idea of traveling through time has fascinated people for centuries. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells continues to be a popular example of science fiction and fantasy dealing with this possibility.You can read it online. In this book, a time traveler from 1895 goes into the very distant… Continue reading
Frankenstein is the story of a man, Victor Frankenstein, and a monster, who is never given a name. It was written by Mary Shelley, who began creating the tale when she was just 19. Read it online at Literature.org. Having read and enjoyed the book, choose from the cross-curriculum connections… Continue reading
If you do Halloween in your classroom, Halloween is a great bulletin board theme for October. CTP has a mini set for Halloween. We like the cheerful retro look. Eureka has a Halloween bulletin board set with the Peanuts characters: If Halloween isn’t a good choice for your classroom, there… Continue reading
Picture it: a long, narrow barge sailing down a river, with an orchestra playing on it, on its way to surprise the king. It sounds like something from a fairy tale, but it really happened. George Frideric Handel wrote some special music for King George I, hired 50+ musicians,… Continue reading
Musical instruments made in the classroom won’t sound the same as the kind you can buy, but there are lots of good reasons for making them anyway: Creating instruments helps students understand how musical instruments work in a way no other experience can. Every child can have an instrument to… Continue reading
It’s a long time since filmstrips were the best way to add multimedia in the classroom. Not only do we have many more options in terms of technology for providing visual data for our students, but the reality is that we get a higher percentage of our information from visual… Continue reading
Getting settled into school? Here are some articles that can help: There Are Two Kinds of People in the World… Make a Classroom Logo Getting to Know You Digital Citizenship Teaching for Different Learning Modalities Classroom Communication Classroom Teambuilding Better Classroom Website in a Week GTD for Teachers And… Continue reading
