A vibrant, hands-on social studies lesson designed for K-2 students to explore the culture, art, music, and food of Mexico City (CDMX) through coloring, sensory details, and tracing.
An immersive 3rd-grade Project-Based Learning unit where students act as museum curators to design and exhibit a living history museum, answering the driving question: How did where colonist lived shape how they lived?
Brings the PBL unit to a climax with a student-led living history museum exhibit, peer feedback, and reflective self-assessments.
A 2-page companion teacher guide for delivering the Chilango Colors lesson, featuring pronunciation keys, background knowledge, and lesson delivery ideas.
A comprehensive unit on child development from birth through age 18, focusing on physical, cognitive, and social-emotional growth across early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.
Provides students with guided research materials on the three colonial regions (New England, Middle, Southern) and supports the design of their physical museum artifacts.
A 4-page printable coloring, tracing, and simple mapping packet for K-2 students to learn about Mexico City (CDMX) through hands-on activities.
A comprehensive program to establish and run an active 5th-grade student council. It covers introductory roles, democratic campaigning, leadership training, and meeting protocols.
Launches the PBL unit with an engaging entry event, introduces the driving question, and guides students in identifying what they "know" and "need to know" to become museum curators.
A student-facing peer feedback card and self-reflection rubric to evaluate collaboration, artifact construction, and content understanding.
A practical transition program for students moving from the US to Canada, focusing on daily survival skills like the metric system and understanding how the Canadian parliamentary government compares to the US presidential system.
A comprehensive lesson exploring the escalating conflict between American colonists and British authorities, focusing on the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Coercive Acts. It guides students through reading annotation strategies, vocabulary acquisition, and cause-and-effect analysis.
A presentation slide deck for the exhibition day, including museum visitor rules, curator presentation guidelines, and reflection prompts.
