Schindler's List can be used to as a jumping off point to lessons about the Holocaust. These interdisciplinary classroom activities revolve around certain aspects of the Holocaust such as children in the Holocaust, ghetto life, rescuers,...

In this lesson plan, students will learn about the season through decriptive words and phrases incorporated in two different books, Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppenheim and The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons. They...

Find engaging ways to integrate visual art and music into regular classroom instruction and strengthen cognitive thinking skills and abilities to reason creatively from multiple perspectives. Get great classroom questioning tips, case...

Students learn how various kinds of data and information can be gathered to create a biodiversity timeline that serves as evidence of changes in a population of a species.

An interdisciplinary math, science, and language arts lesson that engages students in an exploration of statistics. Through a study of various forest climates, students utilize data collection and analysis, classification, and graphing....

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features a variety of activities related to dinosaurs. There are interdisciplinary tasks that include writing exercises such as creative writing and story planner formats. Lessons for...

This guide provides a sampling of the vast number of photographs taken by Erwin E. Smith (1884?1947). It is designed for use with fourth through seventh grade learners and places particular emphasis on social studies and Texas history....

"The River" teacher guide features excellent background and author information. Also included are thematic activities as well as tips for interdisciplinary connections.

The lesson plans in this resource were developed by local classroom teachers, are interdisciplinary and feature fill in the blank and role-playing exercises, activities, timelines, charts and questions. The intent is to help teachers...

This lesson plan can be interdisciplinary involving science, mathematics, and language arts. The primary nature of the lesson plan is inquiry, project, and technology-based. In science this project is a culminating activity in the...

What do you know about the life and work of Theodore Taylor? Use this online resource to discover information about this famous author.

Check out this informative site about "A Long Way From Chicago" by Richard Peck and learn about small-town life during the Depression in seven short stories for the years 1929 through 1942.

What do you know about Richard Peck's life and work as an author? Use this informative site to learn more about this young adult author and to find resources for lesson plans.

Cross-curricular ideas, historical context, focus on language and other features make this 17 page .pdf document a help for anyone planning to teach Shakespeare's "Othello."

Download the 40 page study guide for "Walk Two Moons" at this site. Share with your class this intricately plotted and wryly narrated novel with its subtle and moving portrayal of grief. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).

This resource features an author study of Eric Carle. Students and teachers can gain a deeper understanding into this author's life and work when they visit.

If you're looking for a way to appeal to at-risk readers, while integrating various curriculum areas, this article is full of ideas.

This site is a highly detailed unit plan. That crosses almost all the disciplines, with "Call it Courage," as the beginning point. Links to a .pdf file and Word versions of handouts are available.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart offers images and ideas for interdisciplinary study of the constellations. It suggests project based learning activities and a WebQuest link.

A message to teachers from author Gary Paulsen, teaching ideas for thematic activities, and interdisciplinary possibilities are all part of this teachers' guide for the whole series of "Brian" books.

Lesson that explores the history of American poetry since 1940 by examining the work of American Poet Laureates. The lesson is designed around a "New York Times" interview with Poet Laureate Billy Collins (link included), and includes a...

Lesson about William Butler Yeats based off a "New York Times" article entitled "Yeats, a Poet Who Kept Trying on Different Identities" (link included). It includes a warm-up activity, discussion questions, extensions, interdisciplinary...