Themes by Topic
Missouri 1 Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to gather, analyze and apply information and ideas.
1.10 Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the ability to apply acquired information, ideas and skills to different contexts as students, workers, citizens and consumers
- Agriculture: Soil
- American Sign Language
- Anatomy: Circulatory System
- Anatomy: Digestive System
- Anatomy: Immune System
- Anatomy: Muscular System
- Anatomy: Skeletal System
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Animal Adaptations: Physical and Behavioral
- Animals: Bees
- Animals: Black-Faced Spoonbills
- Animals: Boston Terriers
- Animals: Chickens
- Animals: Chihuahuas
- Animals: Chimpanzees
- Animals: Corn Snakes
- Animals: Crocodiles
- Animals: Dachshunds
- Animals: Dogs: Toy Breeds
- Animals: Endangered Species
- Animals: Farm Animals
- Animals: German Shepherds
- Animals: Guide Dogs
- Animals: Jaguars
- Animals: King Cobras
- Animals: Labrador Retrievers
- Animals: Ladybugs
- Animals: Lemurs
- Animals: Leopards
- Animals: Manatees
- Animals: Mink
- Animals: Missouri Fish
- Animals: Missouri Fox Trotting Horse
- Animals: Missouri Snakes
- Animals: Missouri Turtles
- Animals: Mountain Goats
- Animals: Paint Horses
- Animals: Rattlesnakes
- Animals: Sea Turtles
- Animals: Siberian Tigers
- Animals: Spider Monkeys
- Animals: Spotted Owls
- Animals: Tigers
- Animals: Urban Wildlife
- Animals: Utah: Endangered Species
- Animals: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
- Animals: Wolves
- Art Museums
- Assembly Line Production
- Atomic Bomb
- Author Study: Bill Wallace
- Author Study: Cormac McCarthy
- Author Study: Dr. Seuss
- Automobiles: Owning & Operating Costs
- Aviation: Activities for Junior and High School Students
- Baseball: Overview
- Black History Month
- Career Cluster: Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications
- Career Cluster: Education and Training
- Career Cluster: Hospitality and Tourism
- Career Cluster: Human Services
- Career Cluster: Information Technology
- Career Cluster: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
- Career Cluster: Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
- Careers: Exploration
- Careers: Inventory and Interest Assessments
- Careers: Job Hunting
- Cartoons for the Classroom
- Changes in America since 1900
- Children Around the World: Child Labor
- Children Around the World: School and Daily Life
- 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: Union Soldier
- Civil War: Women
- Comparing Communities: Urban, Suburb, and Rural
- Continent: Asia
- Cool Websites for Kids
- Countries: Commonwealth of Independent States
- Country: Afghanistan
- Country: Bolivia
- Country: Brazil
- Country: Ecuador
- Country: El Salvador
- Country: French Polynesia
- Country: Germany
- Country: Ghana
- Country: Guatemala
- Country: Honduras
- Country: Iceland
- Country: Iraq
- Country: Ireland
- Country: Italy
- Country: Japan
- Country: Mexico: Traditions and Holidays
- Country: Pakistan
- Country: Peru
- Country: Russia for Elementary Grades
- Country: South Korea
- Country: United Kingdom
- Cyberethics: Downloading Music from the Internet
- Dairy Industry: Milk Production and Dairy Farms
- Dance History
- Debate
- Debate Topic: Year Round School
- Decade: 1910-1919
- Decade: 1920-1929
- Decade: 1950-1959
- Decade: 1960-1969
- Decade: 1970-1979
- Decade: 1980-1989
- Dictionaries
- Dictionary Skills
- Drugs: Prevention Tips
- Economics: Basic Concepts
- Economics: Owning an Ice Cream Shop
- Economics: Personal Finance and Budgeting
- Economics: Taxes
- Egypt: Ancient Culture
- Egypt: Modern Culture and Lifestyle
- Elections for Elementary Students
- Elections for Upper Grades
- Electricity: Circuits, Conductors, and Batteries
- Energy: Heat
- Espionage and Spies
- Famous People: Albert Einstein
- Famous People: Artists
- Famous People: Benjamin Franklin
- Famous People: Explorers of North America
- Famous People: George Washington Carver
- Famous People: Human Rights Heroes
- Famous People: Jackie Robinson
- Famous People: Johannes Kepler and Laws of Planetary Motion
- Famous People: Levi Strauss
- Famous People: Magicians
- Famous People: Milton Hershey
- Famous People: Rosa Parks
- Famous People: Ruby Bridges
- Famous People: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- First Amendment
- Folktales: Pourquoi Tales
- Folktales: Tall Tales
- Food: Recipes From Around the World
- Forensic Science
- Genetics: Punnett Squares
- Geography: Continents
- Geography: Landforms
- Geography: Middle Atlantic Region
- Geography: New England Region of the United States
- Geography: Northeastern Region of the United States
