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How the Light Bulb Gets Switched On - The Evolution of Ideas
Young scholars discuss how people are influenced by their cultures and backgrounds, make artwork that documents creative process, write character sketch of Colonel Massey from different points of view, examine issue from different...
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A Day in the Life of a Veteran: Oral History
Seventh graders conduct an interview with a veteran of a recent war to provide an account of military conflicts. In this oral history lesson, 7th graders research a recent war and write interview questions for their research. Students...
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Journal Entry: What You Want To Buy!
Third graders write a one page paper about what they would like to purchase given the savings techniques. They write down what the object is that they are going to buy, how they are going to earn money to purchase this object, and what...
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Master Race
Students view a short film on the rise of Nazism and its main principles. They read first hand accounts of Kristallnacht and identify turning points in Hilter's foreign policy. They write a newspaper article describing what happened...
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Courage
Students review the definition and the need for courage. As a class, they brainstorm a list of ways one can be couragous at different ages. In groups, they apply courage to the four facets of life and share their responses with the...
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Cultural Creation Myths
Students analyze various cultural creation myths, write essays on three different societal stories, and create a play based upon one of those stories in this cross-curricular Theatre project for High School students. Cooperative...
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Ready, Set, Read!
Students practice reading fluency and reading with expression. They develop reading fluency using timed reading. Students read "Arthur's Reading Race" and record how far they read in one minute. They repeat the reading in order to see...
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Show Me The Money
Students use "play money" as manipulatives, moving from coin identification to coin combinations totaling one dollar. They combine classroom work with Internet sites. Students use a buddy system to practice writing and solving word...
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Australia Travel Journal
In this geography worksheet, students create a 7 page travel journal for a pretend trip to Australia. Students color and put their names on the cover sheet. Students write a daily account of where they went and what they did each day for...
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A Thanksgiving Reflection: Belonging: Who is Missing from Our Table?
Students explore the concept of inclusion. In this diversity skills lesson, students read accounts from teens regarding exclusion and discuss their own experiences. Students discuss ways that the United States excludes and includes...
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Economy vs. Humanity
Ninth graders examine the American Slave Trade. In this World History lesson, 9th graders analyze photos of the Middle Passage. Students read an account of a person on one of the Middle Passage voyages.
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Reading: Hoover: A Famous Seal
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one page true account of people adopting a seal. Students read the definitions of the bold face words in the story. Students answer 8 multiple choice questions.
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Voices from the Holocaust: A Message of Hope
Students develop a sense of historical empathy as they discuss The Holocaust and roll play activities designed to highlight prejudice in today's society. In this Holocaust history and The Diary of Anne Frank lesson, students...
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Calculating Total Amount of Homework Done
In this exponential growth problem, students calculate the total number of hours of homework done in a thirty-six week period if she does one second of homework the first week and doubles that every week. Students need to take into...
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Holocaust: A Personal Story
Eighth graders listen to an account of the Holocaust. In this World War II lesson, 8th graders listen a guest speaker discuss the Holocaust experience. Students then complete an assignment based on what the guest speaker shared.
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The Father of History Looks at Egypt
For this ancient Egypt worksheet, students read a 1-page selection about the civilization and examine a map of the region. Students outline the information that they read.
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Stormy Sailing
Students access a website that show portraits of the Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada. They talk about what it might feel like to be on one of the sailing ships in stormy seas. They write diary entries while role playing that they are on...
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Literature Circles
Fourth graders work in groups in order to motivate one another to develop reading comprehension and literacy skills. The skills are built through the sharing of fine literature. They maintain a reading log to keep accountable for the...
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Go Down Moses
Fifth graders investigate the workings of the Underground Railroad. In this slavery lesson, 5th graders read personal accounts from slaves, examine secret codes of the Underground Railroad, and play a board game based on the trip many...
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Connections Involving Geometry And Inequalities
In this math worksheet, students investigate inequalities using problems like: If x and y are randomly determined so that 1 < x < 3 and 4 < y < 7, then what is the probability that | x – y |< 4?
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Make Patterns With Ice Cream
In this ice cream patterns worksheet, students cut out ten scoops of ice cream and two cones. Students team up with a partner and exchange matching different patterns for the other one to model.
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What is the Mantle Like?
In these earth science worksheets student complete this project to model activity in the mantle, one Earth's four layers. The project includes liquid and powder materials in addition to several measuring components. Students must then...
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Circle the Biggest Thing
In this learning exercise on size, students look at 2 sets of pictures; one picture of 3 different sized apples, one of 3 different sized elephants. Students circle the "biggest thing."
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Unit 3: Subject-Verb Agreement
For this subject-verb agreement worksheet, students read 5 sentences and fill in 9 blanks with the appropriate multiple choice answer that completes each one grammatically correct. Students circle the letter in front of each of their...