A 5-day immersive unit exploring the Southwestern United States, covering geography, climate, indigenous cultures (Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, Comanche), and the transition from historic to modern life in AZ, NM, TX, and OK.

An immersive 5-day unit exploring the Southeastern United States, covering geography, climate, the Powhatan, Seminole, Cherokee, and Creek nations, and modern-day cultural traditions.

A comprehensive series of reading and comprehension activities covering each of the seven continents, designed for second-grade students to build global awareness.

A comprehensive K-5 Media Center curriculum spanning August to May. Each month features a thematic unit integrating library skills (Dewey Decimal System, research, digital citizenship), literacy (poetry, biographies, informational texts), and STEM/Maker Space challenges. Resources are differentiated for K-2 and 3-5.

A comprehensive guide to the Bill of Rights designed for different learning needs. Students explore the first ten amendments through visual planning, vocabulary building, and a creative poster project.

A journey into the myths and culture of Ancient Greece, focusing on the powerful deities that ruled Mount Olympus and their influence on the classical world.

Une série de modules de formation destinés aux conseillers pédagogiques pour renforcer leur expertise en ingénierie de formation continue, spécifiquement appliquée à l'enseignement du français à l'école primaire.

A series of 2nd-grade biography lessons exploring the lives and achievements of diverse trailblazers in science, aviation, innovation, and math. Each lesson focuses on identifying the person and their key contributions to the world.

An ESL-friendly introduction to the American Civil War for 2nd graders, focusing on key figures like Lincoln and Tubman, major events, and foundational sentence-building skills. The unit uses visual scaffolding, word banks, and sentence stems to help students develop complex writing abilities.

A four-day Easter unit for K-3 students exploring the history and symbols of Easter through hands-on crafts and outdoor movement activities. Each day focuses on a different tradition: eggs, bunnies, flowers, and community celebration.

A comprehensive 20-lesson inquiry unit for 2nd grade exploring Iowa's history, focusing on changes in daily life, significant individuals, and community celebrations using the C3 Framework.

A geography and community unit where students explore their surroundings, learn map skills, and understand the difference between physical and human characteristics in their local area.

A four-day mini-unit for grades K-3 exploring the history, symbols, and culture of St. Patrick's Day through engaging storytelling and hands-on activities.

A comprehensive remediation unit designed to master RL.2 through fables and folktales. This sequence targets high-rigor question types, including Part A/Part B evidence questions, character motivation analysis, and proverb-based moral identification.

A social studies unit designed for 15:1 self-contained classrooms with a 1st-grade reading level, focusing on the Bill of Rights and the government's role in protecting citizen safety and freedom through interactive, low-management activities.

A comprehensive second-grade unit exploring the diverse shapes of the Earth's surface, featuring mountains, plains, plateaus, valleys, canyons, islands, and peninsulas through field-journal styled materials.

A three-day exploration of heroism comparing historical figures and modern-day community leaders, focusing on informational text features and identifying main ideas.

A comprehensive collection of Project-Based Learning (PBL) units spanning early childhood literacy, elementary math and science, and middle school social studies. Each unit guides students through inquiry, creation, and presentation within a themed 'Discovery Files' framework.

A series of lessons for K-2 students celebrating Women's History Month through the lives of Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, and Simone Biles. Students will explore bravery, fairness, and perseverance through storytelling, coloring, and hands-on crafts.

A comprehensive 5-lesson unit exploring the unique geography, climate, natural resources, diverse cultures, and political boundaries of the Southwest region of the United States.

A 5-lesson unit exploring the geography, climate, resources, and culture of the Southeast United States, concluding with a states and capitals challenge.

A lesson sequence for 2nd graders to learn the difference between weekdays and weekends, focusing on how calendars help us make decisions about scheduling activities.

This sequence introduces 2nd-grade students to basic economic principles like supply, demand, and value. Through classroom inventories, auctions, and a marketplace simulation, students explore how the availability of items and people's desire for them influence price and trade.

