Examine public opinion and the various means in which to collect it as well as how the government uses the opinions collected. This resource offers video, readings, web resources, and activities.

This unit examines the significance of political parties in American politics, highlighting their functions, differences, and influence on the public for political decision making. Offers video, readings, web resources, and activities.

This unit probes into the role political interest groups plays in both complicating and influencing public policy making in America. Offers video, readings, web resources, and activities.

The video series shows students the relevance of statistics in real-world settings. The resource includes 26 half-hour videos. Topics include normal distributions, probability, random variables, experimental design, and describing data.

Visit an active volcano site to find out the connection between the movement of the Earth's plates and the processes deep within the Earth's interior. [58:23]

Notice how magazines print photos using dots made up of percentages of only three colors and black. Try your hand at using percentages of cyan, magenta and yellow to match the magazine color displayed.

When the light of a star passes through a spectrograph, elements of that star reveal a specific signature. Compare the spectra of four elements and a star to identify which elements you can detect in the star's atmospere.

Explore what happens when one substance dissolves into another. Run the simulations and see if you can predict the results.

Pair artifacts with appropriate literary texts, and find tips for using them together in the classroom by selecting a literary movement and a discipline with this handy tool.

Rubrics provide students with clear expectations and consistent feedback. Build a customizable rubric that can be used for any writing activity your class might be completing.

Six interactive activities are presented that walk students through how to use their critical thinking skills in the analysis of historical artifacts and documents. The sixth one explains how to balance the various perspectives that...

Read two poems and follow the prompts to interpret them using four approaches: reader response, inquiry, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy. Use the prompts to guide personal reflection, launch a lesson with students, or join an...

Virtually participate in a workshop of four high school teachers led by a renowned author. There are eight topics including "Hiding and Revealing with Language," "Using Sensory Description," and "Writing a Picture of Me".

Read two poems and reflect on the numerous teaching strategies featured in Teaching Multicultural Literature . Choose strategies to explore, and consider how you might adapt them for these poems and your students. Then compile and print...

An hour-long professional development workshop on teaching of emancipation with primary sources. Features experienced classroom teachers. Materials and a complete lesson plan are also provided

An hour-long professional development workshop on investigating the Chicago Exposition as a vision of America's future. Features experienced classroom teachers. Materials and a complete lesson plan are also provided.

An hour-long professional development workshop on teaching the establishment of Jamestown with primary sources. Features experienced classroom teachers. Materials and a complete lesson plan are also provided.

Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Epic of Gilgamesh. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from Gilgamesh and find dozens of rich and varied...

Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers My Name Is Red, by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamluk. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the novel and find...

Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Homer's Odyssey. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from The Odyssey and find dozens of rich and varied...

Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Bhagavad Gita. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the Gita and find dozens of rich and varied...

Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Tale of Genji, byMurasaki Shikibu. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the tale and find dozens of...

Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West (also known at The Monkey), generally ascribed to sixteenth-century writer Wu Cheng'en. Lesson centers on a half-hour video...

Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Candide, by Voltaire. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the satire and find dozens of rich and varied...