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A memorial for Ground Zero
Students discuss memorials and design a memorial for the 9/11 victims.
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How Fair is International Trade?
Students research the concept of transnational corporations and investigate the details of one particular TNC. They then compare the Gross National Products of a range of countries to the profits of the TNCs.
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The Proper Wimbledon
Students examine the definition of a proper noun. They practice using capital letters at the beginning of proper nouns. Students proofread and edit a news story about the tennis tournament, Wimbledon. They create their own fantasy...
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Bullied Girls and Boys
Learners study and verbalize positive qualities about themselves and others. They work on interpersonal skills by encouraging others and finally they reflect and evaluate on how their behavior affects others.
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Getting to Know You
Middle schoolers introduce themselves utilizing an alliterative descriptor. They begin building a nurturing learning community and follow multi-step directions for preparing applications and completing forms. Each student also...
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Forced Marriages VS. Arranged Marriages
Students create a role play about forced marriages versus arranged marriages. They record or script their role play and decide on the most important line they said in the role play.
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Cracking Codes and Ciphers
Students explore different codes and ciphers including Morse Code, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and the Alphabet. They discuss how and why codes are used. Students create their own code and message to exchange with classmates.
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Valentine's Day
Student's research the history to Valentine's Day. They take an online quiz and then think about all the different meanings of love. Sharing of ideas is involved within this lesson plan. They ponder on how emotions can be expressed in...
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Dealing With Teasing and Bullying
Learners view film clips on the internet, take notes, and participate in a discussion about bullying. They complete entries in a handbook on how to handle bullying.
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Damilola Taylor: Young people in court
Students read the story, "The scene in the courtroom" then discuss a list of questions. They look at the criminal court system, and design their own user-friendly courtroom.
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Crime and Young People
Students read the story, "Police in Schools". They view a list of common offences committed by young people and identify the victims of these offences and consider how the offence would affect those people.
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Election Voting Systems
High schoolers discuss the Afghan elections and times when they have voted, i.e. student council, American Idol. Cooperatively, they create definitions for election, local council election, national government election, candidate,...
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Tattoos
High schoolers study the law surrounding tattoos. They look at the advantages and disadvantages of permanent tattoos and temporary tattoos. Finally, students invent the perfect tattoo for anyone who is under 18. They create a poster...
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George Island: Logical Thinking
In this logical thinking worksheet, students read a story about George Island. From the clues that are given, and the diagram, they determine who lives in what house on George Island. Students use their logical thinking skills to solve...
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Sorting Nets
Students explore sorting networks. In this computer science lesson, students problem solve as they investigate a parallel processing sorting network.
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Sea Ice: Cracking the Egg Code
Students study the egg code to learn about sea ice. For this sea ice lesson, students discuss and view a diagram to learn about the egg code when describing sea ice and its thickness. Students work in groups to play a game using the egg...
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Presidential Trading Cards
Learners use the internet to gather information about Presidents of the United States and create a trading card for one of them. They create a brochure with the president's information and accomplishments.
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European Capital of Culture 2008
Young scholars explore the meaning of culture. They read and discuss news stories concerning cultural cities. Students design and create a campaign poster and text that demonstrates why a particular city should be known as a place of...
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Media and Society
Students rank public figures and decide what makes a good citizen.Working in pairs students design their own way of assessing contributions to society. The following contributions are examined for evaluation: Helping others, obeying the...
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Challenging Regional Stereotypes
Young scholars analyze the regional stereotypes that exist in Whales and formulate personal opinions about these views. Students discuss the impact of adjectives used to describe people from different regions of the U.K.
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Jingle Bell Bounce
Students attempt to dribble the basketball in a predetermined sequence. After practicing several dribbling techniques, the game begins. This process should emulate the Jingle Bells song set music.
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Favourite Things Bingo
For this ice breaker game worksheet, students will find other students with the characteristics listed on the bingo card, such as favorite color and food. A teacher guide is included.