The Gulf of Mexico dead zone, an area of low oxygen that kills marine life, costs the United States $82 million every year. Young scientists research anoxic ocean environments then come up with a hypothesis for the cause of the Gulf of...

Students analyze and compare imagery and symbolism in ancient Greek and contemporary U.S. coins.

Fifth graders discover that for some words, the definition is actually in the word and that much of our language is derived from Latin and many words have Latin roots. They look at the definition part of the worksheet and go over it...

Ninth graders study Greek Mythology, focusing on Gods and Goddesses. They compare the modern day hero with the classical hero and examine how individual characters are based on their own personal odysseys.

Learners listen to the book, The Mysterious Giant of Barletta, and create paper sculptures based on ancient Greek and Roman statues in the Getty Museum. They write narrative stories told from the viewpoints of their sculptures.

Students analyze and compare symbols and their meanings on ancient Greek and contemporary coins.

Pupils explain the place of the legend of Herakles in ancient Greek life and compare ancient and modern legends in an essay.

In this language arts worksheet, learners read the article and define the concepts of life by comparing the parts of life that culminates in death.

Students explore cultural traditions. In this instructional activity, about culture, students understand beliefs and traditions of different civilizations. Students analyze the meaning of animals to represent meaning to a culture....

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 acquire and discover what it was like to be the ancient Greeks and Romans at a feast. They identify the informal and formal Greek and Roman clothing styles,and basic information about ancient make-up and hairstyles and the...

In this countries and nationalities worksheet, students write the correct country of where people live, complete the sentences with words given, and choose if things are a language, country, and more. Students complete 4 activities.

Students are introduced to the concept of classification as it relates to objects, information, and characteristics.  For this classification lesson, students research a variety of animals. Students study the Linnaeus's system of...

Students, who are second language learners, develop a story about shopping. In this language development instructional activity, students brainstorm in their native language about the items they purchase at the beginning of the school...

Young scholars explore historical importance of fish as food source, examine works of Robert Harris, create their own fish, and compose accompanying poetry. Students then explore dramatic tradition of Chorus inspired by Greek theatre,...

Students who are learning English as a second language examine likes and dislikes. For this likes and dislikes lesson, students examine the words that tell the things that a famous person might like or dislike. They work in groups to...

In this language arts worksheets, students will study word charts of adjectives. Students will focus on various uses of adjectives including qualifiers, color, and descriptive words.

Young scholars work in teams to establish the viewpoint of Biblical characters and debate aspects of the Hellenistic view versus the views of the Christian and Jewish people.  In this Hellenism and Judaism lesson, students assume...

Learners explore various intellectual traditions which dominate human history through a variety of contemporary pieces of literature which exemplify the traditions. Biblical monotheism, Greek rationalism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism...

For this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive English vocabulary skills learning exercise, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

For this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Pretend you are a marriage counselor to the ancients. Based on the problems you are told about, can you guess who the mythological figures are? This creative quiz adds a little fun into identifying characters based on their relationship...

The class gets to practice being a mathematician in ancient Greece, performing geometric application problems in the way of Eratosthenes. After following the steps of the great mathematicians, they then compare the (surprisingly...