The Crusades sounds like a glamorous time period in the Middle Ages full of glory—but was it? Scholars find and review the truth of the Crusades' influence on the world through the resource. The study guides, separated individually by...

Eighth graders realize the impact of dialect in literature as well as their own speaking and writing by reading selections from Frances O'Roark Dowell's novel, Dovey Cove.

Young scholars explore school history by documenting daily life. In this time capsule lesson, students discuss the impact a fire had on their school during the previous year and identify ways to preserve information about their school by...

Students explore the processes used by industrial designers to design useful, safe, and appealing mass-produced objects. They select an object from their home or classroom and redesign it to improve its function, feel, and/or appearance.

Students in a special education classroom identify pictures of various living things. In groups, they role-play different roles to help them with their social and communication skills. To end the instructional activity, they take...

In this British history worksheet, learners complete a ten question multiple choice quiz about British history. Prior knowledge is assumed.

Students research senior citizens who were heroes during the Reconstruction Era. They interview senior citizens who they believe to be heroes and write a biography about them. They explain how small acts can contribute to the common good.

In this use of articles resource worksheet, students receive help in determining the proper use of articles in their writing. They read about the proper use of the, a, and an.

Students identify narrative procedure. In this narrative procedure lesson, students analyze a recipe and visit the website www.ehow.com. Students discuss narrative procedures and answer questions. students make a list of the procedures...

Students examine the role of music in their lives. They listen to songs from the Civil Rights movement. They explain how music effects their thinking.

First graders examine a database to explain the use of primary source documents.

Learners communicate their thoughts, feelings, and information about the sky in both written and oral format. They listen and read to discover the thoughts, feelings, and informtaion about the sky from others.

Young scholars sequence the events of the popular Chinese folktale "The Terrible Nung Gwama" using a graphic organizer. This lesson takes 45-minutes and includes two possible enrichment activities.

Students discover that a is a good source of information about history. They see that a may also provide information or clues about attitudes, beliefs, practices, and economic conditions of the time period and place in which it was written.

Students interpret symbols and metaphors from Harry Potter that refer to real-life political and social issues.

Students search the Images Canada database for images depicting life in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They analyze photos and share their findings. They use these images to create a photo album.

Young scholars use primary and secondary sources, using the Internet and other media.

Learners pretend they are visiting a relative in the Chuuk nation of Micronesia. Using their knowledge of the 4th of July, they compare and contrast the holiday to the Chuuk's independence day. They create travelogues that outline...

Middle schoolers write a paper on the impact of video-conferencing in an area of their choice. The paper should discuss pros and cons to this technology and include a clear description of what video-conferencing is.

Students are introduced to the definition of "flashback" in that writers use it when they want to reveal to readers something that happened in the past. Then Students write a short story using a flashback scene and then move back to the...

Students identify and become competent and in reading the letter u, pronounced /uh/. They also use and spell words with the correspondance u = /uh/ by the use of a letterbox instructional activity, reading a short story, and writing a...

Seventh graders read sections of a Sherlock Holmes novel. They identify references to hate groups that are the criminals in the story. They discuss the symbols found in the story.

In this idioms worksheet, students, with a partner complete a variety of activities associated with idioms about cards and their many meanings in life.

In this cause and effect worksheet, students answer 8 questions about cause and effect adverb clauses. They identify the cause and effect in sentences and then combine them using "because" and "now that" where appropriate.