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McREL Standards Activities

Arts
 Music
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   American Music Genres
   The Same Old Song
 Theatre
  Level III [Grade 5-8]
   Dust Bowl Depression
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Screenwriting 101
 Visual Arts
  Level III [Grade 5-8]
   Reflections of Hunger and Poverty: the Works of Lange, Kollwitz, and Orozco
Behavioral Studies
  Level I [Grade K-2]
   The Ties That Bind
  Level II [Grade 3-5]
   Coyote and Anansi
   Creative Collages
  Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Walking Around in Another’s Shoes
Career Education
 Construction
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   CURVE COMPENSATION: HOW TO DETERMINE REQUIRED LENGTH OF CURVED LUMBER
   DETERMINING THE AREA OF SHEATHING MATERIAL FOR AN INTERIOR WALL
Civics
  Level I [Grade K-2]
   Following the Law
  Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Houses or Walaloos?
   We Need Cash!
   Divided We Fall
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Reflections About Diversity
   Election 2000
   We the People. . .
Economics
  Level I [Grade K-2]
   Trading Post Simulation
  Level II [Grade 3-5]
   Going Camping
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Not In My Back Yard!
Geography
  Level I [Grade K-2]
   Celebrating Diversity
   Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
  Level II [Grade 3-5]
   The Globe Game
  Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Exploring our National Parks
   Flat Earth Society
   Weather Watch
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Environmentalism: Then and Now
   One Forest, Many Opinions
History
 Historical Understanding
  Level II [Grade 3-5]
   Marking Time
   Predicting the Past
  Level III [Grade 7-8]
   Adventures with Lewis and Clark
   Historical Obituary
   Perspectives on Civil Rights
   Predicting the Past
   Writing History
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Caught Between Worlds: Frontier Life as Reflected in Captivity Narratives
   Interpreting Christopher Columbus
   Updating Your Historical Resume
 Grades K-4 History
  Level I [Grade K-2]
   Family History
   What’s Your State Symbol?
   Tales From Around the World
  Level II [Grade 3-4]
   Rich with Freedom
   The Welcome Wagon
 United States History
  Level II [Grade 5-6]
   Independent No More
   Legacies of the Middle Passage
   Rosie the Riveter and the Fly Girls
   Taxed Tempers Toss Tea To Tides
   The Great Explorers
  Level III [Grade 7-8]
   Adventures with Lewis and Clark
   America Goes to War
   Dust Bowl Depression
   Give Me Liberty!
   Perspectives on Civil Rights
   Reporting on the 1920’s
   Taxed Tempers Toss Tea To Tides
   Westward Ho
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Environmentalism: Then and Now
   Caught Between Worlds: Frontier Life as Reflected in Captivity Narratives
   Creation Stories
   Interpreting Christopher Columbus
   Live from Channel 22
   The Home Front (Circa 1863)
 World History
  Level II [Grade 5-6]
   Great Caesar’s Ghost
   Legacies of the Middle Passage
   Let’s Go Maya!
  Level III [Grade 7-8]
   Reflections of Hunger and Poverty: the Works of Lange, Kollwitz, and Orozco
   A Chinese Exhibition
   Civilization Pie
   The Golden Horde
   The Legacy of Rome
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Salon Simulation
   Personalities of the Renaissance
   Role playing the Plague
   Voices of Tragedy and Horror: Remembering the Holocaust
Language Arts
  Level Pre-K [Grade Pre-K]
   Reading Buddies’ Book Tour
  Level I [Grade K-2]
   Once Upon a Time...
   What’s Your State Symbol?
   The Ties That Bind
   Trading Post Simulation
   A Collection of Rocks
   Inquiring Minds Want to Know
   My Writing Portfolio
   Tales From Around the World
   Trading and Testing
   Zooming In, Zooming Out
  Level II [Grade 3-5]
   Building a Case for Clues
   Coyote and Anansi
   Going Camping
   Rich with Freedom
   Deconstructing Media Messages
   Ad Appeal
   Eva’s Code
   Writing for Particular Audiences
   Independent No More
   Scientists of the World
   Scrambled Paragraphs
   Straight Scoop on Soils, You Dig?
   The Great Explorers
   There Was an Old Lady ...
  Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Is It Fact or Opinion?
   Computer Fraud
   Reflections of Hunger and Poverty: the Works of Lange, Kollwitz, and Orozco
   Houses or Walaloos?
