Activities

These “grab-and-go” activities are inquiry-based and connected to the curriculum. They require little or no advance planning on the teacher’s part. You can used them right away to introduce a unit or spark a classroom discussion.

Fort Laramie and the Dakota

Grade Level: Grade 4 and beyond
Curriculum Connections: Westward Expansion, American Indian History
Class Warmup/Unit Opener Activity

Who Was Mother Jones?

Grade Level K through 6
Curriculum Connections: Community, Work, Labor movement, Progressive Era, Child Labor

Activity

A Circus Family

Curricular connection: Family, Work, Community

Grades K-3

Grades 4-6

At the Train Station

Grade Levels K-4
Curriculum Connections: Family, Transportation

Activity

Another Lesson

Curricular connection: XXX

Grades 7-8