Unit Plan
Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program

The Backpack Travel Journals

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Strap on those backpacks, it's time to travel through history with this literature unit based on the first four books of The Magic Tree House series. While reading through these fun stories, children create story maps, record...
Study Guide
Penguin Books

Teacher’s Guide: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
At first glance Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street seems to be a charming collection of vignettes about a young Latina's observations about the people in her Chicago neighborhood. Developing questions that prompt readers to think...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Figurative Language Quiz

For Students 7th - 9th
Combining questions about figurative language and Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street, this quiz would be a good addition to your class. The majority contains questions about simile, metaphor, and personification, from...
Activity
Under the Dome

Card House

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Mathematics is stronger than a card house. Pupils watch a video of the beginning of the building of a triangular card house. Scholars come up with questions they wonder about from the video and ask for more information to arrive at an...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cameroon Mud House

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research Cameroon's climate, culture, and history. Then they identify where Cameroon is located and understand how its location and climate determine the type of homes that are built there. Students also construct a replica of a...
Lesson Plan
British Council

Reading House

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed Standards
Scholars work in pairs to describe their homes and draw a picture of their partner's home. Next, individuals discuss their ideal home in small groups and follow up their discussion with a written description. 
Activity
Novelinks

The House of the Scorpion: Multigenre Research Paper

For Teachers 7th - 10th
As the culminating project for a unit study of The House of the Scorpion, class members craft a multi-genre research paper to demonstrate not only their depth of knowledge of a topic of interest to them, but also their...
Interactive
Curated OER

The House of Mirth - Essay Questions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this literature instructional activity, students respond to 6 short answer and essay questions about Wharton's House of Mirth. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

White House Scandals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the Watergate scandal. They compare and contrast the Watergate incident with other White House scandals.
Interactive
Curated OER

A Doll's House - Essay Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Ibsen's A Doll's House. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
Interactive
Curated OER

A Doll's House Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Ibsen's A Doll's House. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Interactive
Curated OER

The House of Mirth Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions about Wharton's The House of Mirth. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Worksheet
Curated OER

White House Facts

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL handwriting skills worksheet, students trace four facts, in cursive handwriting, about the White House located in Washington D.C.
Interactive
Curated OER

House and Family Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this drawing worksheet, students are to think about their home and the people in their family. Next they are to draw pictures of their family in the windows of the house.
Lesson Plan
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Buying a Home: Income vs. Monthly Payments

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Purchasing a house takes more plan than elementary schoolers realize. Each buyer will look at monthly income to determine what they can afford for a mortgage and other expenses. 
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Onset and Rime, Rime House

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Are you covering onset and rime with budding readers? Here, learners examine six "rime house" work boards, each with an image at the top. Working with a partner, they segment each top image's onset and rime. Then, they pick cards and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Distances Between Houses

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This resource sneaks in the math so your learners will be adding and subtracting positive and negatives on a number line while thinking they are mapping out houses. The activity starts by putting houses the appropriate distance away from...
Printables
PreKinders

Gingerbread House Play Dough Mats

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Decorate a cute gingerbread house with play dough candies! Kids read the instructions at the top of each page, then add the necessary pieces of pretend candy to the house.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Dana's House

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Your class is to find the percent of the lot that is not covered by a house. Make sure your pupils understand the problems before they begin. The lot is the whole of the percent problem and the house is the part. The exercise is good...
Lesson Plan
Global Oneness Project

Relocating Residents: The Impact of Housing on Community

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Sama Maydani and Sarah Kuck's film, Even the Walls, that explores the benefits and drawbacks of gentrification in downtown Seattle, asks viewers to consider how houses, apartment buildings, and outdoor spaces can be designed to build a...
Lesson Plan
Roald Dahl

The Twits - The House, the Tree and the Monkey Cage

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
A house with no windows and a garden full of stinging nettles make the perfect home for Mr. and Mrs. Twit. The seventh lesson in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl takes a closer look at the Twits' home...
Assessment
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Balanced Assessment

House Plan

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A short assessment has individuals determine the scale of a house plan. They use the scale to calculate the size of a door and window that need to be replaced, and then divide a bedroom in two, calculating the size of rooms created.
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - First White House Baby

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the first White House baby. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Unit Plan
Gwinnett County Public Schools

Analysis of the Tuck Everlasting and The Birchbark House Text Exemplars

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Looking to introduce some text-based questions into your ELA lessons? Practice the kinds of skills the Common Core demands with the seven text-based questions and the essay prompt provided here. Designed to be a three-day lesson, day one...

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