Learners explore Andrew Young and his role alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the Civil Rights Movement.

Students explore the Underground Railroad.

Third graders examine what it was like for a child traveling in the Underground Railroad.

Students ask a professional volcanologist a question online. This lesson allows students to ask questions that they have chosen, and it makes scientists seem more personal to Students.

Young scholars, in groups, research a topic of interest to them in Science.

Students use the Internet to research someone's biography.

Young scholars pick an endangered animal to research and report their findings to the class.

Students research and compare important features of the oceans based on current data. They examine the globe or map, determine the major oceans of the world, and record their names on the data sheet.

Students locate and compare the costs and options available of three comparable compact, midsize, or luxury automobiles. They utilize websites and a worksheet imbedded in this plan.

Students, in groups, choose three countries from which to investigate exchange rates versus the US dollar. Using Internet research they follow daily exchange rates and compute the percentage change. They compile data and prepare and...

Fourth graders listen and observe the role play of the various versions of the poem. They take notes while listening and observing and develop their own versions of "Mary Had a Little Lamb".

Students, in groups, discuss the different parts of the Arkansas flag. They are given fabric of their own to design a flag to represent their family.

Students conduct research to determine why geography is important and how it provides information regarding many aspects of the world. They investigate the hemispheres, longitude, latitude and absolute location.

Students practice planning budgets as they create a budget for ten employees of a company to attend a professional convention. They use the Internet, and spreadsheet software to complete their assignment.

Fifth graders investigate the significance of the keelboat in the Lewis and Clark expedition. They define the key themes of the expedition and classify them in prescribed format, an ABC book.

Young scholars investigate the music played by New Orleans brass bands in funerals. The two distinct moods, sad and happy, utilized in the songs are identified and applied to other music selections.

High schoolers examine the importance of voting. They analyze voter turnout graphs, conduct research, list the benefits and costs of voting, and write a paper that describes ways to increase voter participation.

Learners read the local newspaper, identify a currrent community issue and develop plans to influence the formation, development, and implementation of a policy to affect the issue. They write a biography about someone who has influenced...

Learners explain how bills becomes laws, and describe the role that Congressional committees play in the lawmaking process.

Students name some interesting backgrounds of Members of Congress, identify their current representatives in the legislative branch of the national government, and describe the background of one local representative or senator.

Students identify four influences that affect how a Member of Congress decides to vote on a bill, and describe ways that individuals and groups influence legislators.

Students identify Members of Congress who became President, and describe the notable accomplishments of one Member of Congress who became President of the United States.

Students list examples of how laws have impacted their daily lives, and describe how legislators debate, discuss, and pass into law public policies that affect individuals and society.

Pupils discuss the Presidential Medal of Freedom and create pamphlets about recvipients, including artwork depicting reasons for receiving the medals. They write essays about someone they think should be awarded the medal.