Shannon Gunter

Nov 7, 2015 Legend of Sleeping Hollow Need some help with your American History lessons? Take a peek at my lesson plans and ideas. My first year teaching I was dying to see other teachers’ plan books, but most of them were either blank or didn’t seem suitable for our students (“high-risk” with poor…

Nov 7, 2015 Boston Massacre Reenactment This is part 2 of a 6 part hands-on unit study on the American War for Independence. Hold a tea party, act out the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party, bake a pound cake, examine the work of silversmiths, and more! My lessons are geared toward 2nd-3rd grade…

Nov 7, 2015 This is part 5 of a 6 part hands-on unit on the American War for Independence. Build “dragoon pistols”, drill with Baron von Steuben, cook and eat firecakes, experience cold feet at Valley Forge, reenact the Battle of Saratoga, and more! My lessons are geared toward 2nd-3rd grade level children and…

Nov 7, 2015 This is part 3 of a 6 part hands-on unit study on the American War for Independence. Make tin can lanterns, reenact the Battles of Lexington and Concord, make ink and sign the Declaration of Independence with a quill pen, eat ice cream with Thomas Jefferson, and more! My lessons are…

Nov 7, 2015 Photo credit: http://www.oregon.gov/ This is part 4 of a 4 part hands-on unit study on Westward Expansion and Pioneers. Build prairie schooner, head out on a scavenger hunt using only landmarks to navigate, bake Pioneer Persimmon Pudding, practice pioneer children’s chores, learn to square dance, and more! My lessons are geared…

Nov 6, 2015 George Washington’s Inauguration Need some help with your American History lessons? Take a peek at my lesson plans and ideas. My first year teaching I was dying to see other teachers’ plan books, but most of them were either blank or didn’t seem suitable for our students (“high-risk” with poor reading…

June 24, 2015Image credit: http://www.freefuninaustin.com/ As summer comes to a close, visions of spending hours at the mall and hundreds of dollars on back-to-school fashions come dancing through your head. Instead of dreading all those back-to-school sales (and the enormous credit card bills that follow), take a new approach to the back-to-school madness: a…

Jun 14, 2015 This is part 3 of a 7 part hands-on unit study on anatomy of the human body. Create a clay model of the brain, create an edible neuron, dissect a sheep brain, race in a synaptic relay activity, and more! These lessons are geared toward 4th-5th grade level children and their…

Jun 13, 2015 My first year teaching I was dying to see other teachers’ plan books, but most of them were either blank or didn’t seem suitable for our students (“high-risk” with poor reading skills). After teaching American history to 8th graders for a few years, I’ve developed this webpage in the hopes that…

Jun 13, 2015 US Constitution image credit: http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/2011/09/12/ways-to-celebrate-constitution-day/ Need some help with your American History lessons? Take a peek at my lesson plans and ideas. My first year teaching I was dying to see other teachers’ plan books, but most of them were either blank or didn’t seem suitable for our students (“high-risk” with…