Elementary
December 4 - December 10, 2013

Find the latest educational resources from Iowa Public Television.

Joy Learno: Snowman

Grades: PreK-1

This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated non-fiction segment starring talk show host, Joy Learno. Joy interviews a snowman who likes to crack jokes about snow and ice. Then the snowman starts to melt. This video segment provides a resource for Vocabulary, and Language and Vocabulary Development.

Not Milk?
Grade Range: K-2

Learn and practice Spanish, including vocabulary for food and farm animals, with the Oh Noah! "Not Milk?" webisode, related games, and lesson plan. In the webisode, Noah heads off to a farm and ends up getting chased by a bull he thought was a cow. Students can learn, build upon, and apply the Spanish vocabulary by playing the interactive games. In the "Now We're Cooking" lesson plan, students will practice their new knowledge as they make a delicious snack.

Gullah Music: Secret Code
Grade Range: 3-5

Students will understand that music and material culture became a mode of covert communication between slaves. Aunt Pearlie Sue is our guide as students uncover hidden messages in the work songs enslaved Africans sang in the fields. And, some believe that the patterns sewn into quilts were designed as directions for navigating the Underground Railroad.

Theater: Sound Studio
Grade Range: 3-8

In this interactive, students will explore the effects of sound on a theatrical production.

Wish You Were Here: Postcards from 1962
Grade Range: 4-12

This interactive map from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair curriculum challenges students to use postcards as primary sources for piecing together the story of the World's Fair and who visited it. Who came to the fair? Where did they come from? What impressed them the most? By examining the map and the texts of the postcards, student will assemble their own understanding of this historic event.

1962 World's Fair Curriculum
Grade Range: 4-12

This comprehensive curriculum uses the 1962 World's Fair to invite students to explore life in the early 1960s, from pop culture, music and gender issues to the focus on science and technology brought on by the Cold War and the Space Race. Students also examine the culture of the Northwest in the mid 20th century and examine the wins and losses that come with large civic projects. Ten units feature numerous lessons and activities, primary sources, maps and more. The entire project is aligned to various standards in social studies and geography.

Looking for Lincoln Throughout His Life

Grade Range: 1-3

In this interdisciplinary lesson, students gather different facts about Lincoln through a variety of hands-on activities. In the Introductory Activity, students match vocabulary words with pictures to piece together a timeline of Abraham Lincoln's life. In the Learning Activities, students gather various facts about the life of Lincoln. Students learn about Abraham Lincoln's work as a lawyer on the prairie and also gain insight into Lincoln through objects and artifacts of his life. Students then select classroom objects that best tell a story about them and/or their class. In the Culminating Activity, students reflect upon the life of Lincoln, revisit the timeline of Lincoln's life and create their own personal timelines.

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