Students compare two versions of song done as an original and as a cover. They attempt to arrange a pop song to show a different musical style.

Students watch a video on improvisation. They improvise original melodies over given chord progressions. They develop criteria to evaluate the merits of improvisational performances and apply the criteria in their personal listening and...

Students compare two recordings of Tony Bennett's music.

Young scholars research a major historical event from the ancient world and write a newsletter about the event.

Students explore the key concepts of the story, "Standing Woman" which portrays futuristic settings, and the search for artificial happiness. Parallels are drawn to Orwell's "Brave New World" and the movie, "Solent Green."

High schoolers read "Congruent Figures," by Takahashi Takako. They conduct small group discussion using the role sheets and their reading logs.

Young scholars discover how to identify trusting adults and how to respond to dangerous situations. They discuss different situations and how they should react. They draw a picture of an adult who could help them.

Students discover how to react in a dangerous situation. They discover how to identify trusting adults as well. They role-play telling adults about a dangerous situation.

Learnersview a video of the Dave Matthews Band and identify the various instruments used by them. They identify a variety of techniques used to produce musical sound on these instruments. finally, they discuss the function of each part...

Students practice playing pitch bends on a synthesizer. They discover how to calibrate the machine and use its software. They perform their song with the class.

Students examine and discuss the African American Spiritual in a choir setting. They also sing the spiritual "Get On Board This Train" while using terms and techniques studied in the lesson.

Students use their spelling words for the week to solve analogies. In groups, they work together to place the correct word in the correct place in a sentence. They also read a paragraph and determine the meaning of the word using...

Students listen to a story about "Pandora" and write five details they remember from listening to the story. They share their ideas and details with the class. When another student reads a detail they have written, students raise their...

Students, after researching, discussing and analyzing vernacular architecture in detail, answer a question and answer sheet, review an extensive vocabulary of key words, complete an activity sheet on the key words, and critique a...

Third graders use the internet to search for a teacher assigned African American artist. They create a PowerPoint slide displaying a sample of the artists work with brief bits of information about their artist. Students write a short...

Young scholars discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization. Through guided practice, they follow five steps in finding and highlighting important information, while deleting information that is not needed. Using...

Pupils apply three steps to summarizing successfully (delete trivial and redundant material, replace superordinate terms with a list or action term, and invent a topic sentence.) Through guided practice, they follow these rules in...

Students read an article in a magazine about crocodiles silently, remembering not to make a sound, and trying hard to understand what the author is trying to tell them. They then write down some important facts they have read on a piece...

Fifth graders are shown how advertisers use persuasive language and imagery to con us. They use this knowledge to question advertisers notions to persuade us one way or another. Students create a new jingle for an advertisement for...

Fifth graders reinforce and focus on the meaning derived from the text as a whole and identify and describe the main characters, events and settings in a fiction piece of writing. They incorporate a wide-range of adventurous vocabulary...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, 6th graders read a 7-paragraph essay about the history of Mother's Day. Students then answer 7 multiple choice questions about the passage.

Young scholars read a story called Scientists Discover Oldest Mayan Mural and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events Mayan mural lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions,...

Learners familiarize themselves with the definition of media literacy and why it is important. In this media literacy lesson, students examine the front pages of three different types of newspapers. Learners discuss the lead stories...

In this Olympic rings activity, students read information about the Olympic rings. Students then answer 8 questions about the text.