Themes by Topic
Missouri
2 Students will acquire a solid foundation which includes knowledge of: continuity and change in the history of Missouri, the United States and the world
- Alamo
- Alaska
- Ancient Rome
- Animals: Black-Faced Spoonbills
- Animals: Endangered Species
- Animals: Jungle Animals
- Animals: Missouri Fox Trotting Horse
- Animals: Wolves
- Architecture: Skyscrapers
- Aviation: Military Aircraft
- Aviation: Wright Brothers
- Barbarian Invasions in the 4th-6th Century
- Baseball: Negro League
- Baseball: Overview
- Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals
- Black History Month
- Calendars
- Changes in America since 1900
- Citizenship: How to Become a U.S. Citizen
- Civil Rights Movement
- Civil War: African American Soldiers
- Civil War: Causes and Battles
- Civil War: Confederate Soldier
- Civil War: Drummer Boys
- Civil War: Slavery
- Civil War: Union Soldier
- Civil War: Women
- Communication in History
- Comparing Communities: Urban, Suburb, and Rural
- Continent: Asia
- Continent: South America
- Countries: Commonwealth of Independent States
- Country: Afghanistan
- Country: Bolivia
- Country: Brazil
- Country: Canada
- Country: Ecuador
- Country: El Salvador
- Country: France
- Country: French Polynesia
- Country: Germany
- Country: Ghana
- Country: Guatemala
- Country: Honduras
- Country: Iceland
- Country: India
- Country: Iraq
- Country: Ireland
- Country: Italy
- Country: Jamaica
- Country: Japan
- Country: Madagascar
- Country: Malaysia
- Country: Mexico: Traditions and Holidays
- Country: Pakistan
- Country: Peru
- Country: Russia for Elementary Grades
- Country: South Korea
- Country: Spain
- Country: Taiwan (Disputed region of China)
- Country: United Kingdom
- Decade: 1910-1919
- Decade: 1920-1929
- Decade: 1950-1959
- Decade: 1960-1969
- Decade: 1970-1979
- Decade: 1980-1989
- Egypt: Ancient Culture
- Egypt: Modern Culture and Lifestyle
- Egypt: Pyramids
- Elections for Elementary Students
- Elections for Upper Grades
- Espionage and Spies
- Explorers: French Explorers and Settlers Around the Mississippi
- Explorers: Mountain Men
- Famous Americans: African Connections
- Famous Americans: Latin American Connections
- Famous People: Amelia Earhart
- Famous People: Benjamin Franklin
- Famous People: Explorers of North America
- Famous People: Human Rights Heroes
- Famous People: Jackie Robinson
- Famous People: Levi Strauss
- Famous People: Norman Rockwell
- Famous People: Pocahontas
- Famous People: Rosa Parks
- Famous People: Ruby Bridges
- Famous People: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- First Amendment
- Florida: St. Augustine
- Folktales: Tall Tales
- French Revolution
- Geography: Central America
- Geography: Middle Atlantic Region
- Geography: Midwest Region of the United States
- Geography: New England Region of the United States
- Geography: Northeastern Region of the United States
- Geography: Pacific Coast Region
- Geography: Southern Region of the United States
- Geography: Western Region of the United States
- Government: Democratic and Communist
- Habitat: Deserts
- Habitat: Rainforests
- Habitat: Tundra
- Habitat: Wetlands
- Helping Students Understand the War in Iraq
- Historic Documents: Bill of Rights
- Historic Documents: Declaration of Independence
- Historic Documents: Emancipation Proclamation
- Historic Documents: U.S. Constitution
- Holiday: Arbor Day
- Holiday: Columbus Day
- Holiday: Grandparents Day
- Holiday: Groundhog Day
- Holiday: Independence Day
- Holiday: Lunar New Year
- Holiday: Mardi Gras
- Holiday: Martin Luther King Day
- Holiday: Memorial Day
- Holiday: Mother's Day
- Holiday: Presidents Day
- Holiday: Thanksgiving
- Holiday: Veterans' Day
- Holocaust
- Hot Air Balloons
- Immigration: Angel Island
- Immigration: Ellis Island
- Industrial Revolution
- Inventions
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: Louisiana Purchase and Exploring the West
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: Sacagawea
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: York
- Lewis and Clark: Seaman
- Literature: "A Boy at War" by Harry Mazer
- Literature: "A Day No Pigs Would Die" by Robert Newton Peck
- Literature: "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry
- Literature: "And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?" by Jean Fritz
- Literature: "Animal Farm" By George Orwell
- Literature: "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner
- Literature: "Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
- Literature: "By the Shores of Silver Lake" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: "Caddie Woodlawn" by Carol Ryrie Brink
- Literature: "Dear America Book: West to a Land of Plenty" by Jim Murphy
- Literature: "Dear America" and "My Name is America" Civil War Books
- Literature: "Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" by Kristiana Gregory
- Literature: "Dear America: Christmas After All" by Kathryn Lasky
- Literature: "Dovey Coe" by Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Literature: "Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Literature: "Grandfather's Journey" by Allen Say
- Literature: "Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: "Mr. Tucket" by Gary Paulsen
- Literature: "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry
- Literature: "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse
- Literature: "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
- Literature: "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and "Skylark" by Patricia Maclachlan
