Students study the role the Supreme Court plays in laws and decisions that affect individuals with disabilities and examine the policies of the American with Disabilities Act. They draw parallels between policies enacted by the ADA and...

Sixth graders practice creating and solving number sentences on a calculator. They interact with number facts, their properties, algorithms and estimation. Each student recognizes inverse relationships of addition, subtraction,...

Students discuss the significance of the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation and the assassination of Lincoln. They analyze how historians use evidence and develop differing interpretations. Students examine historical bias and...

A multicultural science lesson plan, students read a brief biography of Ernest Just and create a talk show in which they will perform an experiment after Just's work. With this lesson plan, students are taught to appreciate the...

Learners develop an awareness of citizenship and how it's defined globally. They explore the cultural diversity of different types of communities around the world. In addition, they assess the rights and responsibilities that are...

Students sort out important information and create a visual framework for reviewing in the future. They organize a large quantity of information thus helping with learning and remembering details, cause and effect, comparison and...

Students role play as members of Save the Earth Foundation attending a public hearing about potential energy failures. They write a plan of action regarding the advantages an disadvantages of alternative energy sources.

Fourth graders explore geography of four distinct regions of California: mountains, coast, central valley, and desert. They locate California on map, identify state's boundaries and borders, and explore agriculture, a major economic...

In these state names worksheets, 5th graders will draw a line from a state riddle to the correct state name. Each riddle includes the state's nickname.

Students spin themselves to understand rotational inertia. In this Inertia instructional activity, students will also use ramps, balance beam and pendelum to conduct rotational inertia experiments. Students draw conclusions to explain...

Students study the Tran-Atlantic Slave Trade and learn to evaluate historical arguments. In this slave trade lesson, students read about the Atlantic Slave System. Students take notes on slave trade and make a timeline for the...

Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability activity, students perform various probability experiments involving dice, coins, and drawing colored balls from a bag. Students use knowledge of permutations and...

Send your class on an expedition through the rainforest! Along the way, they will write informational postcards to demonstrate what they've learned. Each team will be responsible for one of five rainforest regions. When they return from...

Students examine the Declaration of Independence. In this colonial America instructional activity, students read literature regarding the document as well as excerpts of the document itself. Students also perform a Reader's Theatre...

Learners explore the meaning of freedom.  In this U.S. History activity, students research the Declaration of Independence and how it relates to American freedom by completing activities and a mock trial.

Students study geometric shapes and practice naming them properly. In this geometry lesson, students work in groups to give definitions of the vocabulary to each other in their own words. Students also visit a lower grade and teach...

Second graders create arrays to study multiplication. In this multiplication lesson, 2nd graders split into teams to complete a multiplication table. One team uses addition to solve the table while the other uses multiplication. Students...

Students use photographs to study the Bracero Labor Program. For this analyzing photographs lesson, students are broken up into groups and given a photograph of Bracero laborers. They predict the answers to questions about the photo...

Students explore probability. In this probability lesson, students look at videos and websites where they discover probability facts that can be used in situations. They determine the probability of different events. 

Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...

Fourth graders explore science by participating in a Jeopardy style game. In this matter lesson plan, 4th graders define matter and identify the characteristics and properties of it. Students collaborate in two teams and utilize a SMART...

Students analyze DNA sequence differences between organisms in order to establish a reasonable picture of the evolutionary relationships between them. They take the role of molecular biologists and make genetic changes and constructing...

Eleventh graders analyze the development of federal civil and voting rights for minority groups. In groups, they discuss how Cesar Chavez organized the farm workers and the techniques he used when protesting. They define and practice...