This sequence introduces 2nd-grade students to fundamental economic concepts including the difference between goods and services, the roles of producers and consumers, the history of trade/barter, and the function of money in a community.

An introductory sequence for 2nd-grade students on economic concepts, focusing on the difference between needs and wants, the reality of scarcity, and the concept of opportunity cost through hands-on simulations and creative projects.

A 2nd-grade social studies sequence where students become world travelers, exploring the geography, landmarks, and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world across Latin America and Spain.

This immersive sequence guides second-grade students through the evolution of trade, from bartering to modern currency. Students participate in simulations to discover the inefficiencies of direct trade and the necessity of money as a medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value.

Students explore the evolution of money from the barter system to digital currency, identifying the three primary functions of money: medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value. through hands-on simulations and creative workshops.

This inquiry-based sequence explores how different societies choose their leaders through elections, inheritance, and appointments. Students compare local and global systems to understand the sources of political power.

Students navigate a simulated classroom economy to learn budgeting, opportunity cost, and the difference between needs and wants through games and real-world scenarios.

A 5-lesson sequence for 2nd-grade students exploring the basics of earning, banking, interest, and setting personal savings goals. Students transition from physical currency to understanding financial institutions and long-term planning.

An inquiry-based journey for 2nd graders to investigate the meanings behind America's famous symbols and landmarks through a detective-themed lens.

Students explore the concept of a 'state' as a distinct geographic and political entity. They learn to locate their state on a map, understand the hierarchy of city/state/country, identify official symbols, and recognize important regional landmarks.

A project-based exploration of how Native American history and culture were preserved through oral tradition, Winter Counts, wampum belts, and totem poles. Students create their own symbolic artifacts to understand history as a living, spoken, and artistic record.

This 5-lesson sequence for 2nd grade focuses on contemporary Native American life, breaking 'past-tense' stereotypes by highlighting modern traditions, government, and heroes. Students move from identifying stereotypes to researching modern figures and understanding tribal sovereignty.

This sequence introduces 2nd-grade students to historical change and cultural exchange through the meeting of Native Peoples and Europeans. It focuses on how new animals, materials, and foods transformed daily life and the landscape, using a 'Before and After' comparative approach.

A 2nd-grade social studies sequence exploring the daily life, economy, and community structures of Native American nations prior to European contact. Students learn about sustainable agriculture, resource management, community roles, trade networks, and cultural identity through clothing and art.

A 2nd-grade history sequence exploring how Native American nations adapted to their environments by building shelters from local natural resources across North America.

A 2nd-grade social studies unit exploring how Indigenous nations used oral traditions to preserve history, teach values, and explain nature. Students move from active listening to analyzing legends and interpreting visual symbols, culminating in a class oral history project.

A 2nd-grade geography sequence where students explore how human shelter, clothing, food, and traditions adapt to different climates and environments around the world. The journey ends with a hands-on project designing a climate-appropriate home.

Students examine the complex interaction between humans and their environments, specifically looking at how people modify the land to meet their needs. The sequence distinguishes between rural, urban, and suburban settlement patterns and explores infrastructure like roads, bridges, and farms.

A 2nd-grade geography unit where students explore the seven continents and five oceans, then dive into the physical characteristics of mountains, deserts, and rainforests around the globe. Students act as 'Global Explorers' to map, observe, and compare different world environments.

Students use digital tools and satellite imagery to distinguish between physical and human geographic features, exploring concepts of scale and evidence-based interpretation.

A project-based unit where 2nd-grade students become cartographers, learning to map their classroom by exploring boundaries, scale, symbols, and spatial organization.

A foundational geography sequence for 2nd graders focusing on bird's-eye perspective, map symbols, legends, and cardinal directions through interactive workshops and activities.

This 2nd Grade Social Studies sequence teaches students to understand history through the lens of chronology and causation. By exploring the biographies of historical figures, students learn to sequence life events, identify the 'spark' or motivation for major achievements, and analyze how personal challenges lead to significant societal outcomes.