- Literature: "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Literature: "Sign of The Beaver" by Elizabeth George Speare
- Literature: "Soldier's Heart" by Gary Paulsen
- Literature: "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
- Literature: "Teammates" by Peter Golenbock
- Literature: "The Castle in the Attic" by Elizabeth Winthrop
- Literature: "The Cat Who Went to Heaven" by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- Literature: "The Courage of Sarah Noble" by Alice Dalgiesh
- Literature: "The Diary of Anne Frank"
- Literature: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Literature: "The Iceman" by Don Lessem
- Literature: "The Last Safe House" by Barbara Greenwood
- Literature: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis
- Literature: "The Orphan of Ellis Island" by Elvira Woodruff
- Literature: "True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi
- Literature: "Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White
- Literature: "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
- Literature: "Under the Blood Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury
- Literature: Cinderella Stories
- Literature: Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Mackinac Bridge
- Magic: History
- Maps: How to Use Them
- Maps: Missouri
- Maps: Political and Economic
- Math: Metric Measurement
- Mayflower Voyage
- Medieval Castles
- Medieval Feudalism
- Medieval Knights
- Missouri Compromise
- Missouri Regions: An Overview
- Missouri Regions: Chariton Valley
- Missouri Regions: Kansas City
- Missouri Regions: Lake of the Ozarks
- Missouri Regions: Mark Twain
- Missouri Regions: Osage Lakes
- Missouri Regions: Ozark Heritage
- Missouri Regions: Ozark Mountain
- Missouri Regions: Pony Express
- Missouri Regions: River Heritage
- Missouri Regions: St. Louis
- Missouri: Caves
- Missouri: City of St. Louis
- Missouri: Civil War
- Missouri: European and African Heritage
- Missouri: Explorers
- Missouri: Facts
- Missouri: Famous People
- Missouri: Famous People: Dred Scott
- Missouri: Famous People: Mark Twain
- Missouri: Famous War Heroes
- Missouri: Famous Women
- Missouri: Galena, Abesville, and Ponce de Leon
- Missouri: Geography and Landforms
- Missouri: Government
- Missouri: Interstate 70
- Missouri: Juvenile Justice System
- Missouri: New Madrid Earthquake of 1811-12
- Missouri: Platte Purchase
- Missouri: Rivers: Great Flood of 1993
- Missouri: Springs
- Missouri: State Flag
- Missouri: States Surrounding Missouri
- Native American Culture
- Native Americans: Anasazi: Mesa Verde National Park
- Native Americans: Choctaw
- Native Americans: Iowa Tribe
- Native Americans: Missouri Tribes
- Native Americans: Mound Builders
- Native Americans: Osage Tribe
- Native Americans: Plains Indians
- Native Americans: Sitting Bull
- Native Americans: Trail of Tears
- Natural Disasters: Volcanoes
- Olympic Games: Athletes and Records
- Olympic Games: History
- Olympic Games: Summer 2004
- Olympic Games: Torch Relay
- Olympic Games: Winter 2002
- Orphan Trains, 1854-1929
- Pearl Harbor
- Photography
- Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony
- Pioneer Life: Food
- Pioneer Life: Settling on the Homestead
- Pioneer Life: Sod Houses
- Pirates
- Pompeii
- Pony Express
- Postage Stamps
- Quilts: Literature Activities
- Quilts: Past and Present
- Revolutionary War: Battles
- Revolutionary War: Biographies
- Revolutionary War: Choosing Sides
- Revolutionary War: Elementary School
- Revolutionary War: Middle School
- Revolutionary War: Paul Revere
- Rivers: Missouri River
- Schools 100 Years Ago: Turn of the 20th Century
- Schools in the Nineteenth Century
- Science: Robotics
- September 11
- September 11: Helping Students Cope with Terrorism and Tragedy
- September 11: One Year Later
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Shakers
- Shakespeare: "Julius Caesar"
- Shakespeare: "Macbeth"
- Shakespeare: His Life and Times
- Shakespeare: The Globe Theatre
- Shoes
- Slavery: Slave Trade
- Slavery: The Underground Railroad
- Space: Living
- St. Louis Immigrants
- St. Louis World's Fair, 1904
- Statue of Liberty
- Thirteen Colonies: Daily Life
- Thirteen Colonies: Founding History
- This Day in History
- Timelines
- Titanic
- Transportation: Aircraft
- Transportation: Automobiles
- Transportation: Bicycling
- Transportation: Boats
- Transportation: Grades 1-2
- Transportation: Mass Transit
- Transportation: Overview
- Transportation: Steamboats
- Transportation: Transcontinental Railroad
- U.S. Armed Forces
- U.S. Flag
- U.S. Government: Executive Branch
- U.S. Government: Judicial Branch
- U.S. Government: Legislative Branch
- U.S. President: Abraham Lincoln
- U.S. President: George Washington
- U.S. President: Jimmy Carter
- U.S. President: John F. Kennedy
- U.S. President: Richard M. Nixon
- U.S. President: Ronald Reagan
- U.S. Presidents
- Utah: History
- Vietnam War: College Protests
- Vikings
- Virtual Field Trips
- Wage Gap
- Washington, D.C.
- Web Design: Examples of Elementary Classroom Sites
- Westward Expansion: California Gold Rush
- Westward Expansion: Hardships
- Westward Expansion: Mormon Pioneer Trail
- Westward Expansion: Oregon Trail
- Westward Expansion: Pioneers of the Frontier
- Westward Expansion: Trails West
- Women's History Month
- World War I
- World War II for Elementary Students
- World War II for Upper Grades
- World War II: Guadalcanal
- Writing: Historical Fiction
- Math: Telling Time
- Math: Money Facts
