One Month

So you have a whole month… Spreading out Victory gardening and WWII over an extended unit can allow you to include more cross-curricular activities in your study of WWII for younger students.

1. Introduce the topic. Start with the introductory lesson plan and explain to kids that you will be beginning a garden in the classroom and while working on that garden you will be examining how important gardens were during WWII and how they still are today.

2. Each day, have a bell-ringer (focusing on a standardized test-focused skill for older students and focusing on learning about a new thing each day for younger students) to bring gardening into the classroom in a variety of disciplines.

3. Choose a social studies lesson category each week and do activities that fit into your day.

4. Supply seeds and peat pots for each student so that they may begin a garden. Instructions on how to care for the garden after the students take it home are available as well.

5. Dedicate one bulletin board for student work on victory gardening

6. Finish the unit with a Photostory or bulletin board that you can share so your whole school can be inspired to learn about the past and dig in!