Young scholars describe the American Indian nations in their local region long ago and in recent past. They research religious beliefs, customs, and various folklore traditions.

Sixth graders participate in mapping and other activities to understand why ancient civilizations developed as they did. In this ancient civilization lesson, 6th graders recognize that there were three important climate zones and...

Young scholars define journalism and identify the basic components of a news story. In this journalism basics lesson, students define the word journalism, read a new story, and break it into parts with two major characteristics for each...

Students write poems and a narrative story.  In this writing lesson, students read stories and poems written by other students and read examples of haiku's and diamonte's.  Students write an acrostic poem and a diamonte...

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 11 multiple choice questions about Bradbury's Farenheit 451. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

How bad is the opioid crisis in America? Has it gotten worse in the last few decades? Why? High schoolers delve into these questions with a thorough and thoughtful lesson from The New York Times on heroin prescription opioids....

In this Red Cross/Red Crescent Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the...

Students explore the traditions and celebrations of another culture and research a city or community in Japan. They then examine traditional Japanese music as well as practice several dance steps and discover their significance in...

In this completing the "ph" words with missing letters learning exercise, students read sentences with incomplete words, use the scrambled missing letters and context clues, and fill in the missing letters to complete the words and...

Students participate in a game that promotes group unity while spelling words with letter cards.  In this teamwork lesson plan, students have to work together to win the game, but may find it hard to do so without making a lot...

Students read and discuss short articles which "brief" them on the coming mission. After they read each of the articles, they discuss the main ideas and the requirements for mission training. This is an introductory lesson to a...

Learners fill out worksheets that teach them how to prepare for emergency situations and how to enable animal safety in emergency situations. In this emergency lesson plan, students talk about different kinds of emergencies and how they...

Students understand the causes of the devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast States. They perceive the ways that children in the region are coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

In this commas activity, students correctly insert commas into paragraphs into the appropriate spots and answer short answer questions about the sentences they corrected. Students complete 7 activities.

Students examine the case of The Gulf Coast and relate it financial importance. In this financial planning lesson, students watch a video and then begin to analyze how to plan for the unexpected by reviewing the financial components that...

For this fire safety worksheet, students read and learn specific rules having to do with fire and fire safety. Students complete 5 questions about this information.

For this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a 3 paragraph text about a student who is home alone during an earthquake. Students fill in the blanks in 14 sentences. This is an online interactive worksheet.

In this commas and Easter Island worksheet, students read three uses for commas in a box at the top of the paper. They punctuate 12 sentences properly by adding commas and periods where they belong.

Learners try a variety of reading strategies. In this reading strategy lesson, students read a nonfiction passage and put Post -Its to mark the spots where they are using a reading strategy. They focus on inferring, predicting,...

Students research philanthropic organizations that helped after Hurricane Katrina. They organize a collection drive to contribute to the nonprofit organization. They reflect on their efforts.

Students spell words using cards with each letter of the alphabet on them. In this alphabet lesson plan, students word in 2 teams and get points for the first team to spell the word correctly.

Students help create quilts to be used for students who need to know someone cares for them around the world. They document all of the work on the quilt and write descriptions to be sent on to the person or community receiving the quilt.

Students keep a journal for an intire week recording their observations of the ways aircraft affect society, The students discuss their findings and categorize them into areas such as military, commercial, research, and so on.

Third graders describe how the Rancho period of settlement left its mark on the development of the local community.