Students explore the appropriate language and format associated with a formal letter. They practice writing a formal letter concerning an environmental health issue. Students identify the strengths/weaknesses of a formal letter through...

Young scholars explore the concept of honest communication. In this character education lesson, students discover eschew obfuscation and role play sincere communication exchanges with other young scholars.

Students explore sexism. In this character education lesson, students define sexism and discuss individual behaviors and institutional policies that promote sexism. Students determine how they can be advocates to end sexism.

Third graders read the story The Cleverest Thief and complete language art activities to go along with it. Students complete activities including discussion, reading, writing, predicting, drawing, role playing, and sequencing.

Ninth graders explore the differences in language for referring to people:  disabled, handicapped or challenged.  For this people with disabilities lesson, 9th graders define the words and discuss common usage.  Students...

Students type a personal business letter to their elementary principal, teacher or pastor to thank them.

Third graders listen as their teacher reads them a book. In groups, they are given a story and time to practice a skit. After taking suggestions from their teacher, they perform their skit and receive feedback from the class. They can...

Students, after reading Chapter 1 in the book, "Latino Economics in the United States: Job Diversity," write an essay that compares the cultural as well as the historical factors (experiences with jobs, discrimination, education, etc.)...

Students complete novel analysis activities for the The Outsiders. In this novel analysis instructional activity, students complete three weeks of lessons that help them analyze the text and character education lessons within the novel.

Students practice their reading comprehension by utilizing computers. In this education technology lesson, students utilize a drawing program such as Microsoft Paint to draw pictures based upon the story they read, The Very Quiet...

Fifth graders understand what the definition is for context clues as the words, phrases, and sentences around the word one does not know. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders review the different kinds of context clues. Students...

Sixth graders investigate different cultures by comparing the United States to Europe. In this social structure lesson, 6th graders discuss the economies, religions, languages and cultures in the Americas and Europe and define their...

Students practice using their physical skills while performing physical activities.  In this physical education lesson plan, students participate in musical orchestrated dances with their classmates.  Students utilize a jump...

Students draw pictures of themselves. They mail the picture of themself to the teacher prior to the start of the school year.

Pupils discuss what they expect out of their education. After reading a story, they answer comprehension questions and match the meaning of the word to the vocabulary word. To end the lesson, they write a story about a time in which...

Students write a rough draft book review over a book they have finished recently. Using their peers, they revise and make suggestions to correct spelling and grammatical errors. In groups, they practice giving their book report to the...

Students study unequal resources and their effects on education. In this educational disparities lesson, students participate in a coloring activity with quality and low-quality resources. Students then discuss the disparity in the...

Fifth graders write a book review for a nonfiction book. In this response to literature lesson, 5th graders read a nonfiction book and write a review that gets others interested in reading the book without giving too much away. The...

Students create an autobiographical poem. In this writing instructional activity, students write an eleven line autobiopoem after read the teacher's model. Students include their name, fears, and family in the poem.

Students explore the concept of alliteration. In this sound devices instructional activity, students use educational software to create alliterative phrases that are accompanied by appropriate clip art, design tools, and graphics.

Eighth graders explore storytelling by listening to a reading of a classic poem.  In this language arts lesson, 8th graders listen to an audio recording of Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart.  Students examine the life of...

First graders explore teacher created exploration tub, charts and cards to explain the concept of "Then and Now."

Students demonstrate their knowledge of Spanish numbers while using various locomotor movements in a physical education game.

Third graders examine the role of Ruby Bridges in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. They listen to the teacher read the book "The Story of Ruby Bridges" by Robert Coles, identify what is fact or opinion in the story, and sequence events in...