BackStory episode about the Tea Party movement and its relationship to the American populist movement of the past. The transcript is provided, no audio.

This lesson is a great small group reading lesson that has a social studies connection. In this lesson, students will be comparing and contrasting schools from long ago and schools of today using informational texts. Included are...

A complete unit on learning about immigrant groups to Texas and where they settled. Includes lesson plans, a slideshow, and many accompanying lesson activities. Resource links are provided as well.

Resource provides an interactive map that takes you to places on the Chesapeake Bay that John Smith explored and you find out the historical events that occurred. Pictures and drawings of time accompany the explanations.

Sixth graders will compare and contrast the rights of individuals and groups based on social class today and during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the telephone, calculator, television, and clock have changed since they were invented. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is about how telephones have changed over the years. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read two charts with information about the Olympics in ancient Greece and in modern times. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about popular inventions and how they have changed throughout the year, including: the telephone, the calculator, the television, and the clock. A question sheet is available to...

Photographic slide show that allows you to compare areas of New Orleans in September 2005 with the city a year later in 2006.

This instructional activity engages students in understanding the concepts of "past" and "present" events. Students will sort objects and discuss to reinforce segmentation and blending skills.

Tour artifacts from the Folger Shakespeare Library that tell story of Elizabeth's life, times, and reign.

This project has students research and present findings on various diseases as they relate to public health and historical significance.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how telephones have changed throughout time. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Students compare photographs of glaciers to observe how Alaskan glaciers have changed over the last century.

Select from lesson plans that challenge students to compare everyday objects from colonial times to present day objects. Links to sites with photos and other primary sources will assist students in their comparison.

Boulders shift. Canyons erode. Old trees fall. New ones grow. And tourists crowd Yellowstone National Park. The length of their vacations is barely any time at all in the stream of history.

After studying Native American life in colonial times and comparing it to both stereotypes and truths about modern-day life for Native Americans, students create a book providing illustrations and information about past and present culture.

This lesson has learners examine different land to determine whether settlement is affected by an area's location, soil, and weather.

This small collection of lesson plans introduces students to exploration by comparing the settlement of Jamestown to space missions. Find background information and links to other lesson plans.

The objective of this lesson is for students to learn the location of water and the importance of water to life. Students will learn about osmosis, soil samples, salinity, and more.

Lesson investigates electronic communication from the Morse Code system to text messaging. To learn about this, students construct simple circuits, send messages to each other, and explore the history and impact of communication.

During this lesson young scholars will have the opportunity to research the following composers: Kenny G, W.C. Handy, Johannes Brahms, and Amadeus Mozart. Students will learn to navigate the Internet to locate important facts. They will...

In this activity, students can use a temperature probe to collect outdoor temperature readings over a day long period. They will then describe the data Using statistical concepts.