Grade Range
9th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students develop repertoires of skills and strategies to use as they anticipate, predict, and confirm meaning while reading, viewing, and listening. Full Review »

Grade Range
5th - 8th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students hone research skills while using the World Wide Web, almanacs, Reader's Guide, and other reference books to research topics that center on their birth date and personal interests. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th - 5th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students begin their examination of the changes their body is going to go through during puberty. In groups of boys and girls, they discover their experiences during puberty are going to be very different from one another. As a class, they discuss the consequences of having unprotected sex and role-play various scenerios to end the lesson. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students compare and contrast the television viewing habits of teenaged Germans to those of their counterparts in the United States. They examine cross-cultural influences, media distortion, and the benefits of cultural diversity. Students keep a lot of German characters appearing in television programs. Full Review »

Grade Range
5th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students examine the differences between fact and opinion andhow to infer meaning from text. In pairs, they read three different passages, taking turns reading paragraphs to each other. After reading each short passage, they complete comprehension questions and worksheets that focus on fact and opinion and inferring meaning from the text. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students listen to or read Lowell Liebermann's account of Pegasus and Bellapheran, students identify and describe that main characters. They list and discuss characteristics of music which could describe each of the characters in the story. Full Review »

Grade Range
7th - 8th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students discuss the effects of television on the viewer of TV trials and TV reporting of trials as well as examine the constitutional conflicts involved with cameras in the courtroom. Working in groups, they prepare a written motion that either allows cameras or opposes cameras in a hypothetical trial situation. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students engage in a lesson about TV violence and how it used. They participate in an experiment that measures the violent content while being guided by adult supervision. Then students write a public announcement about the content of TV violence. Full Review »

Grade Range
10th - Higher Ed
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students examine how Pip's inner thoughts are portrayed through the medium of film in "Great Expectations." After viewing the film, they answer discussion questions, and compare and contrast the differences between the portrayal of feelings in the book and movie. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students view and discuss the movie from 1951 "The Man in the White Suit" and how scientific discoveries can sometimes have negative social and economic consequences. They define key vocabulary terms from the movie, watch the movie, and in pairs identify pros and cons for a current scientific issue. Full Review »