Learners share social and cultural traditions and values. They develop listening strategies to explain what is heard.

Students identify how Mohandas Gandhi developed a nonviolent crusade for justice. In this nonviolent protest lesson, students watch segments of a documentary about Gandhi's reaction to imperialism in India. Students write essays that...

Students explore sentences to locate subjects. In this language lesson, students investigate methods to locate subjects in sentences and practice doing so.

Learners play "Willie Wonka" tag (a form of freeze tag). They are in two groups, runners and taggers. The runners' goal is to find a golden ticket under a gum drop (spot marker). Runners try to avoid being tagged with a licorice (foam...

In this math homework worksheet, learners will solve a money multiplication problem with the support of a "Coach". Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.

In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to solve a problem about elapsed time. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.

Students create non-linear, user-directed presentations in a presentation software application. They create, using Powerpoints, tutorial movies using the topic of solving a math story problem.

Students report on family trends, functions of the family and various ways of selecting marriage partners. For this family lesson plan, students act as editors, commercial skits, and writers for a newscast about families.

Students identify the plot and theme of cartoons. In groups, they discuss and compare the written and movie versions of popular fairy tales. Individually, they write their own fairy tale and share them with the class. They write their...

Students create a Mother's Day video gift by utilizing the latest video technology in class.  In this film making lesson plan, students utilize important photographs related to their mother and import them into a computer timeline...

Students examine how to plan, prepare, and serve a meal. They analyze the food pyramid, select five recipes, plan a dinner menu, create a HyperCard stack of the menu, and prepare the meal for their family.

Students calculate gas prices. In this transportation lesson plan, students tally the mileage and gas costs of their car for one months. They figure out how much was spent on gas and create a graph showing average gas prices over...

Fifth graders write a website based school newspaper using a variety of literary forms to present the news of the school.

Learners use Geometer's Sketchpad to draw triangles and explore the classificaiton of each using the mearsures of interior angles and the lengths of the sides.

Students using visual modeling software will construct two regular pentagrams which are mathematically similar. They also create a multi-page document and learn to create links between the pages and to a website on the History of...

Students create a standard outline, using a word processing tool, while they are learning about the basic writing device of the 5 paragraph essay.

Second graders study short and long vowel sounds. They hear each word or picture by clicking on it to hear each rhyme. There is also the option of letting some students type their own rhyming sentence in this program. They complete a...

Students create the basis for a fantasy story. They discuss what makes a story "fantasy" and identify which stories include something that could not happen in the real world. They determine what these fantasy stories have in common.

In this collection of graphic organizers for a literature unit, students will complete 22 different graphic organizers on the topic of character development. For example, this collection includes character analysis and various attribute...

For this nouns worksheet, learners rewrite 20 sentences. Students fill in each blank with a noun from the word box given. Learners are also reminded that a noun is a person, place, or thing.

In this math worksheet, learners work with a partner to practice estimating products using rounding. They discuss the process of rounding and whether multiplying the rounded numbers is easier or more difficult than multiplying the...

Students explore fairy tales. In this fairy tales lesson, students analyze the main idea of a fairy tale and interpret it. Students then re-write the story from the point of view of another character or object in the story.

Learners investigate the important symbols to Native cultures by writing a poem.  In this animal totem lesson, students discuss animal spirits and their relation to the Native American lifestyle. Learners write a cinquain poem about...

Note that this lesson contains sensitive material and should be previewed to determine its suitability for your class. Participants brainstorm various ways of showing love, intimacy and affection without having sexual intercourse as the...