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Easter: Reading Comprehension
In this Easter comprehension worksheet, students read 5 short paragraphs about Easter, then answer a set of 8 multiple choice questions. Worksheet labeled ESL, but not exclusive.
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Vocabulary Building
For this vocabulary worksheet, students answer definition and fill in the blank questions about various vocabulary words. Students complete this for 4 pages with 6 words each and 18 questions each.
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Olympics
In this Olympics worksheet, students answer multiple choice regarding training at and for the Olympics. Students complete 5 questions.
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Cut Outs: Shapes and Symbols
Students create collages based on Juan Quick-to-See Smith's "Ode to Chief Seattle." In this shapes, symbols and Native American lesson plan, students examine the "Ode to Chief Seattle" and Henri Matisse's cutout work. Students design...
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Aurora Borealis
Students read background information about the Aurora Borealis and complete a science experiment based on the lights. In this Aurora Borealis lesson, students read information about the formation and background of the Aurora Borealis....
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Silk Road Caravan
Learners determine how the geographic features of the Silk Road trade route contributed to the economic development and diffusion of culture in both Eastern and Western Civilizations.
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Exploring Archaeology and Trade in the Middle School Latin Class
Learners in a Latin class focus on archeology and trade from the Hellenistic period through the Middle Ages. In groups, they read various stages of a primary source documents in which they discuss and answer questions. To end the...
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Do You Have a Sinking Feeling
Students determine how marine archaeologists use historical and archaeological data to draw inferences about shipwrecks. Students plot the position of a shipwrecked vessel, and draw inferences about the shipwreck from artifacts that have...
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Inuktitut
Students explore Inuit language. In this Inuktitut lesson, students listen to a lecture about the history and phonology of the Inuit language. Students create Inuktitut-English dictionaries with illustrations for...
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Passages of Man and Word
Third graders explore transportation and written communication prior to the Renaissance.
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Egyptian Inspiration Web
Students conduct Internet research to discover information about scientific, technological, cultural and intellectual achievements in Egypt, along with Egyptian family life. Students create Inspiration webs of their findings.
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Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #109
In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the March 2010 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
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Rotating Rings of Ice
Students work together to develop a model of Saturn and its rings. They identify what types of materials make up the rings and how they revolve around Saturn. They write a short paragraph describing the rings.
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The Eight Immortals
Young scholars compare and contrast the Eight Immortals with American super-
heroes, such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman while examining the literary genre of folktales and its connection to art.
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"For The Birds" [part II]
Students examine how Chinese and Japanese artists used different kinds of birds
as representations of ideas that were important in both cultures and create their own birds using the technique of origami.
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Studies of the Eastern Worlds: Japan
Seventh graders, in their study of Japan, examine and discuss the effect the atomic bomb had on Japan. They watch videos and then read the story of Sadako and her magic cranes. They make their own origami cranes and write a paragraph on...
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POWERFUL POTATO
Learners will observe the growth process of a potato plant.Plant a potato in a large clay pot or gallon bucket. You may purchase seed potatoes
from a seed outlet in early spring or use a potato from home that has started to sprout. Make...
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Immigration and American Life on African-Americans
Students examine how human migration started in Africa, and draw maps of Africa and place the names of the countries and capitals on the maps. They write essays on how Africans came to America.
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Plants in Texas: Then and Now
Seventh graders discuss continuity and change, identify various plant materials, and compare and contrast ways in which early people used plants in Texas in prehistoric times with ways that modern man in Texas uses plants today.
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Proofreading Practice
In this proofreading worksheet, students read a short paragraph, finding 5 misspelled words and rewriting them correctly in boxes beneath the paragraph.
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Travel Back in Time
Third graders make a timeline of their life beginning with the year that they were born and progressing until this year.
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COMING TO AMERICA:A PILGRIM STORY LESSON
By completing this lesson, students demonstrate their reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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Heavens Above
Students study the stars and their positions. In this astronomy activity students see how scientists can predict the positions of the stars and can tell how they would have appeared in the past.
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MOSAICS
Visual arts lesson emphasizing pattern and design in individual student mosaics made with paper and reviewing line, shape, space, and color. The individual mosaics will be used to create a border for a group mosaic in another lesson.