Scholars examine examples of peer pressure and discuss how specific actions negatively affect one's well-being. Learners gather in small groups to write two scenarios in which peer pressure is used. They reference the STAR method in how...

Students watch an episode of the PBS show, "Maya & Miguel," and discuss the importance of voting. They create voting sticks in English or their native language, and organize a class election.

Eighth graders define the term "culture" and all aspects of culture. They spend one week photographing culture in their own lives. They create a poster of the photos and explain why each photo is included.

Young scholars watch an episode of the PBS show, "Maya & Miguel," and discuss various career options. They match pictures with job descriptions, organize a career day that includes local professionals and parents, and role-play...

Students determine the style of place cards as well as how to display phots of artwork. They organize and design an art museum for parents and other students to enjoy. Students create place cards to explain the artwork, artist, as well...

Students plan and implement a change in their neighborhood, school or nation. In this social action lesson, students share concerns about their neighborhood, school or nation and brainstorm ways to solve the problem. Students select a...

Students analyze the attitudes, ideas and beliefs of characteristics that assist humans in living a positive, proactive life that values self, family, community, nation and world. Students identify their own strengths as individual....

Students participate in a folk dance presentation. In this multi-cultural lesson, students and their families work together to learn and perform folk dances at a school sponsored festival. The teacher acts as facilitator, working with...

Young scholars collect and organize data, make a scatterplot, fit a curve to the appropriate parent function, and interpret the results. Students translate among the various representations of the quadratic function, formulate equations,...

Young scholars view a PBS "In the Mix" video about the challenges teens face when their parents divorce and/or remarry. They participate in a class discussion about the video, role-play related situations and explore media depictions of...

Students earn money for a philanthropic organization. For this service learning lesson, students organize a snack market sale to earn money for charities.

Students organize picture cards of the sequene of how food gets from a farm to their home. They then sequence cards of how coffee grown in Colombia gets to their home comparing the differences.

Students explore child safety information and use this information to produce a child safety brochure. During this process, they will have a chance to gather, organize, summarize and write information about child safety.

In this compare and contrast graphic organizer worksheet, students choose 2 different topics to compare and contrast using the graphic organizer to organize their information.

In this recognizing nouns instructional activity, 3rd graders look at a list of 12 nouns and then organize each one under 1 of 3 categories: person, place or thing.

Students examine how people grow and mature at different rates. They create a graph and a timeline to organize the data they collect.

Students organize and sequence their writing ideas using different graphic organizers. They use the ideas to write a story that takes place over two days.

Students focus on the origins of the families that make up their community by exploring their family's origins through themselves, parents, and grandparents. Students create a map marked with family origins for the class.

In this common word worksheet, students review a list of words they need to know how to spell. Students then create a study sheet for the words by folding a piece of paper into thirds and organizing the words. Parents or guardians must...

Sixth graders analyze the Aztec calendar and create their own examples of them. They determine the meaning of the symbols used in the calendars and record their ideas in journals. Students host a parent breakfast for them to observe...

Students study museum exhibits. In this museum exhibit activity, students sort and group objectsto make a classroom museum. Students organize the toys and exhibits into a timeline and admit students into their classroom museum.

Students create a holiday card using technology. In this technology instructional activity, students use Publisher templates to create a holiday card. Students organize, design, and edit their card.

Have fun completing Earth Day related activities while learning about simple ways to preserve the Earth. Implement some of the ideas for going green as a class, like cleaning up a local park or planting a tree at school.