Themes by Topic
Missouri 1 Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to gather, analyze and apply information and ideas.
1.7 Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the ability to evaluate the accuracy of information and the reliability of its sources
- Alamo
- Anatomy: Muscular System
- Anatomy: Skeletal System
- Ancient Civilizations: China
- Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient Western Civilizations
- Animals: Ants
- Animals: Barn Owls
- Animals: Black Bears
- Animals: Black-Faced Spoonbills
- Animals: Boston Terriers
- Animals: Bottlenose Dolphins
- Animals: Chihuahuas
- Animals: Chimpanzees
- Animals: Clydesdales
- Animals: Crocodiles
- Animals: Dachshunds
- Animals: Dogs: Toy Breeds
- Animals: Elephants
- Animals: Endangered Species
- Animals: Farm Animals
- Animals: Foxes
- Animals: German Shepherds
- Animals: Giraffes
- Animals: Grizzly Bears
- Animals: Hippopotamuses
- Animals: King Cobras
- Animals: Koalas
- Animals: Labrador Retrievers
- Animals: Lemurs
- Animals: Leopards
- Animals: Lions
- Animals: Mammoths
- Animals: Manatees
- Animals: Mealworms
- Animals: Missouri Fish
- Animals: Missouri Fox Trotting Horse
- Animals: Mountain Goats
- Animals: Ostriches
- Animals: Paint Horses
- Animals: Penguins
- Animals: Polar Bears
- Animals: Raptors
- Animals: Rattlesnakes
- Animals: Rhinoceros
- Animals: River Otters
- Animals: Sea Otters
- Animals: Sharks
- Animals: Siberian Tigers
- Animals: Spider Monkeys
- Animals: Spotted Owls
- Animals: Tigers
- Animals: Urban Wildlife
- Animals: Utah Amphibians and Reptiles
- Animals: Utah Fish
- Animals: Utah: Endangered Species
- Animals: Whales
- Animals: White Tigers
- Atomic Bomb
- Author Study: Bill Wallace
- Aviation: Wright Brothers
- Barbarian Invasions in the 4th-6th Century
- Calendars
- Changes in America since 1900
- Children Around the World: Child Labor
- Citizenship: How to Become a U.S. Citizen
- Civil Rights Movement
- Civil War: Drummer Boys
- Cool Websites for Kids
- Countries: Commonwealth of Independent States
- Country: Afghanistan
- Country: Bolivia
- Country: Brazil
- Country: Ecuador
- Country: French Polynesia
- Country: Germany
- Country: Ghana
- Country: Guatemala
- Country: Honduras
- Country: Iceland
- Country: India
- Country: Iraq
- Country: Ireland
- Country: Italy
- Country: Jamaica
- Country: Madagascar
- Country: Malaysia
- Country: Peru
- Country: Philippines
- Country: Russia for Elementary Grades
- Country: South Africa
- Country: United Kingdom
- Cyberethics: Downloading Music from the Internet
- Dairy Industry: Milk Production and Dairy Farms
- Debate
- Debate Topic: Year Round School
- Decade: 1910-1919
- Decade: 1920-1929
- Decade: 1950-1959
- Decade: 1960-1969
- Decade: 1970-1979
- Decade: 1980-1989
- Dragons
- Drugs: Prevention Tips
- Economics: Basic Concepts
- Egypt: Pyramids
- Elections for Elementary Students
- Elections for Upper Grades
- Espionage and Spies
- Famous People: Amelia Earhart
- Famous People: Artists
- Famous People: Benjamin Franklin
- Famous People: Duels: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
- Famous People: Explorers of North America
- Famous People: George Washington Carver
- Famous People: Helen Keller
- Famous People: Jackie Robinson
- Famous People: Levi Strauss
- Famous People: Magicians
- Famous People: Milton Hershey
- Famous People: Pocahontas
- Famous People: Rosa Parks
- Famous Technological Disasters
- Florida: St. Augustine
- Food: Unusual Dishes From Around the World
- French Revolution
- Geography: Countries
- Geography: Middle Atlantic Region
- Geography: Ocean: Fishing and Oil Drilling
- Geography: Pacific Coast Region
- Grammar: Sentences
- Grammar: Verb Tenses for Upper Grades
- Habitat: Forests: Threats
- Health: AIDS/HIV
- Health: Germs: Infection, Detection and Protection
- Health: Polio
- Health: Sleep and Dreams
- Health: Smoking Dangers for Elementary
- Helping Students Understand the War in Iraq
- Historic Documents: Bill of Rights
- Historic Documents: Declaration of Independence
- Historic Documents: Emancipation Proclamation
- Holiday: Christmas Around the World
- Holiday: Christmas Traditions in America
- Holiday: Groundhog Day
- Holiday: Labor Day
- Holiday: Mardi Gras
- Holiday: Memorial Day
- Holiday: Presidents Day
- Holiday: Thanksgiving
- Holocaust
