The Scarlet Letter may be a classic, but keeping high schoolers engaged in the reading of Hawthorne's vocabulary, syntax, imagery, and historical references presents it own set of challenges. Here's a guide that offers readers...

As part of a study of holiday traditions, language learners read about the creation of Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival created by Dr. Maulana Karenga to celebrate traditional African values.

Little ones sing Christmas carols, complete craft projects, and play word games while learning new vocabulary in part one of two-part ESL lesson series.

Sixth graders explore the life of Maya Lin and analyze the impact of her architectural philosophy on her work. They trace the history of the Vietnam Memorial from its conception by Maya Lin, to the present day. A time line is created of...

In this dot to dot worksheet, students connect the numbered dots to trace and practice printing the capital letter S and the lower case letter s.

In this printing letter s instructional activity, learners trace 12 examples each of upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter s. This is tracing only.

Students retell a legend orally, illustrating it with the art style of the source culture.

Students create brochures reflecting the state of Colorado. In groups, they write about tourist attractions, important people, major cities, and statistical information. After writing, they create their brochure importing clip art and...

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...

Follow this outline to write persuasive essays with your 11th grade college prep classes. Using the internet, they research a topic, citing their sources correctly. They work with a partner to peer edit their rough drafts, checking for...

In this words that begin with CR worksheet, students locate and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that begin with CR.

In this words beginning with fl wordsearch learning exercise, 3rd graders locate 12 words that are placed across and down in the puzzle. They find the words from a word bank that is located at the bottom of the page.

In this word beginning with gr wordsearch worksheet, students locate 12 words that are hidden in the puzzle. They find words that are located in a word bank at the bottom of the page.

In this words that begin with GL activity, students locate and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that begin with GL.

In this words that begin with ST worksheet, students locate and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that begin with ST.

In this words that begin with SM worksheet, students locate and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that begin with SM.

Pupils evaluate information they are given and identify the quality of the information as fact, fiction, and point of view. In this information quality lesson plan, students also discuss how they can pick out good information verses bad...

Learners are asked to form the plurals of the five different types of irregular plural nouns listed on this worksheet.

Students visually express their personalities using writing and PhotoShop. They manipulate imagery to illustrate their written description of themselves. Students display their creations.

Students identify the items and events that make adaptive sports possible. In this adaptive sports instructional activity, students research how accomplishments are obtained for people with disabilities.  Students research different...

Fourth graders participate in a virtual field trip to the San Diego Zoo and complete various computer lab excercises to expand their understanding.

A simple activity for young readers, this introduces the idea of author purpose. Learners analyze various types of texts (newspaper articles, magazines, books, advertisements, etc.) and determine if the author's purpose for writing was...

Explore human diversity in this human rights lesson. Middle schoolers compare novels, speeches, videos, and short stories that promote diversity and basic human rights. They complete daily coursework as they read the selected literature...