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Senate Confirmation Hearings on Cabinet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the confirmation process of presidential nominees to the Cabinet. They compose a list of questions to ask at a conformation hearing.
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Monumental Conclusions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a PowerPoint presentation comparing a "Grabless Conclusion" to a "Monumental Conclusion", using picture books.
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Citizenship Program

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore teamwork, decision-making, and ways to communicate. They discuss their favorite activities, places they would like to travel and set ground rules for their groups. After identifying their feelings toward the program,...
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Family Life Around the Globe

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine customs of other nations and compare countries using Venn diagrams. They also write pen pal letters and e-mails to students in other countries.
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Common Good

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars identify assumptions they may have about government and research to determine whether they are accurate. They support or refute their assumptions in a presentation to the class.
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Dealing With Diversity in Your Classroom

For Teachers Higher Ed
Student teachers learn to focus on the needs of their students based on their differing ethnicities and learning abilities.
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When I Was Your Age...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss generational differences in life experiences, consider their future life paths based on their past and present, and write essays from perspectives of themselves 50 years from now.
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Adult Roles and Responsibilities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the importance of personal needs and expectations following a Powerpoint presentation and related activities. Next, they examine three different case studies demonstrating how individuals cope with responsibilities. ...
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Environment: Climate Change

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore climate change and the greenhouse effect. Using provided definitions, they assess local weather conditions and analyze long term climatic data for their areas. Once they explore the concept of and connection between...
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Storytelling

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders retell stories to peers and the entire class. In this storytelling lesson, 8th graders research short stories and select a short story to retell. Students rewrite the stories in their own words and tell it aloud.
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Worlds Apart

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the similarities and differences among the experience of modern-day immigrants through investigating the personal experiences of several immigrants.
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Freedom of the Press

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explain the "watchdog" role of the press. They identify varied roles that citizens, reporters, and editors play in maintaining a free press. They identify value conflicts between freedom of the press and other rights.
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Geological Time Line

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars demonstrate knowledge of when coal was formed by plotting a geological time line.
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Charles Young Photographs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze photographs as an introduction to the Spanish American War. The concepts of American expansionism are explored through the process.
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Designing Your Professional Portfolio

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students watch a video about professional portfolios. They brainstorm ways they could use this information to build their own portfolio. Students identify five things they have accomplished in student teaching that could be included in a...

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