Fourth Grade Lesson Plans

Titles that appear in bold represent the best of the "Share the Knowledge" units presented over the years at Core Knowledge National Conferences.

Language Arts/English

I. Writing, Grammar, and Usage

• Having Fun With Habitats (2007) Integrating Literature Across the Curriculum
  
• Integration of Content Areas Through Hands-On Literacy Stations (2007)
• Create a Chain Reaction: Vocabulary and Technology (2006)
• 4th Grade Technology Infused Lessons (2003)
• Developing an Integrated Reading and Writing Program Using the Core Knowledge Literature (2002)
• Ready, Set, Write! (2003)
• Using a Writing Workshop (2002)

II. Poetry

• Let's Get Our "Acts" Together with Poetry, Sayings, and Literature (2006)
• Picture Perfect Poetry (2002)

III. Fiction

• Gulliver's Travels (2007)
• Robin Hood: England’s Man of Mystery (2007)
• Fabulous Folktales (2006)
• Treasure Island (2005)
• King Arthur and His Knights (2005)
• A Winkle in Time: Rip'n Through Readers Theater (2003)
• Heroes, Legends, and Folktales (2003)
• King Arthur: "A Knight's Tale" (2002)
• Knight Life (2000)
• LIT: Learning Instills Teamwork (Falicitating Fiction and Drama) (2000)
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2000)

IV. Speeches

• Plead Your Case (2008)

V. Sayings and Phrases

• Core Knowledge Isn’t Your Run-of-the-Mill Curriculum (2005)
• Name That Phrase (1998)

History and Geography

World:

I. Geography

• 4th Grade Technology Infused Lessons (2003)
• Spatial Connections, Grades 1–4 (2003)
• Where in the World is Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Aconcagua? (2003)
• Getting to the Core of World and State Geography (2001)
• The Andes Mountains: The Backbone of South America (2000)
• Rock and Roll  (1999)

II. Europe in the Middle Ages

• Feudalism (2008)
• Gargoyles, Black Death, and Scary Music (2007)
• The Mythical, Magical Middle Ages . . . NOT! (2005)
• History of the Christian Church (2002)
• Faire Time, Middle Ages Come to Life (1999)
• Europe in the Middle Ages (1998)
• Medieval Knight Life

III. Spread of Islam and "Holy Wars"

• The Call of the Caliph and the Pope (2004)

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