Themes by Topic
Missouri 2 Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to communicate effectively within and beyond the classroom.
2.3 Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the ability to exchange information, questions and ideas while recognizing the perspectives of others
- Africa: Adinkra Cloths
- American Sign Language
- Ancient Greece
- Animals: Ants
- Animals: Barn Owls
- Animals: Black-Faced Spoonbills
- Animals: Boston Terriers
- Animals: Chihuahuas
- Animals: Chimpanzees
- Animals: Crocodiles
- Animals: Dachshunds
- Animals: Dogs: Toy Breeds
- Animals: Endangered Species
- Animals: Food Chains and Webs
- Animals: German Shepherds
- Animals: Guide Dogs
- Animals: Identifying Bones
- Animals: Jaguars
- Animals: King Cobras
- Animals: Ladybugs
- Animals: Mealworms
- Animals: Mountain Goats
- Animals: Paint Horses
- Animals: Penguins
- Animals: Rattlesnakes
- Animals: Siberian Tigers
- Animals: Spider Monkeys
- Animals: Spotted Owls
- Animals: Tigers
- Animals: Urban Wildlife
- Animals: Utah: Endangered Species
- Animals: Whales
- Art Museums
- Art: French Art and Artists
- Author Study: Edgar Allan Poe
- Author Study: Judy Blume
- Author Study: Louis Sachar
- Aviation: Activities for Junior and High School Students
- Back-to-School Activities
- Black History Month
- Careers: Job Hunting
- Changes in America since 1900
- Character Education
- 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
- Classroom Design: Layout
- Classroom Design: School Furniture
- Continent: Asia
- Country: Bolivia
- Country: Iceland
- Country: India
- Country: Iraq
- Country: Japan
- Country: Madagascar
- Country: Peru
- Country: Taiwan (Disputed region of China)
- Cyberethics: Downloading Music from the Internet
- Debate
- Debate Topic: Year Round School
- Decade: 1910-1919
- Decade: 1920-1929
- Decade: 1950-1959
- Disability Awareness
- Dragons
- Drugs: Prevention Tips
- Economics: Owning an Ice Cream Shop
- Egypt: Ancient Culture
- Egypt: Modern Culture and Lifestyle
- Elections for Elementary Students
- Elections for Upper Grades
- Famous People: Benjamin Franklin
- Famous People: George Washington Carver
- Famous People: Pocahontas
- Famous People: Ruby Bridges
- First Amendment
- Fishing
- Folktales: Tall Tales
- Food: Unusual Dishes From Around the World
- French Revolution
- Geography: Countries
- Geography: Landforms
- Geography: Middle Atlantic Region
- Geography: Ocean: Fishing and Oil Drilling
- Geography: Pacific Coast Region
- Grammar: Compound Words
- Grammar: Irregular Verbs
- Habitat: Forests: Threats
- Health: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Health: Smoking Dangers for Elementary
- Helping Students Understand the War in Iraq
- High School Journalism
- Historic Documents: Bill of Rights
- Historic Documents: Emancipation Proclamation
- Holiday: Christmas Traditions in America
- Holiday: Easter
- Holiday: Grandparents Day
- Holiday: Halloween
- Holiday: Hanukkah
- Holiday: Kwanzaa
- Holiday: Martin Luther King Day
- Holiday: Passover
- Immigration: Angel Island
- Immigration: Ellis Island
- Inventions: Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cones
- Jury Duty
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: Sacagawea
- Life in the Past and Life Now
- Literature Themes: Friendship
- Literature: "Animal Farm" By George Orwell
- Literature: "Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days" by Stephen Manes
- Literature: "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
- Literature: "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
- Literature: "Dear America" and "My Name is America" Civil War Books
- Literature: "Dear America: Color Me Dark" by Patricia McKissack
- 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: "Judy Moody" by Megan McDonald
- Literature: "Koala Lou" by Mem Fox
- 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: "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "Ramona and Her Father" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Literature: "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" by Judy Blume
- Literature: "Teammates" by Peter Golenbock
- Literature: "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
- 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 Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Literature: "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes
- Literature: "The Lucky Baseball Bat" by Matt Christopher
- Literature: "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech
- Literature: "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
- Literature: "Trouble River" by Betsy Byars
- Literature: "True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi
- Literature: "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
- Literature: "Under the Blood Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury
- Literature: "Wander" by Susan Hart Lindquist
- Literature: Book Activities
- Literature: Choose Your Own Adventure Stories
- Literature: Cinderella Stories
- Literature: Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: Reader's Theater
- Magic: Tricks and Illusions
- Math: Measuring Shadows
- Microbes: Protozoa
- Migrant Farm Workers
- Missouri Regions: Chariton Valley
- Missouri Regions: Lake of the Ozarks
- Missouri: Artists Thomas Hart Benton and George Caleb Bingham
- Missouri: Civil War
- Missouri: European and African Heritage
- Missouri: Facts
- Missouri: Famous People
- Missouri: Famous People: Dred Scott
- Missouri: Geography and Landforms
- Native Americans: Anasazi: Mesa Verde National Park
- Native Americans: Navajo
- Native Americans: Paiutes
- Newspaper Production for Elementary Classrooms
- Newspapers: Classroom Activities
- Newspapers: Political Cartoons
- Olympic Games: Bidding to Host Olympics 2012
- Performing Arts: Drama
- Physics: Forms of Energy
- Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony
- Pirates
- Poets and their Poetry
- Pony Express
- Profiles of International Terrorist Organizations
- Revolutionary War: Choosing Sides
- Rivers: Missouri River
- Science Experiments: Chemistry
- Science Fair Projects: Ideas and Organization
- Scientific Method
- September 11: Helping Students Cope with Terrorism and Tragedy
- September 11: One Year Later
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Shakespeare: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Shakespeare: "Julius Caesar"
- Shakespeare: His Life and Times
- Shakespeare: The Globe Theatre
- Shoes
- Solar System: Mars Exploration
- Solar System: Neptune
- Solar System: Pluto the Dwarf Planet
- Space: Living
- Student Council Activities: Elementary School
- Teaching Tips: Inquiry-Based Learning
- Teaching Tips: Literature Circles
- Teaching Tips: Using Online Journals and Blogs
- The Peace Corps
- Titanic
- Transportation: Transcontinental Railroad
- Trees: Redwoods
- U.S. President: Richard M. Nixon
- Ventriloquism
- Vikings
- Westward Expansion: California Gold Rush
- Westward Expansion: Pioneers of the Frontier
- Women's History Month
- World Records
- World War II for Elementary Students
- World War II: Guadalcanal
- Writing: Newspaper Articles
- Writing: Persuasion
- Writing: Poetry for Elementary Grade Levels
- Writing: Point of View
- Zoo Animals
- Technology: Computer Basics
- Teaching Tips: Writing Assessment Tools
- Teaching Tips: Learning Disabilities
- Teaching Tips: Guided Reading