This guide provides the teacher with activities that meet the objectives of the Standards. Each section of the guide corresponds to one of the key instructional areas. A Shopping Spree Game and gameboard are also included. Although February has been designated as Black History Month in school districts nationwide, teachers incorporate lessons about black history all year long. This 68-page guide is a terrific to link this important topic today's news and information.
Every lesson directs students into the daily newspaper for completion of a corresponding activity.
Capturing each president's personal imprint on U.S. history, this well-focused book of lessons is also designed to relate themes and events which distinguished past presidential administrations to today's world. The activities send students searching through newspapers to make connections between the political campaigns, power struggles, scandals, wars and issues of yesterday with those of today. This unique curriculum guide examines today's environmental issues challenging students to seek answers and discover ways to heal our environment using problem-solving strategies, analysis, critical thinking and the daily newspaper. This three-part book focuses first on energy conservation, recycling and the garbage crisis. Air, land and water issues are presented in the second section, while part three explores problems related to plants, animals, ecosystems, deforestation and world population.