Levi Strauss Teacher Resources

In this editing instructional activity, students read and edit the short paragraph, "Levi Strauss Heads West", to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.

Commonplace today, the zipper and button construction of blue jeans was a major innovation. Using the patent for the J.W. Davis and Levi Strauss innovation, individuals comb an image of the fly for clues. Afterward, they discuss its...

There's gold in them thar hills! A short cartoon introduces middle schoolers to the California Gold Rush of 1849. The video encourages viewers to dig deeper and mine for a lode of information about gold mining, the 49ers, and the...

Discuss the work of Matthew Henson, an African American who traveled to the North Pole with Robert Peary. After reading the story "Matthew Henson" by Maryann N. Weidt, learners answer questions by drawing inferences and conclusions,...

Claude Levi-Strauss’s Structural Anthropology contends that distance and details separate world cultures—and not much else. High schoolers watch a short explanatory video to learn more about the theory of structuralism, the societial...

Can you even imagine life without blue jeans? Viewers get the goods on this oh so American apparel from a short video that traces the origins of these durable duds.

Students create an abstract work of art that is made by repeating geometric shapes and lines, write concise instructions to reproduce the work of art and reproduce someone else's artwork via written instructions.

Help your scholars get a grasp on the chronology of the Industrial Revolution with this "Innovative Inventions" instructional activity. They discover what year various items were invented, and then create a timeline placing each...

In this internet research learning exercise, students answer three multiple choice and seven short answer questions by using the Fact Monster search engine.

Has your school adopted the MLA style for documentation? If so, use this worksheet to assess whether or not your class members know the rules. Young researchers complete of series of documentation exercises using the MLA format. They...

In this science worksheet, students match each invention or device to its inventor listed on the right. There are 32 inventors listed and some may be used twice. Then they order the items in each group from oldest to newest and state the...

In this passive voice online worksheet, students identify if each of 5 sentences is in the active or passive voice. They rewrite 5 sentences in the active voice and 5 more in the passive voice. They write the correct passive forms in the...

Pupils build a demand schedule, and analyze a supply schedule for slices of cheese pizza, and then determine the market clearing price. They analyze the market if prices are set above or below the market clearing price.

Fourth graders are introduced to expository texts. They dwell to formulate the comprehension and gain the main ideas. Students encounter explicit comprehension strategies to help them transition into this new type of text.

In this science worksheet, learners use reference materials to complete the information for each inventor, including invention created and their nationality. They also construct a time line to illustrate the development of technology...

In this gold rush worksheet, students utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions about the nation during the time period. A short answer question is included as well.