National Endowment for the Humanities
Dramatic and Theatrical Aspects in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”: A Common Core Exemplar
“So I’m going to have a copy of this play put in the cornerstone and the people a thousand years from now’ll know a few simple facts about us.” Our Town is used as the text in a Common Core exemplar that examines the dramatic and...
Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.
Schedules and Routines: Grade 1
It doesn't matter if you're a new teacher trying to set up your classroom for the first time or a veteran teacher looking for new ideas to freshen up your teaching, this resource has something to offer everyone. After...
Mathalicious
Three Shots
To foul or not to foul, that is the basketball question. High schoolers look at the probability that fouling out a player and allowing free throws yields a better outcome than allowing the original shot. The resource provides a...
Curated OER
Space Science: Constellations and the Sun
Students review the zodiac signs and illustrate their movement using constellations on the wall and themselves to represent earth. Individually or in groups, they stand in the center of the room while a shadeless lamp is placed between...
Curated OER
Appreciating Diversity: A Multicultural Lesson Based on the Traditional Clothing of the Maya
Students compare the traditional Mayan clothing to their everyday clothing. In this multicultural appreciation lesson, students look at images of traditional Mayan clothing and discuss its importance.
Curated OER
Core Book Guide for The Upstairs Room
Students read "The Upstairs Room" and participate in literature analysis regarding justice. In this Holocaust Literature activity, students read a short story and discuss critical thinking questions. Students write journal entries and...
Curated OER
How We Elect a President in the United States
In this United States government worksheet, students learn how a president is elected in the United States. They then answer the 11 definition questions and complete an activity in which they create a platform for a presidential...
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Author Katherine Holabird
For this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about author Katherine Holabird. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Kwanzaa
For this everyday editing activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Kwanzaa. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Curated OER
Getting Out of Line
Students explore basic connections between graphs, tables, and symbolic representations for lines, parabolas, inverse models, and exponential models. One of the primary goals of this lesson is to help students begin to recognize patterns...
Education World
Every Day Edit - Liberty Day
In this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Liberty Day. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Malta
In this everyday editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Malta. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Eleanor Roosevelt
For this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Eleanor Roosevelt. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling and grammar.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Robert F. Kennedy
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Robert F. Kennedy. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Curated OER
4-h Veterinary Science Activity Page
The 4-H teaches learners about agriculture, health, and animal care - the last of which is the focus of this activity. From dogs and cats to pigs and hedgehogs, this learning exercise provides helpful tips for caring for animals, as well...
Curated OER
4-H Swine Activity Page
In this 4-H swine activity page activity, students study the parts of a hog, complete a swine word search, complete a career scavenger hunt, and develop a swine budget. They also read pig facts and learn how to select a hog while...
Education World
Every Day Edit - Author Scott O'Dell
For this everyday editing activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about author Scott O'Dell. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Bessie Coleman
In this everyday editing activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Bessie Coleman. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Curated OER
Advising the President: A Simulated Cabinet Meeting
High schoolers, as Cabinet members, "advise" the President on one current pressing problem or concern facing their department or post. They prepare an Action Plan with possible alternative courses of action that meets budget constraints.
Curated OER
Let's Make a Compost Cake
Students create a compost cake. For this gardening and decomposition science lesson, students review and describe the "nutrient cycle." Students create a compost pile, measure and record the dimensions and temperature of the pile, and...
Curated OER
Salem Witch Trials
Students consider the implications of the Salem Witch Trials. For this literature lesson, students read Arthur Miller's The Crucible and compare the witch trials to McCarthyism of the 1950's. Students rewrite scenes from the play...
Curated OER
Portrait of a First Grader
First graders generate ideas of the things that a 1st Grade student thinks, does and feels based on a model on bulletin board paper. They (counselors) pick one students and trace that student's body onto a pieces of bulleting board paper...
Curated OER
Pick A Number
Elementary schoolers find out which month has the most class birthdays (mode) and which birthday represents the middle point of all the birthdays (median). They gather and organize data to find one number that fairly represents the whole...