Young scholars review the writings of John Lawson. Using his writings, they read comments about them to determine how his writings might have affected emigration to America. They answer discussion questions and share their answers with...

Second graders watch a video about Eric Carle before listening to his story entitled, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They notice how the caterpillar eats its way through the days of the week and they examine the life cycle of the...

Students discuss Ramadan and the practice of fasting. Working in groups, they visit Websites and complete worksheets about the Muslim holiday. Students write letters role-playing as someone unfamiliar with a celebration and then write...

Students examine the meaning of prayer and provide their own definitions. They watch a video about Muslim prayer, discuss a fact sheet about it, and break into discussion groups. Students write about their own traditions and customs...

Students identify the basic beliefs and practices within Islam. Using a specific country's culture, they discover the experiences of Muslim women differ between countries. They compare and contrast the rights and protections Islam...

Pupils view a PBS Nature program about big-wave surfing and participate in a class discussion about their experiences with surfing, body boarding, or body surfing. Students create a drawing based on a reading and post their art around...

Students research a famous person of their choice in this lesson. They research the person's life, feelings, and character through a series of written activities. They compile their research into a creative project called a character's...

Students analyze Impressionist art and complete related activities. In this Impressionist art lesson, students read and study the art of Childe Hassam. Students explore basic design concepts and the steps in drawing. Students experiment...

Eighth graders research biographies of people who participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition using Internet resources. They role play characters while acting out a campfire scene from the expedition.

Written in 1881, this brief work focuses on the moral philosophy work that Smith did before his fame as an economist.

This e-text is provided for by the University of Virginia. G.K. Chesterton contributed the biographical sketch for this collaborative volume on Tolstoy's life and work. Includes some page images and many illustrations from the original...

This is a brief biographical sketch of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States.

Contains brief biographical sketches and photographs of prominent people of the Great War era. The entries are arranged alphabetically by surname.

This concise article about Warren G. Harding gives information about his early life, how he got into politics, and his election as 29th president. There is brief mention of his domestic and foreign policies.

This site from McMaster University has background information on Adam Smith. The article is provided by James Anson Farrer, and the information is very in-depth and lengthy, broken into different chapters. (Published 1881)

Each student will choose a former President of the United States to research and present to the class. Students will develop timelines based on biographical information found through search engines on the Internet as well as in books,...

Students write a biographical sketch of an artist or athlete who lives on the edge, riding the gravity wave, to better understand how these artists and athletes work with gravity and manage risk. Note: The literacy activities for the...

Despite the name, the page offers a fairly substantial biographical sketch of Conan Doyle.

This husband-wife team conduct an online workshop that teaches you how to research and write a biographical sketch--a story about someone's life that tells a lot about who that person is or was. Along the way, you'll find research and...

Brief biographical sketches of a few of the artists of gospel music.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Love of Country, or, Sobieski and Hedwig by Trauermantel (1864), biographical sketches of Sobieski and Hedwig, French rulers.

Resource provides a translation of Chekhov's (1860-1904 CE) letters and a biographical sketch. Multiple digital formats of the full text are available.

Students engage in a discussion of "Manifest Destiny" using a timeline of events from 1830 - 1860, and a biographical sketch of a real person who lived during that time period. During the discussion, students will use the biography to...

This Nobel Prize site offers a brief biographical sketch of the 2000 Nobel literature prize winner, plus a list of his works of works about him. Also provided are links to an interview with Xingjian, videos, a bibliography of his works,...