Alabama Department of Archives and History
The Wrong Side of History: How One Group Justified Its Opposition on the Freedom Riders and Civil Rights for African Americans
Designed as a supplement to the study of the Freedom Riders, this resource uses primary sources to reveal the views of those who opposed the Freedom Riders. After careful study of the arguments presented by the members of the Montgomery...
Newseum
You Can’t Say That: In My Opinion
As a part of a study of the First Amendment, high schoolers research a current news story that seems to involve one of the freedoms granted by the First Amendment. Investigators decide whether they think the action presented in the story...
Curated OER
Articles A, An, and The
In this grammar instructional activity, students fill in the blanks using the appropriate a, an, or the article. Students are given 10 sentences to practice the skill.
Curated OER
Count Nouns and Articles Exercise 5
In this noun worksheet, students are given a short passage and must fill in the blanks with the correct article (a, an or the).
Curated OER
Demonstrations in Guinea
Students explore demonstrations held in Guinea. They discuss the definitions of vocabulary words related to the demonstrations. They read a text about demonstrations in Guinea and answer questions. They identify parts of speech as they...
Curated OER
Text Analysis
In this text analysis worksheet, students list and sort words by parts of speech and translate them, and write the phonetic pronunciation of certain words as an aid to studying text.
Curated OER
The News Article and The Editorial
Here is an outstanding series of lessons on journalism, writing newspaper articles, and writing editorials. This type of writing has long-been neglected in our schools, so this collection of writing activities is most-valuable. Along...
K20 LEARN
Trigger Warnings - Intellectual Rights and Responsibilities: Banned Books, Censorship Part 1
"Warning: Conducting this lesson may be harmful." Such statements, called "Trigger Warnings," are the focus of a two-part lesson that looks at censorship, especially the pros and cons of trigger warnings. Class members read two articles,...
Curated OER
Cartoon Stories
All ages love to engage in cartoon writing –- little do they know that they actually learn quite a bit from it! In an instructional session focused on literacy syntax and vocabulary, your pupils work cooperatively to draw six pictures...
ESL Library
Mardi Gras
Learn about the festivity of Mardi Gras with a series of reading and writing assignments. As class members read a passage about the history of Mardi Gras and the way it's celebrated around the world, they answer comprehension...
Curated OER
Remembrance of Things Past
Engage critical and social thinking by exploring the value of language and word choice. The class considers the article "The Silence of the Historic Present" and analyzes several presidential speeches. They engage in class...
Curated OER
Grammar Skills
In this language arts worksheets, students will study word charts of adjectives. Students will focus on various uses of adjectives including qualifiers, observation, size, and description words.
Curated OER
English Exercises: Articles
For this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions that require them to use articles appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Using Articles with Names of Countries
In this using articles with names of countries worksheet, students read the explanations and examples of using the with names of countries, then interactively select the correct article for 20 countries with immediate online feedback and...
Curated OER
BBC Learning English, Grammar (Articles)
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in 20 blanks in the passage provided with the correct article; 'a', 'an', or 'the'. The topic of the passage is attitudes towards time.
Curated OER
Count / Noncount Nouns and Articles
This vocabulary activity provides a quick review of words commonly used when cooking. By engaging in the 10 question activity, students can practice comprehension and vocabulary skills.
Curated OER
Parts of Speech Exercise
In this grammar worksheet, students identify the underlined part of speech as a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, article, adverb, conjunction, preposition, or interjection. There are 20 statements to complete.
San José State University
Nouns: The Basics
Need to work on nouns with your class? This handout breaks down nouns and provides twelve sentences for noun identification practice. Help English language learners recognize nouns with the examples given on this handout.
Curated OER
Articulos indefinidos
Your young Spanish learners identify the correct indefinite article for each of nine listed nouns. Consider also having them draw two or three of the nouns, rewriting the word next to each picture.
Curated OER
Gender Worksheet 1
What's the gender for each of the nouns shown? Give your beginning Spanish speakers practice identifying whether nouns or masculine or feminine, and then write the correct definite article for fifteen words at the bottom of the page.
Trinity University
Julius Caesar: The Power of Persuasion
"Friend, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..." Those words begin one of the most persuasive speeches in literature. Explore the elements of persuasion in a series of lessons related to William Shakespeare's Julius...
Curated OER
Sentence Building
In this parts of speech review worksheet, students write 6 original sentences with the parts of speech in this order: article, adjective, adjective, noun, verb, article, adjective, and noun. An example is included.
Curated OER
French Grammar: Hobbies
Incorporate grammar into your lesson on hobbies in French. This two-page learning exercise has learners review basic articles, prepositions, and the past tense. A great way to review grammar and sports-related vocabulary!
News Literacy Project
Democracy’s Watchdog
As part of a study of the importance of the First Amendment, expert groups research different historic case studies of investigative reporting, and then the experts share their findings with jigsaw groups. The case studies include Nellie...