Students use musicto explore the countries and capitals of Asia.

Expand your class's vision of the French-speaking world by conducting this research project. Pupils focus on building 21st-century skills while they look up information about a French country and put together presentations.

Students research a specified country. Using the internet, Inspiration software, tourist information, and their textbooks, students create a multimedia report containing information on the climate, natural resources, the economy, and...

Learners survey the loss of forests around the world. In this environmental lesson, students read an article that outlines how forests are being lost and government interaction which encourages forests to be rebuilt.  Activities to...

Tenth graders assist President Bush in researching and writing a 2-page report on China, including any economic and political changes that have significantly affected the country within the last 50 years.

Ninth graders study the life of Chinese teens in China's largest and wealthiest city, Shangai. They compare and contrast their life with those of American teens.

Learners study natural disasters. In this Chinese and Burmese disasters lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about earthquakes and cyclones and their devastating effect on the 2 countries. Learners...

Students participate in hands-on activities using maps and globes to identify geographical features. Students use map legends to identify direction. Students locate oceans, continents, countries, states and cities. Handouts and...

Learners explore how art reflects culture and history. They examine everyday life experiences in various countries. Students design a mixed media composition. They create a class presentation.

Twelfth graders discuss the probability of imposing a democracy in a country in which there is no history of this type of government being successful. Using the internet, they work together to research Japan's experience with democracy...

Sixth graders determine the geographic features that facilitate and prevent communication and commerce between parts of China. They recognize a sampan, the traditional flat-bottomed boat used in Southeast Asia.

Students visit a PBS Website about tsunamis to consider their causes, effects and steps countries have taken to try to defend against them. They answer questions and create a brochure explaining tsunami facts and procedures to survive a...

First graders discuss what part of the world their ancestors came from. They locate the locations on a map and discuss the differences and similarities of each continent and their people. They become familiar with the traditional...

Ninth graders play the Alliance simulation game, which allows them to explain how alliances made before WWI influenced the makeup of the war and its outcome.

Students study Africa's diverse landscape and investigate how these features impact the available water supply, food sources, and population distribution of the continent. They compare topographical features and their affect on each...

Students examine what the bird flu is and how it spreads through an interactive program and videos. They discover why doctors are concerned about a pandemic. They examine other pandemics in the United States and how to prepare for them.

Students examine the devastation caused by the tsunami of 2005. In this current events lesson, students consider the effects of natural disasters as they research tsunamis and the worldwide response to the December 26, 2005 tsunami....

Students examine the human experience. In this migration lesson, students determine reasons for migration, discover the traits of cultural groups, and explore how groups of people come to share their experiences despite language,...

Students create a choropleth map to illustrate the population growth rate of the United States. They explore how to construct a choropleth map, and discuss the impact of population changes for the future.

Students consider the implications of global warming. In this current events instructional activity, students visit selected websites to discover information about temperature rises in the world and discuss how to solve some of the...

In this Islamic fundamentalism worksheet, learners read a 3-page selection on the topic and then respond to 2 short answer questions based on the selection.

For this English worksheet, students read "Human Bird Flu Spreads to Western Turkey," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this English worksheet, students read "UN: Hunger Kills 6M Children a Year," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students explore facts about South America in the four lessons of this unit. Booklets are created from the materials produced as the class delves into the topic.