How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...

"The goal of this instructional activity is to introduce the concepts of mean, median and mode and to develop understanding and familiarity with these ideas." This instructional activity is provided by Shodor Education Foundation.

In this lesson, students will identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: h, a, r, p.

Lesson explores the causes of the Civil War and the basic disagreements between North and South through the use of primary source documents, photographs, and census information. Includes two detailed student activities and resources for...

In this article, readers will learn how to develop a lesson plan that will include ELL students. This article highlights that effect lessons, that will inclusive of ELL students, will work to build background knowledge, provide explicit...

Lesson plan in which learners calculate area, build areas to a given amount, and calculate the perimeter with the use of Legos. Step by step instructions and videos are provided. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.c Use area models to represent...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan helps students learn to identify an author's purpose.

[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, teachers can help students increase their understanding of what they read through the use of key words that compare and contrast.

MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this activity, young students will learn about the importance of spokescharacters for companies. Then students will create own jingles and spokescharacters for...

An in-depth set of lessons on voting. Topics covered include voting requirements, registering to vote, voting trends, voter self-education, setting up a polling station, and simulating an election polling site that coincides with a real...

In this lesson, 6th graders use details from a nonfiction article to create a visual representation and then, from that visual, provide evidence that demonstrates their understanding of the text. Includes samples of student work and lots...

This lesson is a great small group reading lesson that has a social studies connection. For this lesson, students will be comparing and contrasting schools from long ago and schools of today using informational texts. Included are...

You can add a phonemic awareness activity to your phonics lessons each day and it will only add a few extra minutes to your lessons. You also don't need to buy expensive manipulatives for your students to use. There are lots of low-cost...

A comprehensive six-part lesson plan that encourages students to study the concept of non-violence as it was practiced during the confrontation that took place in Birmingham in 1963. This led to the famous letter written by Dr. King in...

Guide to Ernest J. Gaines' novel, A Lesson Before Dying, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and ten lesson plans with activities, homework assignments, project ideas and essay topics. A radio show, with...

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[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students that biographies tell stories about real people who are famous or important.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students that biographies tell stories about real people and give information about their lives.

Using squirrels as an example, students will understand that some animal groups' inherited traits enable them to adapt and spread into many environments. Included in this instructional activity are videos showing the instructional...

In this lesson, students use marbles of various sizes to see how collisions can transfer energy from one object to another. Resources include videos of the lesson in actions, examples of student work, and a lab worksheet for students.

This is part 2 of a two-part instructional activity on understanding how speed changes when two objects collide. Students will conduct an experiment, collect data, and draw conclusions about the changes in energy that occur when objects...

Students will create a food chain model and use it to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Resources include a detailed lesson plan, student handouts, pictures of a completed chain,...

The big idea of this lesson plan is to have students write their own word problems to help them have a better understanding of mathematical operations, as they relate to real-world scenarios. Pictures and videos of the lesson plan in the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] After this lesson centered around the book Owl Moon, students will be able to identify words and phrases that suggest feelings and appeal to the senses.