This lesson focuses on the use of imagery and figurative language in writing to aid understanding and create images in the mind.

This is a great introduction to one of the most-loved Winter Olympic sports, figure skating. Read a history of the sport and learn about the various figure skating events that take place during the Games. Also, check out a photo and...

Given quantitative data, students will express and manipulate quantities using the correct number of significant figures.

This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying figurative language techniques found in excerpts written by William Shakespeare. A worksheet is available to help reinforce the concept of figurative language...

Given a pair of similar figures, including dilations, students will be able to generalize that the lengths of corresponding sides are proportional.

This site provides the complete etext for Henry James's story, "The Figure in the Carpet."

"Hidden Figures" was a blockbuster movie and book about African-American women working for NASA beginning after WWII. These women not only made great strides for the space program but also advanced the civil rights movement. Learn more...

Figurative language adds a splash of color to your otherwise boring writing. This article defines figurative language and provides examples of the different types.

A learning module with twenty-four links to websites, images, texts, and videos to use while learning about figurative language.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan, based on In a Pickle and Other Funny Idioms by Marvin Terba, in which young scholars learn how understand idioms and use them to explain the plot and to make predictions. With free login,...

Explains how to round to a given number of "significant digits".

This activity will encourage students to explore the character of Bertha Mason, Mr. Rochester's first wife, through the lens of medical history. They will compare Charlotte Bronte's presentation of the character with the perspectives...

Explains what similes and metaphors are and how they are alike and different. Provides examples and practice sheets for each.

Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students grades K-12. This site presents the idea of justice. Links to related sites are available.

The learning activity demonstrates to students real-world applications of mathematics. The resource shows examples of how probability and chance can be used in the real world.

This math challenge activity focuses on the concept of organizing information. Test your problem-solving aptitude as you try to figure out who received the most gifts.

In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies. A game to reinforce the understanding of the conficts in the Lord of the Flies is available. Worksheets with figurative devices...

Biographical portrait of John Adams, second president of the United States, discusses, among other things, his role in the American fight for independence. Archived.

Brief biography of playwright William Shakespeare, including personal information and life as a poet and actor.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide looks at similar polygons, scale factor (ratio), and triangle similarity.

This comprehensive lesson plan uses Julius Caesar to teach multiple author tools such as figurative language and foreshadowing. Included are reproducibles, activities for each act, lesson extensions, ideas for different learning types,...

Brief overview, followed by biographical sketches of people making this time memorable.

This article describes a new approach to teaching children more than just memorizing a formula to find area and hope they don't confuse it with perimeter. This approach involves a project with real life situations....

During this lesson, students engage in a virtual game of "Twenty Questions" with another class. They will utilize textbooks, trade books, the Alabama Virtual Library, and other Internet sites for reference. Each team (class) will be...