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Father Time
Students create a memory book and acrostic poem for Father's Day. In this Father's Day lesson, students appreciate unique things their fathers do for them. Students create an original project for their father.
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Holiday Cards
Students review basic computer skills needed to create a holiday card along with a database of at least twenty five contacts. They create their family greeting card including graphics, correct spelling an grammar. Using their database...
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Shakespeare and the Concepts of the Renaissance
Ninth graders familiarize themselves with the English Renaissance period and recognize the symbolism in Act V of "The Merchant of Venice" and analyze how it relates to the Italian Renaissance Themes. They produce an extended response...
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Concept: Superstition
Students identify the role of superstition in their own lives, in society, and in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In this superstition lesson, students discuss urban legends and listen to a related song to introduce the topic....
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Picture This
Students create a descriptive paragraph about their past or their heritage and provide a picture to go along with it. In this past and heritage lesson plan, students share their paragraph with the class.
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Introducing Poetry
Students explore poetry. In this language arts instructional activity, students discuss the elements of poetry and students rewrite a lyric or poem.
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Dawn by Elie Wiesel
Learners have a better comprehension of the personal struggle of a survivor and the events which led to the establishment of the sovereign nation of Israel. They recognize the historical context for the events of the book. Students...
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Place Value
Fourth graders play a game. In this place value lesson, 4th graders learn the place value of numbers and how to read them. Students work in groups to play a game to practice their place value skills. Students can also use the Internet to...
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How Do I Find Out More About...?
Eighth graders interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Era of Good Feelings lesson, 8th graders research historical figures of the Antebellum Period. Students use their findings to create...
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Parabolas
Students find equations of parabolas in real world scenarios. In this finding equations of parabolas in real world scenarios instructional activity, students find the equations of parabolas of US landmarks. Students put a...
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Health: Protecting the Community
Third graders examine the roles of health and safety workers. The lesson includes reading and research about the health services offered and how they have changed over the years. Once they choose habits a health worker would endorse,...
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What is Important to You?
Students examine the life of Frida Kahlo, a Mexican artist known for her self-portraits. After discussing her works and life as an artist, students use mirrors to examine their faces and begin drawing their own self-portraits.
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Movie Music
Young scholars discover film making by participating in a music performance. In this performance arts lesson, students perform music and physical acting to convey an already written script for their peers. Young scholars...
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Adjectives in Poetry
Fourth graders create a poem using adjectives. In this poetry lesson, 4th graders read the story Akiak and identify the adjectives. Students create a stanza for Akiak.
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Self-Awareness
Students investigate their attitudes, emotions, feelings and personality. They determine how they view themselves and how they are viewed by others.
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Chucky Chickadee
Young scholars create an original project dealing with birds. In this bird lesson plan, students take a virtual field trip to bird feeders around the nation. Young scholars replicate the coloring of winter birds.
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Cotton Paper Bag Puppets
Students read book, "The Cotton in your T-Shirt," brainstorm facts about cotton, make cotton paper bag puppets, and list facts about cotton on the back.
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Small Group Acting: Enlivening Canadian History
Tenth graders role-play events in Canadian history. In small groups they develop a script, practice their skit, and perform a skit for the class depicting various events in Canadian history.
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The World's Most Practiced Religions
Students examine the five major religions of the world. In groups, they identify the belief system of each and research their history. They discover the various holidays and traditions of the religions. They present their findings to...
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Leaders of the Protestant Reformation
Students examine role of Protestant Reformation in forming of numerous religions and religious ideas, identify key figures of Protestant Reformation, their religious ideas, and accomplishments, and discuss how religious ideas formed...
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How Much is that Name?
Students explore money counting. In this money problem solving lesson, students calculate how much money their name is "worth" using the corresponding alphabet letters which have been assigned a coin value.
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The Impact of History: A Conversation with a Parent
Seventh graders interview parents about certain historical events. In this historical interview instructional activity, 7th graders create a web of events about historical events. Students interview their parents or grandparents about...
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Symbiotic Relationships
Seventh graders research types of symbiotic relationships on the Internet and explain what the effects would be in one of the species disappears. In this investigative lesson students use the Internet to do research then...