- Human Body: Support System
- Immigration: Angel Island
- Immigration: Ellis Island
- Inventions
- Inventions: Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cones
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: Louisiana Purchase and Exploring the West
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: Sacagawea
- Library Skills: Copyright Laws
- Library Skills: Information Searching Strategies
- Library Skills: Reference Resources Online
- Literature: "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry
- Literature: "Animal Farm" By George Orwell
- Literature: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Dear America: Color Me Dark" by Patricia McKissack
- Literature: "Dovey Coe" by Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Literature: "Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Literature: "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
- Literature: "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry
- Literature: "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse
- Literature: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Literature: "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry
- Literature: "The Orphan of Ellis Island" by Elvira Woodruff
- Literature: "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
- Literature: "Under the Blood Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury
- Literature: Connecting to Ancient Civilizations
- Mackinac Bridge
- Magic: History
- Mayflower Voyage
- Medieval Castles
- Medieval Feudalism
- Missouri Compromise
- Missouri Regions: An Overview
- 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: City of St. Louis
- Missouri: Famous People
- Missouri: Famous People: Dred Scott
- Missouri: Famous People: Mark Twain
- Missouri: Famous War Heroes
- Missouri: Famous Women
- Missouri: Geography and Landforms
- Missouri: Interstate 70
- Missouri: Products
- Missouri: Rivers: Great Flood of 1993
- Model United Nations Preparation
- Native American Culture
- Native Americans: Anasazi: Mesa Verde National Park
- Native Americans: Iowa Tribe
- Native Americans: Missouri Tribes
- Native Americans: Mound Builders
- Native Americans: Navajo
- Native Americans: Osage Tribe
- Native Americans: Plains Indians
- Native Americans: Sitting Bull
- Natural Disasters: Earthquakes
- Newspaper Production for Elementary Classrooms
- Newspapers: Classroom Activities
- Olympic Games: History
- Orphan Trains, 1854-1929
- Pearl Harbor
- Photography
- Physics: Current Electricity
- Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony
- Pioneer Life: Food
- Pony Express
- Profiles of International Terrorist Organizations
- Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion
- Revolutionary War: Biographies
- Revolutionary War: Choosing Sides
- Revolutionary War: Elementary School
- Revolutionary War: Middle School
- Rivers: Missouri River
- Safety: Fire
- Science Fair Projects: Ideas and Organization
- Science: Northern Lights
- Science: Robotics
- Scientific Method
- September 11
- September 11: Helping Students Cope with Terrorism and Tragedy
- September 11: One Year Later
- Shakers
- Shakespeare: "Hamlet"
- Shakespeare: His Life and Times
- Shakespeare: The Globe Theatre
- Solar System: Comets
- Solar System: Famous Comets
- Solar System: Mars Exploration
- Solar System: Neptune
- Solar System: Pluto the Dwarf Planet
- Solar System: Saturn
- Space: Living
- Teaching Tips: Cooperative Learning Strategies
- Teaching Tips: Inquiry-Based Learning
- Teaching Tips: Learning Style Inventories
- Teen Issues
- Titanic
- Transportation: Trains
- Transportation: Transcontinental Railroad
- Trees: Redwoods
- 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
- Vietnam War: College Protests
- Web Design: Examples of Elementary Classroom Sites
- Web Design: Examples of Elementary Student Pages
- Westward Expansion: Mormon Pioneer Trail
- Westward Expansion: Oregon Trail
- Women's History Month
- World Records
- World War II: Guadalcanal
- Writing: Advertisements
- Writing: Historical Fiction
- Writing: Newspaper Articles
- Writing: Persuasion
- Writing: Point of View
- Writing: Research Papers
- Zebras
- Zoo Animals
- Teaching Tips: Reading in the Content Areas
- Teaching Tips: MAP Test Tips
- Teaching Tips: Guided Reading
- Math: Mental Math
- Math: Probability