In these mini-book activity worksheet, students create a Thanksgiving word mini-book that includes the words stuffing, Mayflower, Pilgrims, corn, Native Americans, and turkey. Students also write their own Thanksgiving word and draw a...

Learners explore the era of imperialism and expansion of the United States. In this American history lesson, students play a game regarding the U.S. attempts to expand the nation in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Middle schoolers create instructional videos. in this video lesson, students choose a subject area and topic to make their own how-to video. They research this topic and film their video using a flip-camera. 

Students examine poverty and inequality in America. In this current events lesson, students read the provided articles "Poverty," "Inequality Growing in America," "Inequality: Views on Causes, Effects, Remedies," and "Theories on the...

Students identify figurative language and symbolism in poetry as well as prose. In this literary elements lesson, students read and discuss the role of symbolism in Yellow Man by Moonlight, A Christmas Carl, The House of Wings, and...

Students consider the effect of technological development, industrial growth and changing population on education in historical Deerfield Connecticut. They review many primary resources to investigate history and write a response to...

Students acquaint themselves with little-used library resources/reference materials and create shadow boxes to be displayed in the Media Center based on the research they've done regarding the Winter Olympics.

Students watch a video about different ways of making the same amounts of money and view a clip about the Denver Mint to discover how coins are made. They complete a Web activity on each coin's worth and find out facts about the penny.

Third graders research ecosystems, the work of ecologists, John Muir's contribution to the environment and an endangered species of their choice. They read books, participate in discussions, and write reports.

Learners, in groups, use library reference materials to research an Olympic sport and create a visual display/shadow box to represent it.

Students analyze and differentiate between various genres of literature. They view a slideshow, take a true/false quiz, create an Idea Pad file, and create an idea map of the various genres.

Working in small groups, learners explore the operation of spectrophotometer. Using the spectrophotometer, they investigate Beer's Law with everyday items.

Students practice developing skills to read independently and fluently. They focus on fluency in order to read faster, smoother and with more expression. The practice of reading and rereading decodable words in connected text is stressed...

Students participate in group discussion to problem solve. For this group discussion lesson, students exchange information, opinions and ideas in one of several types of discussion formats. Lesson format works for different...

Young scholars classify trees. In this tree-mendous instructional activity, students categorize a variety of trees to assist them in playing a Jeopardy like game.  Young scholars identify new vocabulary terms and classify the uses...

Article and activity on the ideas and philosophy of John Dewey in which students critique Dewey's methods and evaluate the relevancy of his ideas for American democracy today.

The Center for Dewey Studies website was developed to provide a comprehensive resource about the life and work of the philosopher and educator John Dewey.

Read about one of the most surprising political defeats in American history. The election of 1948 between President Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey was supposed to be a landslide. Find out about Truman's stand on policies, and read about...

An in-depth biography of the American philosopher and educational reformer, John Dewey (1859-1952).

A fascinating account of the famous naval battle by the American naval commander himself, Admiral Dewey.

A biographical sketch of John Dewey. Discusses his educational background, major terms associated with his career as an academic expert, and the presence of primary ethical values in his educational theories. select Dewey's name from the...

Here's a brief biography that outlines Dewey's career and influence on the field of library science.

This site gives the life history of Admiral George Dewey who led the attack in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American war.

Biography and thorough discussion of Dewey's thought, with bibliography at bottom from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Divides his philosophy into theory of knowledge, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics, and then judges his...