Twelfth graders complete job shadowing activities. In this career exploration lesson, 12th graders discuss their job interests and complete forms to participate in job shadowing activities. Students interview their job partner, ask the...

Students study segregation that occurred in the past and that is currently occurring. In this equal rights lesson, students use primary source documents to student segregation of the past. In a culminating activity, students find or draw...

Fourth graders study the economy of Jamestown. In this early settlers lesson, 4th graders read about the trade between the English and the natives in Jamestown. This lesson is part of a larger unit and coincides with the novel The Double...

Students practice reading and math skills using technology.  In this main idea lesson, students retell the important events of A Birthday for Tia in sequence using Kid Pix.  Students create a bar graph using The Graph Club...

Learners analyze art and war and the Futurist movement. In this art analysis lesson, students define manifesto and its role with artistic movement. Learners explore art as a response to political and social issues through image based...

Young scholars study tourism and conservation. In this coral development lesson students view a PowerPoint presentation and write a report. 

Twelfth graders research the different types of business ethics.  In this Economics lesson, 12th graders read various handouts on corruption.  Students participate in a discussion on trying to end corruption.  

Learners examine the War on Terror. In this national security lesson, students read articles about the War on Terror and President Obama's foreign policy. Learners respond to discussion questions and debate the presence of U.S....

Students study the Orangeburg Massacre. In this social studies lesson, students discuss the Civil Rights Movement and the protest movements that took place. Students examine the events that led up to the Orangeburg Massacre at South...

Students create questions about the Early English Colonies in pairs and trade their questions with other students and answer them. For this Early English Colonies lesson plan, students either answer the question or use it as a discussion...

Students discuss history. In this pilgrims instructional activity, students discover what life was like for people coming over to the New World on the Mayflower. They participate in class discussions as the teacher navigates through a...

Students investigate human health by researching sexual health facts. For this puberty lesson, students identify the changes that will occur in a teenage body over the next several years and what the eventual outcome will be. Students...

Students investigate journalism by researching a list of articles. In this story analysis lesson, students read several current event articles and answer a list of study questions as a group. Students summarize the article and share the...

Students strengthen skills in mathematics, problem solving, and communication skills by working together in groups using "Hot Dog Stand: The Works" educational software.

Students discuss topics relating to how their families celebrate holidays and observe certain religious customs. For this cultural awareness lesson, students work in groups to share their cultural traditions, the list similarities and...

Learners research and write reports about inventions and inventors. They develop graphic organizers to organize their information, and create reports on the impact of inventors and inventions.

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

Students study and orally share information about the wild world of hurricanes through the use of the Internet. Groups orally present their answers to the class, which may be recorded by a video camera.

Pupils examine the origins of rice production in the South. They identify the steps involved in rice cultivation, examine photos of plantation life, conduct interviews, and research the economic base of their own community.

Students examine the meaning and use of civil disobedience. They decide whether civil disobedience is a viable form of protest in contemporary times after studying the acts of Rosa Parks.

Students create a definition for family that is applicable to the African American. The make a collage made up of family pictures and present it to the class giving a brief explanation of the family members present in the collage....

High schoolers examine the issues surrounding intellectual copyrights. They research the examples of DVD and CD piracy and participate in a class discussion about the related ethics.

Students participate in a class discussion about their family structures. Students also discuss the family diversity of their peers and others in the world. They investigate family habits, family history, values and traditions their...

Learners, in groups, conduct research, including interviews of people in various animal related occupations, to identify and describe how animal populations of cities have changed over time, to outline the benefits and problems...