Eighth graders investigate the culture and lifestyles of the Lakota Sioux and the Northern Cheyenne tribes. They use a variety of resources for research. They create questions based on information to be used during classroom discussion...

Twelfth graders brainstorm ideas for their own science fiction story. Using worksheets, they sketch the plot and setting for their story. They create appropriate characters and develop their interactions among each other. They share...

Students study the similarities of Feudal Japan and Europe. They show the feudal society of Japan, recognize the role of the samurai and identify the code of bushido.

Twelfth graders explore the First Amendment and the rights that are protected by the First Amendment. They discuss how the First Amendment is important to their daily lives. Students research the amendment and complete a concept map.

Eleventh graders explore Communism. They explore Communism's roots in economics and discuss the spread of Communism in the Eastern Hemisphere. They evaluate a Communistic and a Capitalistic society. Students reflect upon the positives...

Learners explore the issue of "human rights" and discuss world events/situations in which human rights are in question. They determine their own needs and wants and simulate the experience of being a refugee having to leave their home. ...

Fifth graders are introduced to the removal of Native Americans along the Trail of Tears. In groups, they examine the political factors that caused this removal and its effect on society. To end the lesson, they discuss various ways to...

Students identify and consider US Constitutional origins in American Indian culture. They discuss and consider what it means to them to attribute the origins of the US Constitution to American Indian oral tradition. They compare the...

Students engage in a lesson plan that is concerned with the concepts related to comparing the United States and Iroquois Indians while focusing upon the foundations of the ruling documents like the US Constitution. They conduct research...

Learners consider what it means to be politically involved. In this civics lesson, students discuss voting as a privilege or right. Learners also discuss how they may be able to effect social change through political involvement.

Students examine wealth including analyzing and interpreting the sources of it.  In this social responsibility lesson students create their own political cartoon.

Young scholars debate over the development in the habitat of gray whales. For this role playing lesson, students will take on various roles in a debate over the development of a salt production facility in the San Ignacio Lagoon...

Young scholars explore the connection between Gandhi and the Independence Movement in India. In this lesson on social change, students examine the ideas of Gandhi to analyze non violent change. Young scholars consider the impact of...

Learners examine violence on television. In this media awareness lesson plan, students discuss the types of fictional and realistic violence shown on American television. Learners participate in a Congressional simulation activity on the...

Seventh graders study communism. In this world history lesson, 7th graders discuss the similarities and differences between communism and democracies by writing Venn Diagrams.

Students examine energy issues. In this environmental stewardship instructional activity, students discuss nuclear power options. Students also discuss energy consumption and create energy reduction guides for students their own age....

Learners watch a video, view websites, and discuss the Chinese Exclusion Act that took place on Angel Island. In this Chinese exclusion act lesson plan, students discuss the interrogations that went on and fill out worksheets bout the...

Sixth graders classify and organize information about ancient China. For this Chinese history lesson, 6th graders create word search puzzles and record the processes they used to create them.

Sixth graders explore the role of rivers in the construction of early civilizations. For this importance of rivers lesson, 6th graders listen to a poem written by Langston Hughes and work cooperatively to develop a graphic organizer to...

Students retrieve and map census data to determine the average rent and owners' payments made throughout Canada. They find out how many people are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing.

Students compare natural and human made items and gain an awareness of the importance of Mother Earth to the Nez Perce people.

Second graders create a t-chart about the healthy and unhealthy characteristics in relationships. They discuss elements they should look for in a friend. They are read books to identify these elements.

First graders write about vehicles that float using the interactive writing procedure.

Students create a glyph (a symbol or icon) that represents who they are, and read the glyphs of others to explain the glyphs' data.