Horror Lesson Plans

Explore the concept of film adaptation with this lesson, which focuses on the world of film advertisements.  Middle schoolers discuss various films (including The Lord of the Rings) and create advertisements for a pretend film based on a fairy tale. This outstanding lesson covers many areas of the curriculum, and includes some excellent educational resources. Use this lesson to study the difference between a film adaptation and its source material.

Fifth graders investigate jobs and how people identify with their job.  For this labor lesson, 5th graders create a book from illustrations of various jobs. Students read an article about labor and answer questions about the article. Students act out a skit about the labor force. Students discuss child labor.

Students look at 1863 art to gather information about 1863.  In this Civil War lesson, students look at artworks and read articles on the time period. Students use  captions and research to find out about the year 1863 during the Civil War. Students answer questions and create posters.

Fifth graders experience triangular trade.  In this triangular trade instructional activity, 5th graders conduct trades based on English Trade Regulations during the American Revolution.  Students read primary and secondary sources, discuss, keep journals, and design a map. A wide variety of activities and resources are included in this resource guide.

Eighth graders examine the lives of the Gullah-Geechee people. In this unique cultures lesson, 8th graders explore music, language, and slavery of the Gullah-Geechee people from the southern low-country in the United States. Students interpret maps, research language, perform a folktale, and complete a memory box.

Explore literature by completing reading comprehension worksheets in class. After reading the classic book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, middle schoolers review each chapter by completing study questions and story webs. Then, they create a class PowerPoint presentation based on teen violence. Use this activity to work on analyzing dialogue and plot.

Students explore different natural and manmade disasters through a webquest. In this earth science lesson, students explain their causes. They also discuss how disasters affect society. 

Use this famous story to hook your class on science fiction. Learners read The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, and engage in comprehension activities. They answer questions about prefixes and suffixes, analyze persuasive techniques, and make comparisons.

Students graph dissolved oxygen versus depth using data taken from NECOP Program. In this marine science lesson, students explain the causes of hypoxia. They recommend possible solutions to this problem.

Students explore the science behind the "Dead Zone" in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. For this ecological forecasting lesson plan, students do research on the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone and design an experiment to test their hypothesis as to why the "Dead Zone" exists in the Gulf of Mexico.