Fifth graders examine the role of African-Americans in New Haven, Connecticut. Using two maps, they compare and contrast the differences in the town from the past to today. In groups, they use the internet to research the contributions...

Students, through two pieces of writing, identify poetic/language devices through the speakers, personification , imagery, metaphor, etc. They assess the patterns those devices are used in and analyze the theme of each. Each student...

In this culture worksheet, students answer ten short-answer questions about their own culture then write about the major cultural influences in their lives.

Learners draw a map of their local community using a drawing program. Using the internet, they locate various landmarks and identify famous people living or coming from their town. They participate in interviews with the community...

Students read literature based on family heroes. They discuss the concepts of friendship, loyalty and death. They write their own stories of courage and post them to a webpage.

Students explore videos, software and print resources to investigate the concept of community. Students write poems about their town and illustrate them for a collaborative literacy project.

Students explore activities that might some day bring "justice for all" to their communities. They assess how justice is a day-to-day, life or death matter that faces their communities. Interviews are conducted to explain how justice is...

Students investigate matter. In this physical science lesson plan, students will learn about matter, physical states, and reactions. There are a series of four lab activities that will be conducted.

Students explore African-American students literature as an integral building block in empowering all students to a better awareness when reading and writing. They use as a productive Social Studies tool for overall understanding of the...

In this grammar worksheet, student read sentences and choose the best preposition to fill in the blank. Preposition choices are "at", "on" or "in".

For this reading comprehension worksheet, students will read a passage about a bus driver, determine the answer to five true or false questions, and then write a short opinion essay explaining how he should solve his problem.

In this recognizing prepositions with the word look online/interactive worksheet, students fill in the blanks using the prepositions in the word bank to complete sentences. Students write 10 answers.

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Love To Langston. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...

Students conduct a survey and discuss community concerns, pros and cons, should a resource recovery plant ever be planned for their community.

Students explore the "coming of age" process experienced by adolescent girls on their journey from children to adulthood. They focus on the middle years or limbo period in which girls decide who they want to become as women or rather,...

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book The Jones Family Express. For this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have...

In this conclusion worksheet, students read the story about Muffin, the missing dog, and then finish it by writing their own ending.

In this finish the story activity worksheet, students read a 3 paragraph story entitled "Finding Muffin". Students use the lines provided to finish the story as they wish.

In this paragraphs instructional activity, students respond to 4 multiple choice questions by selecting the correct sentence that belongs in the paragraph from the 2 sentences given.

Young scholars are given different paragraphs from a story called David's Day. They are to place their paragraph on a scalce from happy to sad. They are to identify behaviors which would make David feel better.

Middle schoolers research the history of a notable building and prepare a Power Point presentation to be used on the online scrapbook. They research the location of the building in the community, the architectural style and the date of...

Students document their unique characteristics through photography. In this self-discovery lesson, students take photographs of themselves and others. As a class, they discuss similarities and differences, and sort, graph, and find...

In this articles worksheet, students add a, an, the or no article to sentences according to their context. Students complete ten multiple choice sentences.

Students explore potential community "barriers" that might prevent equal access for all people. In this disability awareness lesson, students identify potential barriers in their community that prevent people with disabilities from...