Christopher Columbus: hero or villain? Prepare class members for the debate with activities that asks them to think critically about how history is reported.

Students fill out a KWL worksheet and answer short answer questions about the Civil War. For this Civil War lesson plans, students find the answers to their questions by researching the Internet.

Middle schoolers examine the exploration of the New World. They write a descriptive account of the first encounter between Europeans and Native Americans, analyze and label maps, plot Columbus's journey on a map, and write a chapter...

Twelfth graders examine key terms from the Middle Ages. They discuss the relevance of those terms to our Modern Times. They explore historical information and interpret information about world history.

Students practice their writing and editing skills by developing a plan for and then writing a grammatically correct description of an item (car or otherwise) that they would like to sell.