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TeacherStore: Thematic Units
Hand
picked teacher resource books on many thematic unit themes.
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browse individual thematic unit links on the web indexed for quick access.
Thematic Unit Resources on the Web
AskERIC Virtual Lessons
This site contains lessons and units searchable by subject.
This site contains mini-units done on various celebrations (holidays) throughout the year. Good resource for lesson ideas and history of holidays. These are by university students.
This site has thematic units that I have not listed on my theme pages. Many are very good!
Early
Childhood Thematic Units
These
units are extensive--they contain ideas for bulletin boards, cooking,
literature, fine and gross motor activities, language devleopment, music, toys
& materials, software, etc. Most appropriate for Preschool, but could
be used for ideas with primary. Units include: The Zoo, At the Farm,
Halloween, Thanksgiving/Foods, Transportation, and Insects.
Exemplary
Lesson Plans
Integrating
Science and Language--several interdisciplinary units.
Famous
People Mini-Units
Find units
on Addams, Jane - Anthony, Susan B. - Banneker, Benjamin - Bethune, Mary Mcleod
- Bly, Nellie - Bridges, Ruby - Brooks, Gwendolyn - Carson, Rachel - Carver, George
Washington - Dat-so-la-lee - Douglass, Frederick - Douglas, Marjory Stoneman -
Earhart, Amelia - Fry, Elizabeth - Huerta, Dolores - Hughes, Langston - Jordan,
Barbara - Keller, Helen - Lange, Dorothea - Lin, Maya - Mankiller, Wilma -
Mead, Margaret - Meir, Golda - Mother Teresa - Nightingale, Florence -
O'Connor, Sandra Day - Ochoa, Ellen - Parks, Rosa - Pickett, Bill - Pocahontas
- Ride, Sally - Robinson, Jackie - Roosevelt, Eleanor - Sacajawea - Sampson,
Deborah - Stanton, Elizabeth Cady - Truth, Soujourner - Tubman, Harriet - Tutu,
Desmond - Uchida, Yushiko - Walker, Madame C. J. - Washington, Booker T. -
Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Young, Andrew
Fifth
& Sixth Grade Thematic Units
These
units are part of the site of Lincoln School in Springfield, IL
Gander Academy's Theme Related
Resources on the Web
Lists
WWW resources for young children and elementary teachers by themes. There are
over 40 theme pages that will provide instant risk-free access to resources
that teachers can use to prepare classes and online activities and students can
use to help research a topic. Many pages contain links especially for teachers.
Greentown Elementary
School - North Canton, Ohio & Orchard
Hill Elementary School - North Canton, Ohio
This school has some awesome thematic unit pages! Each theme has many
useful resources listed. (You can also find other teacher resources
here!)
IBM Education
Teacher's Corner
Contains
Lesson plans/units & teacher resources.
Integrated Resource
Packages
This
Canadian site lists many learning objectives and strategies to teach
them. (resource)
Interdisciplinary Lesson and Unit
Plans
Has mainly
upper grade units, but they are extensive and very thorough. They are
"discovery-based, issues-based unit and lesson plans involving the use of
technology. . .are collaborative in nature and involve authentic
learning."
Mrs. Petersen's
Preschool Page
Click on
Thematic Units
Oak Park Elementary Schools, IL
Lessons/Thematic Units (K-6) - Integrating the Arts into the Classroom
Has units on Patterns, Reptiles, Birds, Strands of Conflict in African/African-American Literature Selections, Geology/Rocks, Mysteries, Prairie-Rain Forest-Desert-Mountains, Prairie Life, and Civil War: Points of View. All emphasize activities which involve the arts.
Making
Connections (3-4) - Integrating the Arts
Has units
on Chicago & Oak Park (IL), Folk Tales, Oceans, Force & Motion, Family,
Geography, Magic, Biography, and biography. All provide activities which
integrate the arts into the theme. (This is a sub-section of the above
link.)
Thematic Units
(PreK - 6)
Contains
units on Socks & Shoes, Choices, Relationships, Japan, and Music
Inventions.
Thematic
Planning Units
This site contains
16 Intermediate Units & 20 Primary Units. I have listed several of the
unit's links on my theme page. You'll need software that will allow you to view
*.pdf format. You may download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader at http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/
acrobat/readstep.html. It will be worth your while--this site has some
useful ideas!
Thematic Units
These
8 units were done for a ESL education course.
Themes
Includes resources
for the many themes.
Track Star
This site
features "tracks" made by individuals who submit them. Each
track focuses on a particular theme and lists resources, links, etc. It
has a search feature... this is a good resource!! You can even become a
TrackStar yourself, by creating a track for your students or for the world.
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Anytime:
Mice,
The Sun, Recycling
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September: Apples
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October: Columbus,
Popcorn, Pumpkins
and Bats
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November: Thanksgiving
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January: Winter, Do Something (M.L.King Day)
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February: Teeth
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100th Day of
School
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March: Dr. Seuss
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April: Ducks
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Special Units and
Themes
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Mom's Village Themes and Activities
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Literature Activities
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