For this everyday editing activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Kwanzaa. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.

Eleventh graders examine chivalry and courtly love. In this Arthurian legend lesson, 11th graders explore the legend and how chivalry, honor, and courtly love have been internalized into today's culture. Students author and perform plays...

Eighth graders examine international data and statistics to evaluate the health and trends of 13 year old students around the world.

Students analyze human rights in the international community. In this human rights lesson, students explore the United Nations, and the Declaration of Human Rights. Students read about Aung San Suu Kyi and watch a video about human...

Students explore an international terror alert originating in Yemen.  For this lesson, students read an article that explains a terror alert in Britain, then complete several activities that reinforce the reading, including a...

Students examine the potentials, both positive and negative, of adapting an international 'Internet time' system. They create and solve word problems that require them to translate between the current time system and Internet time.

Students read an online article to explore rainforests of the world starting with the Barro Colorado reserve in the Panama Canal. They participate in a mock international summit about rainforest conservation issues.

Students research and analyze the current political situation of North Korea. They read and discuss an article, conduct research, participate in a simulation of an international round table, and write a response essay.

In this lesson, students consider various forms of government and examine the idea of political sovereignty, then prepare outlines for oral presentations on international models of government. For homework, they write response papers...

Students explore the modern day slave trade through reading and discussing the article "What It Takes To Stop Slavery." They research one of the campaigns of the International Labor Organization and present their findings to the rest of...

Students observe a picture of a paella dish. Using a worksheet, they follow directions to explore international dishes. Afterwards, students play a similar game. In groups, students describe dishes and play a vocabulary game.

Junior marine biologists access the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' data on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna catches. As they analyze the data, they answer three questions. Background information and links to...

Your young poets will jump at the chance to demonstrate their understanding of stanzas. Cue up “Seven Jumps,” a track on Michael Herman’s CD, International Folk Dances. Class members move to the music of each stanza and freeze when a...

Students recognize that certain populations have specific genetic disorders that could benefit or harm them in their environment, work out punnett square problems and infer offspring probabilities from results, and provide advantages and...

Studentsl expand vocabulary through word study, literature and class discussion (e.g. word origins, roots and affixes, meaning in context, levels of usage, etc.). They recognize food-related words that have entered the English language...

Young scholars listen to lecture on metric system, make vocabulary book containing at least fifteen related terms, measure length, mass, and volume using appropriate metric units, and measure temperature using Celsius scale.

Students explore the potential challenges of living in space.  In this investigative lesson plan students search the Internet to locate 16 nations that are working together to build the Independent Space Station, then they divide...

Students discover the history of American foreign policy. In this foreign policy lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture that presents a brief history of American foreign policy. Students respond to...

Students investigate the pass laws that resulted in the Sharpeville Massacre. In this racism lesson plan, students find information about the massacre and attempt to find similarities to their own lives. They determine how similar...

Students examine data and identify trends. They explain factors that affect changes and trends in the economy. They develop their own policy suggestions and shares them with the class.

In this phonetic alphabet worksheet, students fill in a list of words that contain the "o" sound. Students fill in 2 columns for 2 different sounds.

Students apply real life historical experiences towards the analysis of civil rights. They read handouts on the presidency of FDR, participate in a debate about the internment of Japanese Americans, and analyze primary source documents.

In this scientific inventions worksheet, students research the German inventor (Rudolf Diesel) who developed the internal-combustion engine. Students write a short description of the inventor and his invention, and draw a picture to...