Themes by Topic
Missouri
7 Students will acquire a solid foundation which includes knowledge of: identifying and evaluating relationships between language and culture
- Africa: East African Culture and Language
- Africa: History and Culture
- Alaska
- American Sign Language
- Ancient Civilizations: China
- Ancient Western Civilizations
- Author Study: Cormac McCarthy
- Author Study: Edgar Allan Poe
- Author Study: Patricia Polacco
- Cartoons for the Classroom
- Continent: Asia
- Continent: Australia
- Country: Afghanistan
- Country: Brazil
- Country: Canada
- Country: China
- Country: El Salvador
- Country: France
- Country: French Polynesia
- Country: Germany
- Country: Ghana
- Country: India
- Country: Iraq
- Country: Italy
- Country: Japan
- Country: Madagascar
- Country: Mexico
- Country: Philippines
- Country: Russia for Elementary Grades
- Country: South Africa
- Country: South America: Pampas and Gauchos
- Country: South Korea
- Country: Spain
- Country: Taiwan (Disputed region of China)
- Country: United Kingdom
- Crafts: Around the World
- Cultures from Around the World
- Decade: 1910-1919
- Decade: 1920-1929
- Dictionary Skills
- Dragons
- Egypt: Ancient Culture
- Egypt: Modern Culture and Lifestyle
- Egypt: Pyramids
- Explorers: French Explorers and Settlers Around the Mississippi
- Explorers: Mountain Men
- Famous People: Helen Keller
- Famous People: Scott Joplin
- Folktales: Fairy Tales
- Folktales: Pourquoi Tales
- Folktales: Tall Tales
- Geography: Countries
- Germany: Politics
- Grammar: Compound Words
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Prepositions
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Pronouns
- Grammar: Verb Tenses for Upper Grades
- Historic Documents: Declaration of Independence
- Holiday: Christmas Around the World
- Holiday: Christmas Traditions in America
- Holiday: Cinco de Mayo
- Holiday: Hanukkah
- Holiday: Kwanzaa
- Holiday: Mardi Gras
- Holiday: Valentine's Day
- Immigration: Angel Island
- Interviewing Senior Citizens and Grandparents
- Jokes and Riddles
- Language: Spanish for Elementary School
- Latin American Culture
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: Louisiana Purchase and Exploring the West
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: Sacagawea
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: York
- Life in the Past and Life Now
- Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Children's Fiction
- Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Children's Fiction 2004-2005
- Literature Awards: Gateway Readers Award Nominees 2005-2006
- Literature: "A Day No Pigs Would Die" by Robert Newton Peck
- Literature: "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
- Literature: "Animal Farm" By George Orwell
- Literature: "Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
- Literature: "By the Shores of Silver Lake" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: "Dear America: Color Me Dark" by Patricia McKissack
- Literature: "Grandfather's Journey" by Allen Say
- Literature: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
- Literature: "Harry Potter" Books by J.K. Rowling
- Literature: "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Literature: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain
- Literature: "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "The Castle in the Attic" by Elizabeth Winthrop
- Literature: "The Cat Who Went to Heaven" by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- Literature: "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
- Literature: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Literature: "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry
- Literature: "The House of Dies Drear" by Virginia Hamilton
- Literature: "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelson
- Literature: "Under the Blood Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury
- Literature: Cinderella Stories
- Literature: Connecting to Ancient Civilizations
- Migrant Farm Workers
- Mythology
- Native American Culture
- Native Americans: Anasazi: Mesa Verde National Park
- Native Americans: Iowa Tribe
- Native Americans: Missouri Tribes
- Native Americans: Mound Builders
- Native Americans: Osage Tribe
- Native Americans: Totem Poles
- Native Americans: Utes
- Native Americans: Woodland Region
- Physics: Forms of Energy
- Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony
- Pioneer Life: Food
- Poets and their Poetry
- Revolutionary War: Choosing Sides
- Science: Caves
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Shakespeare: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Shakespeare: "Hamlet"
- Shakespeare: "Julius Caesar"
- Shakespeare: "Macbeth"
- Shakespeare: "Othello"
- Shakespeare: "Romeo and Juliet"
- Shakespeare: His Life and Times
- Slavery: The Underground Railroad
- St. Louis Immigrants
- Vikings
- Westward Expansion: Pioneers of the Frontier
- Writing: Alliteration, Idioms, and Hyperbole
- Writing: Historical Fiction
- Writing: Poetry for Elementary Grade Levels
- Writing: Realistic Fiction
- Teaching Tips: Guided Reading