- Geography: Ocean: Fishing and Oil Drilling
- Geography: Pacific Coast Region
- Geography: Southern Region of the United States
- Geography: United States
- Geography: Western Region of the United States
- Government: Democratic and Communist
- Grammar: Homophones
- Grammar: Interactive Writing Activities
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Adjectives
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Nouns
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Prepositions
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Pronouns
- Grammar: Possessive Nouns
- Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
- Grammar: Verb Tenses for Upper Grades
- Habitat: An Overview
- Habitat: Deserts
- Habitat: Forests
- Habitat: Forests: Threats
- Habitat: Ponds and Lakes
- Habitat: Tundra
- Habitat: Wetlands
- Health: AIDS/HIV
- Health: Germs: Infection, Detection and Protection
- Health: Polio
- Health: Smoking Dangers for Elementary
- Helping Students Understand the War in Iraq
- High School Journalism
- Historic Documents: Bill of Rights
- Historic Documents: Declaration of Independence
- Historic Documents: Emancipation Proclamation
- Holiday: April Fool's Day
- Holiday: Arbor Day
- Holiday: Birthdays
- Holiday: Christmas Around the World
- Holiday: Christmas Traditions in America
- Holiday: Columbus Day
- Holiday: Earth Day
- Holiday: Father's Day
- Holiday: Grandparents 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
- Human Body Systems
- Human Body: Support System
- Iditarod
- Immigration: Angel Island
- Immigration: Ellis Island
- Industrial Revolution
- Inventions: Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cones
- Keyboarding Skills: Elementary
- Kites
- Language: Spanish for Elementary School
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: Sacagawea
- Library Skills: Copyright Laws
- Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Children's Fiction 2003-2004
- Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Young Adult Books 2003-2004
- Literature Awards: Caldecott Medal 2004
- Literature Awards: Coretta Scott King Awards
- Literature Awards: Gateway Readers Award Nominees 2003-2004
- Literature Awards: Gateway Readers Award Nominees 2005-2006
- Literature Awards: Mark Twain Award Nominees 2002-2003
- Literature Awards: Mark Twain Award Nominees 2003-2004
- Literature Awards: Mark Twain Award Nominees 2004-2005
- Literature Awards: Michael L. Printz Award
- Literature Awards: Newbery 2004
- Literature Awards: Pura Belpre Medal 2004
- Literature Awards: Show Me Readers Award Nominees 2002-2003
- Literature Awards: Show Me Readers Award Nominees 2003-2004
- Literature Themes: Bullying
- Literature Themes: Friendship
- Literature: "A Boy at War" by Harry Mazer
- Literature: "A Day No Pigs Would Die" by Robert Newton Peck
- Literature: "A Taste of Blackberries" by Doris Buchanan Smith
- Literature: "Animal Farm" By George Orwell
- Literature: "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
- Literature: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
- 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: Christmas After All" by Kathryn Lasky
- Literature: "Freckle Juice" by Judy Blume
- Literature: "Grandfather's Journey" by Allen Say
- Literature: "Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh
- Literature: "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: "Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
- Literature: "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse
- Literature: "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- 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 Diary of Anne Frank"
- Literature: "The Empress of Elsewhere" by Theresa Nelson
- Literature: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
- 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: "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes
- Literature: "The Kid in the Red Jacket" by Barbara Park
- Literature: "The Man Who Loved Clowns" by June Rae Wood
- Literature: "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech
- Literature: "Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White
- Literature: "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
- Literature: "Under the Blood Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury
- Local Government: Mayor
- Mackinac Bridge
- Magic: History
- Magic: Tricks and Illusions
- Maps: Missouri
- Maps: U.S. Time Zones
- Math: Addition and Subtraction
- Math: Bar, Line, and Picture Graphs
- Math: Counting Money: Intermediate
- Math: Decimals for Upper Elementary
- Math: Elapsed Time
- Math: Geometry: Lines
- Math: Geometry: Shapes
- Math: How Much Is One Million?
