Students explore solar and lunar eclipses and how the sun, Earth, and moon cause them.

Students examine the role of myths and folklore in the Native American culture. They listen to examples of oral history and write their own. They share their story with the class.

Students explore the U.S. form of government and illustrate other forms of government found throughout the world. They explain the similarities and differences between the U.S and other governments.

In this constellations worksheet, students read about the different constellations and how to locate them in the night sky. Then students complete 4 multiple choice and 7 short answer questions.

Students investigate scarecrows. In this farming lesson plan, students learn why scarecrows are important and construct their own scarecrow from art materials.

In this Hercules crossword puzzle worksheet, learners use the 15 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.

In this identification of sentence errors worksheet, students choose the form of the sentence that is grammatically correct.  Students have 10 minutes to complete 15 questions in this SAT practice worksheet.

In this Alexander the Great worksheet, learners answer multiple choice questions about Alexander the Great and the time he lived. Students answer 12 questions total.

Students compare the ancient Olympic Games with the modern version of the event. They study the history of the Games and observe how they have changed through time.

There are 40 history trivia questions and answers.  Students have to cut out the questions and the answers and try to match the correct answer to the question.  The trivia questions are all related to history but from many...

Young scholars are introduced to mythology and create modern versions of ancient myths based on figures represented on modern U.S. coins.

Sixth graders play a powerpoint jeopardy game. This can be used as a test or as a way to review information. This is a culminating test for our unit on Ancient Worlds. The jeopardy game is based on goals in math, language arts, and...

Students research how individual Canadians have contributed to Canada and do a presentation.

Students explore the world of Ancient Rome in this thirteen lessons unit. the rise and fall of the Roman Empire is probed. The ideals that inspired the people's sense of purpose are developed in these lessons.

Young scholars design and create scarecrows. They write descriptively about the scarecrow for a classroom scarecrow show.

Students divide into groups of four or five and distribute materials to design StarDarts by drawing and cutting out 6-8 cardstock stars, each about one and a half inches across. They decorate their stars with phosphorescent paint...

In this Hanukkah activity worksheet, learners read the words that relate to Hanukkah. Students write the words that comes first on the line for the 15 words.

In this online quiz instructional activity, students answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about seahorses. Page has a link to answers.

This site focuses on Hephaestus, the Greek God of Metallurgy and the Smith of the Olympian Gods. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his...

"Theogony," a famous poem, by Hesiod explains the beginnings of Greek Mythology's first Greek Gods and Goddesses. From Chaos came Gaea (Earth), Uranus (the Heaven), and Eros (Desire) who produced the Titans and from them, the Olympian gods.

Learn about the first Greek gods who were created out of Chaos, a primeval state of existence. Learn how it all began and see Chaos' family tree.

This site focuses on Poseidon, the Greek god of the seas, the horses, and the earthquakes. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places of...

This site focuses on Ares, the Olympian god of war and defense and figure behind violence. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places of...

This site focuses on Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon and protector of expectant women and the young. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles,...