Students explore Shakespeare as part of American culture. In this Shakespearean culture lesson, students view video clips about modern theater.  Students read excerpts from Shakespearean plays and other commentaries.

Students explore life as a pioneer in the late 1890's. In this appreciation of history lesson, students read excerpts from My Antonia. Students create presentations about life and culture in Nebraska.  Students write an original...

Incorporate six lessons on Trajan and ancient Rome into a social studies unit on the Roman Empire. From Trajan's birth to his rise to greatness, the resource uses primary source documents and historical commentary to connect...

Students illustrate a schematic circulatory system of a human body including heart, lungs, arteries, veins and capillaries. Next, students conduct an experiment to increase understanding of the relationship between heart rate/pulse and...

Fifth graders examine threat to all people (particularly the Jews) resulting from the imposition of Nazi authority, and appreciate the courage exhibited by ordinary people acting out of conscience.

Students study the work of Georgia O'Keefe. They use a digital camera or scanned images from a regular camera and the PhotoShop application to create a landscape of their own which reflects the important shapes or objects in their...

Students research the life and art of Andy Warhol and create a digitally manipulated photographic self-portrait. Students conclude the assignment by writing a poem to describe the point-of-view taken in their digital photo.

Young scholars explore how to storyboard. They examine the tasks and roles involved in creating a multimedia presentation. They create a list of quality attributes for the presentation. Use the list to improve the style, accuracy and...

Ninth graders begin the lesson plan by being introduced to the basic terms of economics. In groups, they discover how they are affected by trade because of the clothes they wear and foods they eat. Using primary sources, they examine...

Tenth graders create a tri-fold brochure that includes past assignments from their writing portfolio. They examine these assignments of career choices, learning styles, dreams, and goals. In addition, they construct and then publish a...

In this language arts worksheet, students identify all ten of the colors listed in the booklet. Then they trace the color word on each can of paint and color the can paint that color.

Students explore equivalent fractions. In this fractions lesson plan, students use strips of paper to recognize equivalent fractions. Students may complete an online activity on an interactive whiteboard as an assessment.

Students explore how to multiply and divide by 10, 100, and 1000. In this computation lesson, students participate in an online activity using the interactive whiteboard. Students generate sums by using dice.

In this recognizing all the letters of the alphabet worksheet, learners observe squares with a letter of the alphabet on a picture and a list of three words, read the words, and circle the words that begin with the letter on each...

Students recognize that organisms depend on other organisms.  In this organism instructional activity, students understand symbiotic relationships and competition.  Students explain food chains and food webs.  Students...

Students recognize the effect of Earth's gravity on an object's weight. In this force and motion activity students understand the role of gravity when you drop an object. Students experiment with small items. Students measure in...

Students identify substances that are acids and alkalis. In this acids and alkalis instructional activity, students conduct tests to determine if given substances are acids or alkalis. They test substances and explain the different...

Students investigate chemical reactions. In this chemistry lesson, students burn magnesium and record the mass. Students list five chemical reactions they see everyday.

Students determine the elements of a review.  For this writing lesson, students investigate the parts necessary for a critic to write a review.  Students write their own review based on a film or production they have recently...

Students investigate sentence construction in fiction.  In this sentence construction lesson plan, students examine examples of fiction work and discover why sentences are a certain length.  Students create their own passages...

Fifth graders analyze data from a simple table. In this graphing lesson plan, 5th graders compare distributions.  Students recognize that the mean helps them find the formula.  Students answer questions on the mean, median, and...

Young scholars practice and then have a race to calculate percentage and fractional parts. For this percent and fraction lesson, students start with 1% and work their way up.  After each practice a quick race takes place. ...

Students conduct an online experiment to discover what happens to solids, liquids and gases in different temperatures. In this states of matter lesson, students get into pairs and work in a virtual laboratory to manipulate...

Students recognize objects around their school made of rocky materials. For this changes in rocks and soil lesson, students use a website for a virtual experiment of rocks.  Students group rocks based on their properties....