All things November in a set of 32 bell ringer ideas to get you through the month. From writing about November to writing about colors and feelings in fall, these bell ringers are fun and allow creative writing practice.

Ever wonder why you have that weird recurring dream? A short video explores Sigmund Freud's famous text The Interpretation of Dreams and discusses the ways everyday images and memories can impact one's dreams.

Have you ever felt like you've been somewhere or seen something before? You won't get deja vu using this resource — it is totally unique! The video that explores deja vu and connections humans' brains make. Scholars see how our brains...

Before writing a personal narrative, get organized! Scholars complete a graphic organizer detailing one memory's events, including the feelings they felt and how their five senses were affected. 

Dim the lights, take a deep breath, and press play to explore the emotions and memories that music elicits. Class members begin using relaxation techniques designed to create a positive listening experience. As music plays, learners...

Foster contributing members of society with a social studies unit focused on five aspects of community. First graders discuss themes of culture, groups, location, scarcity, and change with discussion questions and activities about...

Three readings make up a close reading lesson showcasing Mem Fox's picture book, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. After each reading, take part in a different activity designed to support comprehension and answer the question, What is...

What are memories? Find out with the help of the book, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox. Through a stunning read aloud and picture walk, discuss the story's key details and how it defines a memory. Then, using the tale's...

Beware! Memory thieves are at work! Aging, chronic stress, and depression are just a few of the villains exposed in this short video that also includes suggestions for how to protect yourself from these bad guys.

Close out the school year with a look back at a specific event. You provide individuals with photos of themselves, and each pupil fills out the graphic organizer here to prepare for writing a paragraph about the memory depicted in the...

Inspire thoughtful journal entries with these detailed journal writing prompts. The resource includes 24 prompts that require learners to write expository, persuasive, and sometimes creative journal entires.

Look back on the school year by spending a few days putting together books that learners can reflect on in the coming years. Learners note down personal information and their favorite things, respond to questions with goals, stories, and...

How do speech and memory operate within the human brain? Compare and contrast the localistic and distributed models with your young psychologists using this highly engaging and informative video.

Students work in pairs to out act and then retell a story.  In this personal experience lesson, students act out an event in their life and their partner retells the story. Students discuss sequence of events and dialogue. Students...

Young writers create memory books. They think of important events in their lives from the past year. Then they draw pictures that depict these events, and dictate captions to an adult who writes them down in their books for them. These...

Students analyze the painting By June the Light Begins to Breath by Keith Jacobshagen. In this art history instructional activity, students look at Keith's work and discuss the sky, ground, and lighting. They create their own sketch from...

Students explore poetry using American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project. They compose their own unque "found poetry" based on the stories found in the collection.

Elementary schoolers explore writing complete thoughts about a personal memory. First, read Texas 12 Days of Christmas. Then learners brainstorm ideas on why people write letters and use descriptive words to create a picture in the...

A reading of The Memory String, and a discussion of the events in the story serve as a prompt for the creation of personal memory strings using items, in this case buttons, that represent special memories in the writer’s life.  After...

Learners read article by The Plain Dealer columnist Sam Fulwood III, told largely from one student's viewpoint, and write reaction paper on topic: "What will I remember the rest of my life?"

Pupils collect a variety of objects that represent a family memories. The objects are and the variety of family experiences that they represent are shared with their classmates. Speaking, drawing, and writing activities ar4 developed...

Students read the book Wilfred Gordon McDonal Patridge about memories and complete a creative writing piece about their own memories. In this memories lesson plan, students use a graphic organizer and edit their stories.

In this memories worksheet, students fill out a graphic organizer that helps they write a 10 paragraph essay on memories. Students fill out 8 sections in the graphic organizer.

Pupils compile a list of memories and the feelings and thoughts associated with them. In this poetry lesson students create a collage based upon their memories and then compose a poem based on one of their descriptive memories.