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Performance Art and The Waste Stream

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research local waste management services, discuss findings, give opinions about what they have found, offer solutions and ideas, and create performance art, design art works, and fine art works to convey information on waste...
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Castle/Fort Unit

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students compare and contrast castles and forts. They observe buildings in their community and consider how castles and forts are similar. They design their own castle or fort and brainstorm materials to build with, discuss how the...
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Barbara Jordan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the contributions made to our country by Barbara Jordan. They read and discuss the books "The Sneetches" and "Building a Bridge," write journal entries, participate in a discrimination simulation, create a class...
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Problems at Cliffs of the Neuse

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students assume the roles of members of the Cliffs of the Neuse Sate Park and must develop an action plan in response to a complaint about possible water quality problems and associated human illnesses. Students conduct research on the...
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Entry-Level Job Interviewing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners are able to discover specific information to remember when preparing for an interview and identify the most important factors to keep in mind during an interview. They are able to critique a video of a person being interviewed...
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Math: Skyscraper Comparison

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine skyscrapers by conducting Internet research and by creating and interpreting graphs. After reading the book, "Skyscraper," they discuss reasons why the structures are built. Once they have researched the tallest...
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Listening Logs

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students hone their listening skills. They develop tools for approaching research into their own musical traditions and those of community and state and examine different ways of recording data. They design different types of research...
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The Westward Movement

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Students study the westward movement through examining stamps. In this westward movement lesson plan, students draw conclusions, determine cause and effect relationships and examine the westward movement of the United States by...
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Turning the Century

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Gilded Age. In this Gilded Age lesson, students create a museum of their own showing what life was like in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Students investigate immigration, settlement and how these...
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Quilting - A Pioneer Craft

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore quilting in pioneer families. In this quilting lesson, 5th graders review the history of quilts, the role of women, and quilting patterns. They create their own pattern and quilt square.  
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What happens when it's foggy?

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Learners use conditional verbs to create sentences from pictures. For this conditional verb lesson, students answer the discussion questions using conditional verbs. Sample sentences are provided that can be used for dialogue practice.
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It's Your Future!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the concept of getting a job and buying a home. In this getting a job and buying a home lesson, students research job qualifications and salaries for various jobs. Students discuss what is a mortgage and how one works.
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Political Spectrum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this government worksheet, high schoolers identify and describe the differences between each part of the political spectrum by listing some points under each title in the chart. Then they choose any of the 9 issues listed, discuss and...
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Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine how he world eats breakfast. In this food choices lesson, students work in groups to list breakfast foods and their ingredients and find goods and consumers on the list. The, students use the Internet to complete a...
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"The Roadmap To Purchasing My First New Car"

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners examine the decision-making process of purchasing a car. They conduct Internet research, determine a monthly car payment based on loan information, e-mail various online car websites, research insurance, and determine the best...
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Creating and Evaluating Ethnic Advertising

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the concept of ethnic advertising. In this African American history lesson plan, students watch segments of videos about the history of ethnic advertising. Students respond to questions that correspond to...
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Queen Anne's War and Its Impact on Deerfield

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students researchhow Queen Ann's War of Europe affect Native Americans in New England. After reading excerpts from History of Deerfiel by George Sheldon and Nuthatch's Dilemma, a story about a Pocumtuck woman, students are prepared to...
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ESL: Advanced/Proficiency Vocabulary

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this ESL word formation worksheet, students complete each sentence using the proper form of the word or words given in bold below the sentence. They fill in 9 blanks in seven sentences.
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You'd Better Shop Around

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the prices of various food items at different grocery stores using newspaper advertisements. Students discuss the benefits and drawbacks of shopping around for items that fit within their monthly budget.
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Tread Lightly: Where We Stand

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners explore the concept of ecological footprints. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students calculate their ecological footprints and consider how to reduce them.
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There's No Accounting for Good Journals

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders create journals on their spending habits. In this money-management lesson plan, 10th graders create and keep journals of their personal income and expenditures. Students learn to use Excel to create a spreadsheet for their...
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Mobile Phones

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Investigate how mobile phones impact their lives through this technology lesson that has students discuss the history of the cell phone and research how cell phones are being used in third world countries. Students create a blog for new...
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The Alien and Sedition Acts: Defining American Freedom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the Alien and Sedition Acts. In this Bill of Rights lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the Alien Act and the Sedition Acts. Students examine Supreme Court...
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The Alien and Sedition Acts: Defining American Freedom

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts.  In this US History lesson plan, 11th graders analyze primary source documents.  Students write an essay using writing prompts. 

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