Students define words of relevance to the stock market and fair trading. They explore the significant events surrounding the charges brought against Martha Stewart as a means of learning how the stock market is governed.

Learners write a generosity journal which chronicals acts of kindness after reading the Surat story, Angel Child, Dragon Child.

Students simulate the role of a presidential analysis group to research a location for a Revolutionary War museum. They conduct research, and write a summary of their findings to present to the President.

Students discuss how people are influenced by their cultures and backgrounds, make artwork that documents creative process, write character sketch of Colonel Massey from different points of view, examine issue from different perspectives...

Fifth graders examine multiplication. They construct arrays to demonstrate specific multiplication facts. They identify examples and non-examples of arrays. Students use counters to model the commutative property of multiplication.

High schoolers view a PowerPoint presentation on the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society's Civil Rights and/or the Native American Rights. They write a reaction paper and prepare for a class discussion. They work in groups and...

Students create Native American dream catchers to represent the Native American culture. After reading and discussing the origin of the Dream cather, they begin to construct their dream catchers using wire hoops, thread, beads, and...

In this language arts worksheet, middle schoolers discuss the meanings of metaphors from a book Number The Stars and then reason why the author writes with them.

In this math worksheet, students solve 6 story problems in which area or perimeter is calculated. These are construction related problems that students must solve and indicate if area or perimeter is used. The meaning of the title is...

For this adjectives worksheet, learners read 9 adjective pairs such as: old/young, light/heavy. Students match the adjectives to pictures that illustrate their meaning.

In this word and picture matching instructional activity, students read the names of 9 body parts and match them to the correct picture that shows the meaning.

For this ESL complete the idiom worksheet, students fill in the endings to common idioms. They see a small, colorful clip art picture that shows the meaning of the idiom before they complete the sentence.

In this ESL present continuous verb matching worksheet, learners match 8 verbs to the pictures that best express their meaning.

Students explore women in history. In this lesson plan about nineteenth century women, students analyze paintings looking at women and their clothing, expressions, body language, and the setting and color. Students understand how...

Students construct three dimensional self-portraits. In this visual arts instructional activity, students use clay to create a self-portrait. Students make the clay and discuss their self-portrait.

Learners explore characteristics of effective group work. In this multi-cultural social studies lesson, students work in teams to design and construct a headdress similar to what would be worn during the Bahamian festival of Junkanoo....

Students make connections between two design objects intended for different purposes and analyze the social and political meaning in the designs. For this design analysis lesson, students complete image based discuss activities. Students...

Students analyze scenarios regarding integrity. In this character education lesson, students participate in group discussions. Students analyze various scenarios regarding integrity and construct a written response in their character...

Learners explore river routes. In this social studies lesson, students trace the route of a river from its source and discuss the Continental Divide. Learners draw the route the river takes and name the states it flows through. Students...

Students read the text The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler. In this literacy lesson, students discuss the characters in the text and the various shades of skin they observed on each page. Students read the beautiful descriptions of the...

Fifth graders create dichotomous keys to create classifications of students in the classroom by writing instructions. In this classifications lesson plan, 5th graders learn how dichotomous keys are used in science observations.

Students discover the meaning of the word erosion and discuss effects of rocks and sticks upon the soil. They then work in small groups to construct a model of erosion to make observations and then write them in their science journals.

Fourth graders read the novel, The Eric Canal, identifying the characters and setting. They respond to daily reading by writing in journals and complete a short answer test upon completion of the novel.

Students view and analyze "Still Life," by Cornelis de Heem. They answer discussion questions about the painting, write similes, discuss symbolism, create a still life sketch, and create a paint box poem.