Eighth graders discuss their plans for after high school and complete a portfolio. Individually, they use the information from their portfolio to create puzzle pieces of their past to help them plan their future. In groups, they put...

Eighth graders discuss the culminating activity to a unit in which they determine how they will present their "Design for My Future" and "My Personal Plan of Study." They pull together all of their work from the unit before writing a...

Your young architects use the Internet to research tall structures or sky scrapers to help in the design of their scale drawings. This is lesson plan one of three in which learners design, build, and test model skyscrapers for seismic...

Choosing an issue from a play or novel, researchers find two primary sources from different time periods to compare how people's views have changed. Many questions are listed to guide young writers. In the end, learners produce a...

Organizing information gathered for a research topic can be a challenge. Read aloud notes you have collected on a topic and use suggestions offer by the class to categorize and sort this information. Partners then follow this pattern,...

Learners research basic information about owls. They complete a class KWL chart, and conduct research on owls using the Internet and a variety of resource books. Next, they write an owl acrostic poem and a report using their research...

Students examine different family traditions to further explain social patterns. They complete a graphic organizer using educational software.

High schoolers research the Internet to fill out their scavenger hunt sheet.  In this research lesson students search the Internet for answers to the questions on the scavenger hunt worksheet. 

Fifth graders study the Civil War. In this US history lesson, 5th graders simulate what life was like during the Civil War by having two groups with one group given more materials than the other group. Students then draw a...

Students examine Maine tourism websites. They identify ways the Internet has changed the tourism industry in Maine.

Fourth graders experience difficult situations where they need to choose values. This lesson provides students with a role-playing opportunity to discover alternative ways of approaching these situations.

High schoolers role play at a party where they see a kiss between two males. They act out the next scene in terms of what happens.

This is an excellent infographic to post prominently in the classroom that will encourage productive discussions between teachers and students as well as help in directing student self-talk. It presents ten questions that students can...

This artical evaluates the ethics involved with cloning humans. Issues such as legal rights and protection and determining whether it is unnatural self-engineering are addressed.

A self-assessment on leadership qualities. Great for both teachers and students looking to evaluate their own leadership potential! Could also be used to look at skills/vocabulary associated with leadership.

Find a definition of "Integrity," along with discussion questions, activity ideas, and writing prompts. Learn whether you are a "Person of integrity," through a self-evaluation quiz and learn ways to promote integrity among your friends,...