Poe goes high tech with a lesson plan that asks high schoolers to use the internet and various apps as they read and analyze "The Masque of the Red Death." In addition to responding to comprehension questions in Quizlet, they use...

Scholars take part in a grand conversation after they examine facts and stories about the Women's Suffrage Movement. Eight discussion questions bring light to influential women, the importance of voting, citizenship, and voting rights.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Learners go to the heart of the causes of the American Revolution. Examining political cartoons, Enlightenment documents, and firsthand accounts, they present their ideas and reflective...

When you look at me, what do you see? Young learners answer this question by creating a portrait that reflects the identity of one of their peers. First, class members create interview questions. Then, they interview classmates to...

Learners study the decisions and solutions involved in winning the right to vote. After reading background information on the fight for women's suffrage, including one woman's story, and its eventual success in the United States and...

Swimming is more fun with quantities. The short assessment task encompasses finding the volume of a trapezoidal prism using an understanding of quantities. Individuals make a connection to the rate of which the pool is filled with a...

Students make a rough map of Yosemite and add elevations to the map. They are encouraged to bring photos from the trip and add them to their map.

Learners investigate how students in various countries celebrate their winter holiday traditions, locate various countries on a map, and draw and tell about various Santa Claus legends.

Students read and explore a West African folktale. In this folktale lesson plan, students read the book The Clever Monkey Rides Again and examine West African proverbs. There are several related multi-subject extensions on this lesson...

Students distinguish geographic features using Ptolemy's map of the world.

Students observe the school for one week to identify social boundaries.  In this map it out activity, students sketch the school's social boundaries, identifying where social cliques hang out.  Students compare their...

Learners identify structures needed for a lighthouse station. Groups of students create structures at a lighthouse station with their bodies. Pairs of learners create structures found at the Fenwick Island Lighthouse Station circa 1861.

Eighth graders examine prehistoric terrain. In this geography activity, 8th graders discover necessary resources for settlers. Students work in small groups to create a trail crossing the state of Kansas.

Eighth graders use the data analyzer and motion detector to collect data and measure distances. They create topographic maps drawn to scale of a given setup and relate the concepts to the creation of historical ocean maps.

Students create their own topographical map using a potato. In this hands on lesson students construct a topographical map and explain what contour lines are using a potato.

Students listen to the fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, and participate in various map skill activities. They manipulate magnetic tortoises and hares on metal cookie sheets to practice direction, and construct racing tortoises out of...

Students participate in a game that explores map reading skills and intermediate directions. The teacher turns over a direction card for each player or team and announces the move, and they move towards a designated cardinal or...

Young scholars explore human anatomy by conducting a human senses experiment. In this taste lesson, students identify the main purpose of a tongue and how it enhances our eating habits. Young scholars utilize baking coca, lemon juice,...

Students are introduced to drawing and interpreting topographical maps. They each cut through there Jell-o mountain at regular height intervals, and trace around the shape of the Jell-o cut off at the height, overlaying the different...

Students create comics identifying conflicts and their resolutions. In this conflict resolution instructional activity, small groups of students follow specific mapping instructions to illustrate a conflict and its resolution. Students...

Students measure and write specific metric distances. In this archaeology instructional activity, students are given specific artifact locations on a map and measure the distance using millimeters.

Learners examine and study how to recognize the characteristics of a regular pentagon and demonstrate how to construct one. They become aware of associating a regular pentagon to its term of a double map and practice the concept of line...

Are you looking for a good 3-D geometry lesson that includes hands-on activities for your middle schoolers? Look no further than this one! Pupils use centimeter grid paper embedded in the plan, along with detailed construction...

Students use visualization while reading Hill of Fire. For this language arts lesson, students read the story and draw a picture of what they see while listening to the story. Students use manipulatives to create the figures described.