Invite your learners to discover the efforts of Night author Elie Wiesel to promote awareness of genocide in the world. After watching and reading an interview of Elie Wiesel, high schoolers work to create a living Holocaust...

A creative way bring autobiographical writing to your poetry unit or back-to-school curriculum, this lesson plan guides you through a bio poem activity. Kids use the graphic organizer to describe themselves using adjectives, things...

This teaching guide for Love That Dog and Hate That Cat includes suggestions for how to integrate Sharon Creech's books into a poetry unit, as well as writing activities, discussion questions, and tips for making poetry...

My name is Bond, Hydrogen Bond. Written for distance scholars working on chemistry at the high school level, the lesson includes eight weeks worth of material divided into six parts: substances you use, mixing it up, your skin, what's...

Do speed cameras help reduce accidents? Scholars investigate this question using a series of spreadsheet activities. Along the way, they learn about randomness, probability, and statistical analysis.

Gain an understanding of the complex topic of immigration with a collection of resources. Class members engage in a series of activities designed to give them insight into the factors that influence immigration policies and the effects...

Stanley Nelson's acclaimed film, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution uses interviews, archival footage, and images to document the story of the radical political party established in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. A...

Tackle a task on the gridiron. Scholars use geometric concepts to determine the distance on a coordinate plane that certain football players need to move for a play. They then design their own plays and create presentations where they...

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s marched to its own beat—literally. Using songs from the era, as well as other primary sources such as King's "I Have a Dream" speech, class members analyze lyrics to discover how music and protest...

Women's history is often hidden, but pupils discover the role women played in the Civil War using a series of video clips. After reviewing the interview with a scholar of women's history, class members fill out a chart and then research...

A set of 14 primary sources provides background for a study of Lorraine Hansberry's drama, A Raisin in the Sun. Featured are images from stage productions of the play, white supremacy protests, a clip from a television interview, and...

Let's explore the rainforest by studying its inhabitants. Pupils continue reading an interview with a sloth scientist and answer text-dependent questions. Next, they engage in a class discussion to share the new facts they learned about...

The stated goal of this resource is to provide learners with basic facts about and build empathy for Iraqi refugees. To do so elementary classes develop a plan for how to welcome refugees to their classroom. Middle schoolers read...

High schoolers, in groups of two, choose a politician of interest and research that person. They each assume the role of either the reporter or the politician and write a "mock" interview that they later present to the class.

Students practice their interviewing skills in this lesson. Using the internet, they plan for the interview process and could be used in their overall project. They must decide what information they want to get out of their interview and...

Students study how to present a positive image and conduct job interviews. They simulate job interviews in pairs and complete an activity sheet. They practice body language and other behaviors to communicate how to ask and answer...

Seventh graders interview parents about certain historical events. For this historical interview lesson, 7th graders create a web of events about historical events. Students interview their parents or grandparents about the event and...

Students explore interviewing skills. In this journalism activity, students examine "good" and "bad" interview questions and discuss both. Students then practice interviewing partners in the classroom.

Pupils develop job interviewing skills by using role play.They practice interviewing in English. The lesson targets second language learners. The activity is ideal because the role playing allows for scaffolding and clarification to...

Seventh graders conduct an interview with a veteran of a recent war to provide an account of military conflicts. In this oral history lesson, 7th graders research a recent war and write interview questions for their research. Students...

Ninth graders compose journal entries that relate to interview topics working in pairs interviewing each other. They create ten interview questions on their own as well as deliver presentations about their interviews of one another. Each...

Students provide oral responses to interview questions. In this business lesson, students work with a partner to ask and answer typical business interview questions orally. Questions are provided on a worksheet.

Pupils investigate stereotypes by researching the elderly.  In this senior citizen lesson, students interview elders in a rest home and video tape their experience. Pupils present their videos to their interview subjects after and...

In this interviewing skills and speaking practice worksheet, students sharpen their skills as they use the 16 questions provided to interview a partner. Students compare answers with other students.