This lesson engages students in listening to one or more narratives, Then students will engage in the writing process to develop their own personal narrative. Exemplar narratives are provided.

This lesson explores Decisions On Deadline, a free, fun, and fast-paced browser and tablet-based game where players take on the role of journalists running down stories, working against time and a limited budget while navigating a string...

This is a PDF Fable Chart designed for students to complete as they read a fable; it includes the title and author, the animal character, human characteristics, the individual elements of a short story, and the moral or lesson.

Locate many lesson plans for grades 5, 8 and 11 concerning jazz education. This site provides student handouts, printable tests and answer keys.

Contains plans for two lessons that ask student to explore a variety of online texts about Anne Frank and the Holocaust. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in...

A learning module with eighteen links to images, videos, maps, and activities to use before, during, and after reading chapter 1 of A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park.

"This collection of story-related activities, projects and games-developed by storyteller/author Heather Forest for her storytelling workshops with students, teachers, and librarians-can be used by educators in a school setting to...

How do you visually represent dividing with fractions? When you have a remainder, what does it actually mean? Students look for patterns and create algorithms for dividing with fractions.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which young scholars use primary source art and text to determine what happened at a meeting between Attila the Hun and Pope Leo. Includes lesson plan, PowerPoint and original documents.

This site on controlling nuclear weapons will cover three to four 50 minute periods on the topic. Students will review the Nonproliferation Treaty and discuss questions such as: are there countries that should not be allowed to have...

This lesson teaches young scholars about theoretical and experimental probability through a series of work stations.

MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this lesson plan, young students will learn how to differentiate "branded" and brands" in content. Students will also learn learn strategies and goals of advertisers.

This learning module includes several lessons about The Global Oneness Project, a collection that features films, photo essays, and accompanying lesson plans, In each resource, cultural, social, and environmental issues with a humanistic...

In this self-directed lesson, students use data from the Chesapeake Bay estuary to determine suitable sites for oyster reef restoration. A handout with everything the student needs to complete this lesson is available as a PDF or Google...

Tom Richey provides a collection of videos, lessons, and assignments to assist with teaching or studying pre-Columbian cultures in the New World through the beginnings of the French and Indian War.

Pro and Con argument lesson on the appropriate drinking age. Students can read background information, pro/con text, view videos on the topic, and explore links to related resources.

Lesson in which students explore the presidency of Ronald Reagan evaluating the pros and cons of his tenure. Website offers pro con argument list, projects, video, and background text.

Lesson on the Constitution in which students study and analyze the Commerce Clause and the Supreme Court decision in Gibbons v. Ogden. Questions for discussion and guidelines for class activity provided.

From the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer a lesson that has students analyze the growing conflict between Hamas and Fatah. Provides step by step instructions, handouts, and links to related web sites.

This series of lessons engages students in autobiographical writing. Students will participate in pre-writing, drafting, and publishing stories about their lives.

Lesson in which students evaluate the pros and cons of electronic voting machines and debate whether they improve the voting process or not. Comprehensive set of learning materials including pro-con argument sheet. Links to related...

A lesson plan in which students draw letter cards and see how many words they can make from them. Materials are included.

This library of mini-lessons targets a variety of landmark cases from the United States Supreme Court and includes a one-page reading and a one-page activity.

This lesson plan covers the differences between credit cards and how to choose the right one.