Students explore scarabs of ancient Egypt. In this visual arts lesson, students discover the design and functionality of Egyptian scarab amulets. Students make their scarabs out clay that are etched with personal meanings.

Fourth graders investigate slavery by reading a book with their classmates. For this abolitionist movement lesson, 4th graders read the story The Patchwork Path, and discuss the creation of the Underground Railroad. Students create...

Fifth graders think of idioms related to laundry as they create a laundry list of idioms.

Students create a collage from magazines, and the internet that is reflective of themselves and write a friendly letter via email to a pen pal. They take their letters through the writing process and write their final draft on Microsoft...

Young scholars identify anecdotes in speeches and the purposes that politicians use the anecdotes for. They create personal anecdotes for the class to hear, and students decide if the anecdote is real or fabricated.

Pupils examine the Russian culture under the Czars and how there was a demand for intricate and beautiful objects. They attempt to create a "jewel-like" object out of an egg using a Spring template supplied by the teacher.

Students design, compose, and present short musical compositions for keyboard in this lesson plan meant for the high school choir class. This lesson can be adapted to any time frame, but the author suggests a considerable amount of time...

Students practice recognizing the letter g in spoken words. They identify the phoneme g=/g/ by listening and saying it in words. Students read Planting a Rainbow and identify words with the letter g. They create green, glittered G's on...

Students participate in a layered curriculum unit in order to give them opportunities to master objectives. Students pick the activities and this allows a differentiated lesson to occur with many opportunities for assessment.

Learners participate in the unit based on the Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar and the Walt Disney Movie "Holes". They use the layered curriculum model of assessment and activities.

In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read 8 clues about Canadian locations on the map and the culture of Canadian people. This would be difficult for U.S. students, as there is no word bank.

In this classroom label worksheet, students cut out the labels and signs that are on the page. Teachers use the worksheet generator to determine the text that will appear on the labels or signs. There are a number of labels to choose...

In this reading comprehension and discussion learning exercise, students read a short selection titled, "The Painting." They discuss the selection using 4 questions that ask their opinion about the painting, and the people in the story.

Young scholars consider the implications of the Holocaust. In this World War II lesson, students read the graphic novel Maus at the end of a unit on World War II. Young scholars discuss the impact of reading about the Holocaust as well...

Students create a Thanksgiving writing piece. In this holiday activity, students use a turkey picture to write a short story about the things they are thankful for.

Learners explore the history of rebus puzzles. In this ancient history lesson, students discuss the history of rebus puzzles and collaborate to solve rebus puzzles.

In this quilting squares worksheet, students follow the provided steps to create their own quilt squares. Diagrams are included as well.

In this The Jungle worksheet, students discuss the theme, symbolism, and political views presented in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.  Students construct essays related to the Sinclair's depiction of capitalism and socialism.

Learners explore geographic information. For this geography and technology lesson, students choose a county and answer related questions on a Webquest. Learners create a word web and design a country brochure.

Fourth graders read Roxaboxen and draw a map of the Roxaboxen community. In this language arts and geography lesson plan, 4th graders use specifications given, adding features to the map as described in the book and creating a legend.

Use this U.S. History unit plan as a template for creating your own! Simply download the resource and edit the text fields with your own customized unit plan. This is a great jumping-off step, especially for newer teachers. 

First graders listen to the story, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." students listen to a poem, "Jack O' Lantern, Jack O' Lantern," and take turns retelling it. They draw the poem in correct sequence on paper to retell it.

Students create a literature pyramid. They review and discuss their assessment task and rubric and select the literature for their pyramid. They read the literary selection and complete a pyramid sheet for one of the four literary...

Students investigate the concept of a biography by using famous African Americans for a subject. Each student is assigned one biography and conducts research in order to complete an ABC book for the class that is used for display...