Students investigate how important networking is to businesses and non-profit organizations. They examine fundraising options and design a flyer advertising a fundraising event.

This discussion based lesson focuses on the sensitive topic of suicide attacks or bombings used throughout history during times of militaristic upheaval. Learners read news stories, compose journal entries, and engage in a class...

Learners analyze the engraving of Paul Revere to make a judgment about the time period of the Boston Massacre. The objective is that one creates an account of the event from the perspective of a British soldier.

Secondary historians simulate events leading up to the American Revolution. They assume the roles of patriots, loyalists, or neutrals in a town meeting set prior to the Revolution. As Patriots and Loyalists make their arguments, neutrals...

Young scholars complete a webquest that focuses on the basic causes and major events of the Civil War. They answer a series of questions each having an Internet link to a reading that provides clues for the answer.

Good for setting the context for 20th century foreign policy issues, these slides describe key points in Latin America, the Middle East, the Far East, and Europe. US or World History classes will appreciate the concise list on each...

In order to understand the political process and the importance of voting, pupils will construct a class time line. They will group up and research a specific era, creating a time line of political events where one vote made a...

Can you imagine an army of 5,000 rebels prepared to march against the United States government over...whiskey? This is exactly what happened in 1794, and your young historians will be fascinated to read about the events that led up to...

In this Shay and Rebellion quiz worksheet, students increase their knowledge through ten fill in the blank questions that relate to the aforementioned topic.

Students examine and analyze various excerpts from documents of freedom such as Magna Carta and Virginia Declaration of Rights, identify how documents influenced each other, and discuss ideas and rights necessary to build representative...

Learners practice summarizing texts they are reading to aid in their understanding of what they have read. After learning the steps involved in summarizing a text, students practice the five basic steps used in summarization.

First graders write simple sentences based on historical figures they find in pictures. In this simple sentences lesson plan, 1st graders search for pictures in Microsoft Word and write simple sentences about them. These pictures and...

Students study four of the most influential and important presidents in United States history. In this United States presidents lesson, students learn the facts and histories to four of the most influential presidents in history - George...

In this protest and petition worksheet, students respond to 6 framework questions to help them outline and write their own Declarations of Complaints.

Students explore  the pros and cons of bio-fuel use. In this environmental stewardship activity, students visit selected websites to discover what bio-fuels are and the effect they may have on the environment.

Students make and analyze predictions and attempt to solve the birthday problem. They use the solutions they find to answer related questions.

In this statistics and probability activity, students determine the probability of a series of events occurring.  The one page activity contains a combination of seven multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are...

For this probability and statistics worksheet, students determine the probability of a series of dependent events occurring.  The one page worksheet contains a combination of six multiple choice and free response questions. ...

In this statistics and probability worksheet, learners solve problems in which they use the counting principle and/or tree diagrams to determine the number of outcomes of an event or the probability of event occurring.  The three...

Fifth graders practice scanning skills to answer questions on the French and Indian War.

In this online interactive grammar skills lesson, students examine 10 sentences and identify the part of each sentence that is grammatically incorrect.

High schoolers examine primary documents and apply their knowledge to describe them.  For this primary document analysis lesson young scholars interpret sources and evaluate roles of foreign allies. 

Eighth graders explore the entertainment options in colonial America. In this colonial life lesson, 8th graders watch a movie about colonial music and arts. Students then respond to questions regarding the movie and also respond to 1...

In this US History worksheet, students read a selection of the War of 1812 and fill in the blanks for 10 sentences using a word bank.