Learners define the characteristics of a personal narrative, explain the difference between a 'memoir' and an 'autobiography', and create a reading journal in which they will log their reading activities. In this personal narrative...

Students compare/contrast through primary sources the Articles of Confederation in the United States to the Confederation Period in Canada. They summarize the successes and failures of each. In essence, they analyze the impact of...

Middle schoolers investigate a controversial issue of discrimination based upon a caste system in Japan. It is compared to India and they use research methods to make discoveries concerning the history and similarities to the two systems.

In this Friends tv series activity, students match up the characters described with twenty-two statements from the show. Although this is a activity about a tv show, there is some language skill-building present in the activity.

Students explore their hometown newspaper for ideas. They create their own classroom newspaper.

Students research information about candidates both past and present. They role play a party member, the public or the press to present information.

Students explore the mathematics behind opinion polls, as well as provides a framework for interpreting trends in opinion poll graphics.

Young scholars discover the use of steamboats in North Carolina. After reading background information, they take notes on their reading and participate in a class discussion. They complete a KWL chart and share what they have gathered in...

Students analyze Russell Lee's photo essay as a sign of segregation in Texas. They consider the differences between primary and secondary sources and how historians use these sources.

Students read a story called Orionid Meteors to Shower Earth and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this meteor shower lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions, view Sky Maps online, and...

Students research island formation, plot locations on a map and make an analysis of why some islands are formed where they are.

Fourth graders research and collect information about Florida colleges, then devise a system for organizing and displaying it.