Learners, upon completion of the "Knighting Ceremony" and reflection, research the meaning of privacy, plagiarism, pirating, computer viruses, or hacking. Then they design a survey of high school students to find the level of acceptance...

Young scholars explore the roles in Noh drama and the significance of Noh masks while creating their own version of a Noh play in this High School lesson adaptable for either the Language Arts or Theater classroom.

Fourth graders explore Philo Farnsworth, a fourteen year old farm boy in 1921, who thought up the idea of television. By the time he was in a high school physics class he drew his concept.

Young scholars create a six-panel byobu (Japanese visual storytelling) based upon the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" in this lesson plan suitable for an early High School Language Arts or Social Studies classroom.

Young scholars create original Haiku poetry and paint images that depict the emotions of each poem in this high school Language Arts lesson adaptable for other curriculums including Art and Social Studies.

Students apply word-level skills through shared and guided reading. They use poems of parts of poems as models for own writing. They read texts aloud with pace and expression.

Students create individual representations of Chinese calligraphy symbols in this cross-curricular lesson for the elementary Language Arts or Art classroom. One enrichment activity is included.

Students research, analyze, and describe a poem using the Internet and a variety of technology applications in this Language Arts instructional activity for the High School classroom. Emphasis is placed on the creation of a Keynote or...

Students examine the principles of Haiku as they relate to idealss found in Zen Buddhism in this High School lesson. The lesson concludes with the creation of individual haikus by each student.

Students in high school read books to elementary students. They also examine cultural writings and legends from Latin America. They complete projects over the information they have found and give one of them to the elementary student.

Students conduct research on specific severe weather patterns of interest and collect data to be shared with other students on these phenomona. They write (or review) a severe weather action plan for the school and presents their findings.

Students compare and contrast the society in Orwell's 1984 with modern society. In this 1984 lesson plan, students research the historical climate in which Orwell wrote the novel. Students create a comparison chart of privacy issues in...

Students complete an art project with either great or mediocre supplies and discuss how fair it was that they got the supplies they got. In this fairness lesson plan, students are given supplies by their teacher and discuss how unfair it...

Students create an "I Spy" book. In this book writing instructional activity, students work in groups to come up with a topic for their page. They create individual pages in the "I Spy" format. 

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the formation of a multimedia presentation to create a documentary of a middle school. They take photographs with a digital camera and use computer software to create a school project.

Students use the methods of description, reflection, and formal analysis for a study of images. In this image analysis lesson, students work in teams to interpret and analyze an assigned work of art. Students write responses to the work...

Learners find similarities and differences between themselves and a partner using a digital photograph to illustrate them. They use Multimedia Lab to create a multi-grade interactive multimedia presentation using the digital photos,...

Students explore the concept of heroism. In this character education lesson, students reflect on the actions of the characters in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as they create mission statements for Atticus Finch and prepare...

Students learn vocabulary words. In this reading and vocabulary lesson, students write a word, listen for it in a story and write down what they think it means.

Students create storyboards. In this pre-Christmas special lesson, students produce a storyboard for a TV version of the poem, "The Journey of the Magi". Options to complete with or without technology are included.

Eighth graders participate in the Layered Curriculum that is, essentially, an opportunity for self-made choice in the process of evaluation. While reading this novel they get to choose the projects that best help apply what is read.

Students complete literary analysis and writing activities using The Witch of Goingsnake. In this literary analysis lesson, students interpret a proverb, read poems, complete a quaker reading, and complete research for the lesson....

Students write their memoir. For this memoir lesson, students study the differences between an autobiography and a memoir. Students construct an outline as the basis for their memoir.

Students study Langston Hughes's poetry, short stories, and his first autobiography. They read and appreciate the candid, honest and powerful creative masterpieces of this black genius and discuss the numerous universal themes and...