Students examine different techniques of research to gather information and facts. They discover how to use multimedia computer application HyperStudio. They improve writing and word processing skills.

Students read a profile of Luiz Inácio da Silva, the currently favored presidential candidate in Brazil. They use this article as a model for writing their own profiles of noteworthy people recently featured in the news.

Students explore Jackie Jooyner-Kersee and how she's a motivator for people both as an athlete and a philanthropist.

Third graders examine different types of information and evaluate its accuracy. In groups, they research tribal heroes from the present and past. As a class, they identify what they need to look for to determine if the information is...

Young scholars gather data using the Internet to create products related to technology.

Students use the internet to gather information about Presidents of the United States and create a trading card for one of them. They create a brochure with the president's information and accomplishments.

Students read and discuss the fictional biography, "Strega Nona: Her Own Story" by Tomie dePaola. They compare the characters of the story to other fictional characters then choose their own favorite fictional character to write a...

In this English activity, students read "Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Pupils examine character traits and apply characteristics of those traits to images and quotations. They design, save and print using a desktop publishing program. They utilize reference tools to locate quotations.

Students listen to music and review instruments of the orchestra. They explore musical terms, solo, texture and theme of the music and discuss other features of the music. Students research and discuss the life of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov.

In this ESL vocabulary building worksheet, students collaborate with a partner to fill in the blanks in a story. Each of the 2 stories provided is identical, but with different words omitted. Students read the story together and fill in...

There are 40 history trivia questions and answers.  Students have to cut out the questions and the answers and try to match the correct answer to the question.  The trivia questions are all related to history but from many...

Students listen to a recording of Suite for Orchestra No. 3 by J. S. Bach, review and recognize basic musical instruments by sight, and begin to recognize sounds of some instruments.

Fourth graders plan their own activities to reinforce the concepts being taught in school. The tic-tac-toe grid is used to help students create innovative learning activities to generate ideas.

For this sampling errors worksheet, students problem solve to find the sampling errors for each word problem. Students finish by finding a sampling method that might bias the last surveys.

Students explore the concept of vertex-edge graphs.  In this vertex-edge graphs lesson plan, students try to construct a graph with a given diameter, number of vertices, size, and planarity.  Students construct various...

Sixth graders read legends to learn the history of Connecticut in a fun informative way.

Fifth graders read The Cay as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan has many good activities across the curriculum to keep your students actively engaged in the story. They will do math, art, music, science and geography...

Young scholars summarize the major events of the Civil Rights Movement. They examine leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X and what they did for the movement. They also listen to music from the Civil Rights Era and their...

Young scholars explore Kathe Kollowitz and other Holocaust artists.

Students discuss the concept of being successful. The class produces a web page that showcases leaders from their community. They describe their contributions to the community and state the qualities that led them to success.

Students research local leaders and create a web page showcasing the leader.

Students play a game of History Jeopardy.

Students examine a system of critical analysis for describing, interpreting, and evaluating portraits which focuses their attention and yields information about the artwork.