- Math: Journals
- Math: Measuring Shadows
- Mayflower Voyage
- Medieval Castles
- Medieval Feudalism
- Microbes: Bacteria
- Microbes: Fungi
- Microbes: Protozoa
- Missouri Compromise
- Missouri Regions: An Overview
- Missouri Regions: Chariton Valley
- 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: Agriculture
- Missouri: City of St. Louis
- Missouri: Exports and Imports
- Missouri: Famous People: Dred Scott
- Missouri: Famous Women
- Missouri: Geography and Landforms
- Missouri: Government
- Missouri: Interstate 70
- Missouri: Juvenile Justice System
- Missouri: Natural Resources
- Missouri: Rivers: Great Flood of 1993
- Model United Nations Preparation
- Native American Culture
- Native Americans: Adobe Houses
- Native Americans: Anasazi: Mesa Verde National Park
- Native Americans: Navajo
- Natural Disasters: Floods
- Newspaper Production for Elementary Classrooms
- Newspapers: Classroom Activities
- Newspapers: Political Cartoons
- Olympic Games: Athletes and Records
- Olympic Games: Bidding to Host Olympics 2012
- Olympic Games: History
- Olympic Games: Summer 2004
- Olympic Games: Torch Relay
- Olympic Games: Winter 2002
- Orphan Trains, 1854-1929
- Peer Pressure
- Photography
- Physics: Current Electricity
- Physics: Forms of Energy
- Physics: Light
- Physics: Static Electricity
- Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony
- Pioneer Life: Food
- Pioneer Life: Settling on the Homestead
- Pioneer Life: Sod Houses
- Recycling
- Revolutionary War: Choosing Sides
- Revolutionary War: Elementary School
- Rivers: Missouri River
- Safety Signs
- Safety: Outdoor Fun
- Science Experiments: Chemistry
- Science: Greenhouse Effect
- Science: Marbles
- Science: Pendulums
- Science: Pollution
- Science: Robotics
- Science: Rocks and Minerals
- Science: Time Travel
- September 11: Helping Students Cope with Terrorism and Tragedy
- September 11: One Year Later
- Shakespeare: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Solar System: Mars Exploration
- Solar System: Neptune
- Solar System: Planetoid Sedna
- Solar System: Planets
- Solar System: Pluto the Dwarf Planet
- Solar System: Saturn
- Solar System: Sun
- Solar System: Venus
- Space Spin-offs: Technology Derived from the Space Program
- Space: Exploration
- Space: International Space Station
- Space: Living
- Space: Meteors
- Space: Stars
- Space: Universe
- State Quarters
- Statue of Liberty
- Study Skills
- Teaching Tips: Inquiry-Based Learning
- Teaching Tips: Learning Style Inventories
- Teaching Tips: Literature Circles
- Teen Issues
- The Peace Corps
- Thirteen Colonies: Founding History
- This Day in History
- Timelines
- Transportation: Bicycling
- Transportation: Transcontinental Railroad
- Trees: Redwoods
- U.S. Flag
- U.S. Government: Executive 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
- Virtual Field Trips
- Weather: Basic Concepts
- Weather: Rainbows
- Web Design: Background Images
- Web Design: Buttons, Bullets, and Bars
- Web Design: Creating a Web Site
- Web Design: Examples of Elementary Classroom Sites
- Web Design: Examples of Elementary Student Pages
- Web Design: Free Clip Art and Photographs
- Westward Expansion: Oregon Trail
- Women's History Month
- World War I
- World War II for Elementary Students
- World War II for Upper Grades
- World War II: Guadalcanal
- Writing: Alliteration, Idioms, and Hyperbole
- Writing: Biographies
- Writing: Character Traits
- Writing: Fiction
- Writing: Historical Fiction
- Writing: Memoirs
- Writing: Newspaper Articles
- Writing: Persuasion
- Writing: Point of View
- Writing: Prompts
- Writing: Realistic Fiction
- Writing: Research Papers
- Writing: Text Structures
- Yellowstone National Park
- Zoo Animals
- Technology: Dreamweaver
- Technology: Computer Basics
- Teaching Tips: Reading Comprehension Strategies
- Teaching Tips: Writing Assessment Tools
- Teaching Tips: Learning Disabilities
- Teaching Tips: Skim Reading
- Math: Percentages
- Math: Pattern Blocks and Tangrams
- Math: Money Facts
- Math: Rounding
- Math: Mental Math
- Math: Multiplication