How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...

This multi-day jigsaw activity engages young scholars in summary writing. Students will work in small groups after direct instruction and write short summary paragraphs. Young scholars will refer to the 'Five Rules For Writing a Summary'...

A lesson that directs students through an examination of primary documents related to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The plan also provides instructions for leading students through a discussion of how personal narratives...

During this lesson plan, 4th graders begin to understand how important specific directions are to a project. Students will demonstrate detailed writing in order to instruct their classmates on how to build a snowman.

In this lesson, students investigate what effect changing the direction of gravity will have on the growth of a plant's roots. Includes detailed instructions, videos, background articles, etc.