It Comes In Waves In this lesson, students learn about the behavior and different origins of tsunami waves... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
From the Heart In this lesson, students examine the history of Valentine's Day and the ways in which it is celebrated and criticized around the world... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
Pulling Strings In this lesson, students learn about and participate in the creation and performance aspects of the art of puppetry... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
Branching Out In this lesson, students learn about the causes and effects of the spread of tree diseases in the United States... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
A History of Conflict In this lesson, students explore issues contributing to current tensions between Pakistan and India... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
Making the Holidays Special In this lesson, students examine ways in which holiday television specials reflect some of the religious, historic and cultural themes of the holidays... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
Exquisite Corpse Travel Illustrations Students will research the geography and culture of various world locations and create drawings, collages, or computer graphics of a figure divided into three segments. http: //thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/8a.html
Local Motives In this lesson, students investigate current local elections across the United States and present their findings in television news reports.. http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...