   We Need Cash!
   Flat Earth Society
   Weather Watch
   Persuade Me
   America Goes to War
   Commercial Appeal
   Every Dog Has Its Day
   Give Me Liberty!
   Historical Obituary
   Interview! Magazine
   Jabberwocky
   Nibble, Nibble, Little Mouse
   Personalities of the Renaissance
   Perspectives on Civil Rights
   Predicting the Past
   Research Sleuths
   Rosie the Riveter and the Fly Girls
   Taxed Tempers Toss Tea To Tides
   PADLE: A Tool for Poetry Navigation
   The Legacy of Rome
   First Impressions
   Say What? Understanding Slang and When to Use It
   Guess What I Heard?
   A New Point of View
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Two Sides, Same Coin
   Screenwriting 101
   American Music Genres
   Creating an Anthology
   Reflections About Diversity
   Election 2000
   We the People. . .
   One Forest, Many Opinions
   Media Ownership and Control
   Throw Capitals to the Wind
   Emotion or Reason?
   Salon Simulation
   Cinderella
   Creation Stories
   Every Dog Has Its Day
   Interpreting Christopher Columbus
   Playing with Practices that Portray Point of View
   Style and Voice
   The Home Front (Circa 1863)
   Updating Your Historical Resume
   Voices of Tragedy and Horror: Remembering the Holocaust
   Writing a Resume
Life Skills
 Thinking and Reasoning
  Level I [Grade K-2]
   Magic Magnets
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   A Big Purchase
   CURVE COMPENSATION: HOW TO DETERMINE REQUIRED LENGTH OF CURVED LUMBER
   DETERMINING THE AREA OF SHEATHING MATERIAL FOR AN INTERIOR WALL
 Life Work
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   A Big Purchase
Mathematics
  Level I [Grade K-2]
   Addition is the Inverse of Subtraction
   Assessing the Physical World
   Counting Coins
   Jumping to Conclusions
   More or Less than
   Ordinal Numbers
   Parade of People
   Taking Numbers Personally
  Level II [Grade 3-5]
   Cool It
   Equivalent Numbers
   Flag Folding
   Have you ever seen so much data?
   It’s A Wolf’s Life
   Multiplication and Addition
   New Pen at the Zoo
   Symmetry
   Connect the Ordered Pairs
  Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Flat Earth Society
   Data Shuffle
   Driving through the Solar System
   Getting to the Bottom of the Pyramids
   Stars and Stripes
   Take a Trip
   DETERMINING THE AREA OF SHEATHING MATERIAL FOR AN INTERIOR WALL
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Chessboard Series
   Elevation at its Peak
   Full of Air
   Trigonometry in Action
   CURVE COMPENSATION: HOW TO DETERMINE REQUIRED LENGTH OF CURVED LUMBER
   DETERMINING THE AREA OF SHEATHING MATERIAL FOR AN INTERIOR WALL
Science
  Level I [Grade K-2]
   A Collection of Rocks
   Jitterbug and Shake, Rattle, and Vibrate
   Magic Magnets
   Mother Nature’s Laboratory
   To Grow a Plant
   Which Object Do I See?
   Same Yet Different
  Level II [Grade 3-5]
   It’s All in the Genes
   All Charged Up!
   Conservation of Matter
   Cool It
   Creature Features
   Force and Motion
   Fossil Fun
   It’s A Wolf’s Life
   Movements of the Earth and Moon
   Our Changing World
   Scientists of the World
   Star Light, Star Bright
   Straight Scoop on Soils, You Dig?
   Trading and Testing
   What in the World are You Doing?
   What’s the Matter with You?
   One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
   The Huge World of Tiny Things
  Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Broken Chains and Tangled Webs
   Candy Chromatography
   Driving through the Solar System
   Earthly Phenomena: Finding the Answers
   Electricity and Magnetism
   It’s a Cutthroat World (in Yellowstone)
   Lab Rats
   Layering Water
   Light Bright
   Pineapple JELL-O?
   Seeing Double
   Wading Through the Water Cycle
   What Causes the Wind?
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Chemical Cycles
   Full of Air
   Modeling Chemical Bonding
   Not So Super Superbugs
   Pineapple JELL-O?
   Proud to be Organic
Technology
  Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Computer Fraud
   Westward Ho
  Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Creating an Anthology
   The Future is Now
   Not So Super Superbugs