Students investigate the personal accounts of slaves in the United States. They participate in various activities according to grade level to examine the role of slavery in the South.

Students take an Internet field trip to research fractions. ESOL strategies include using pattern block manipulatives and pairing ESOL and non-ESOL students on computers.

Students explore partitioning and equivalency.

Sixth graders review equivalent fractions by using folded paper and shading in different amounts. For this fractions lesson plan, 6th graders review fractions with the paper, and then go onto internet sites to practice concepts on...

Students work as partners to study Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this African American history lesson, students work with their cross-grade partner to study, understand, and memorize the speech. Students meet with...

Students create a tally chart. In this math and health lesson, students discuss healthy foods and create a tally chart showing the number of students who like to eat healthy foods.

Students collect data. In this math lesson, students collect data about recyclable materials. Students develop a plan that will help the environment. Recycling plastic containers is discussed.

First graders listen to a story, manipulate flannel board figures, and cut soft cookies and paper plates into equal parts.

In this fractions and decimals worksheet, students solve 11 problems. Students convert fractions to decimals and write shaded grids as fractions and decimals to the hundredth place.

Students examine how light waves travel. In this properties of light lesson, students observe how light travels in water, how light is reflected and refracted, and how light is pure energy.

Learners use flip video cameras to film a speech about the 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this poetry and speech lesson, students listen to the speech from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Learners memorize part of the speech.

Peanuts inspire this lesson about George Washington Carver, called The Peanut Wizard in the included informational text. Class members read about peanuts and George Washington Carver and create a timeline of his life. In addition, pupils...

Fourth graders research a product and participate in an integrated simulation of a free market economy where students will create, buy and sell a good or service. In completing this activity, 4th graders understand the concepts and...

Students make change from play money they use based on prices mentioned in a book they read. In this making change lesson plan, students use subtraction to find their change amount.

For this equations and formulas worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 15 different problems. First, they solve for the variable x in each equation. Then, students solve for y in each equation. In addition, they write an equation and...

Students visualize a character or event and personalize it through drawings.

Students make salt dough and then fashion it into the shape of a lady bug, shich they later paint after it has been baked.

Students compare and contrast Wisconsin's water resources to that of Puerto Rico. They research books about islands, particularly the Puerto Rican islands. Student view illustrations of island ecology. They discuss the illustrations and...

Students research pertinent information based on historical facts and is supported by quotations from primary sources in order to prepare for a class debate about land ownership in the 19th century.

Students observe as the teacher introduced themself as a talent scout for a clothing company for teenagers who is looking for a choreographer for a commercial for a new line of clothes called, "The Wrap". They work alone or in groups of...

Tenth graders begin the lesson by plotting trade routes, major empires and items traded. Using primary sources, they examine their own values regarding trading items for royality. They participate in a role-play exercise in which they...

Pupils practice an alternative form of data presentation. They practice sequencing data, identifying the stem-and-leaf, creating stem-and-leaf plots, and drawing inferences from the data by viewing the plots.

Students are introduced to the organization of data This lesson is designed using stem and leaf plots. After gather data, they create a visual representation of their data through the use of a stem and leaf plot. Students drawing...

For this problem-solving worksheet, students learn how to make a prediction in problem-solving by using the 4 steps: understand, plan, solve and look back. They then use this problem-solving skill to answer 4 questions.