United Nations Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 10, 2008

History

The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly occurred on this day in 1946.

There are currently 192 member countries of the United Nations. When the United Nations first started there were only 51 member countries. How many more countries have joined?

Handwriting

The United Nations starts with the letter U. Practice writing the letter U here: http://www.dltk-teach.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/modern/b-u.gif

Coloring Page

The United Nations has a building in New York City. Color a picture of the building here: http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/united-nations-building-coloring-page/

Writing Prompt

You can pretend you are at the United Nations by looking at this live camera shot: http://www.un.org/webcam/index.html Write about what you see.