In this BigMama learning exercise, learners read the book BigMama and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 10 questions total.

Students examine different marketing techniques how to present themselves while looking for work.  In this marketing lesson plan students create their own advertisement. 

In this symbols of America worksheet, learners play a game, cutting out cards of descriptions of symbols and their names and matching, complete a word scramble and visit a link given to play a symbols game.

Pupils make end of the year gift bags in the forms of a bag with different materials in it. In this crafts lesson, students put stationary, lollipops, stamps, bookmarks, pencils, and other materials into the bags.

Students interview senior citizens about life in the old days. Sharing research with their classmates, they create their own database. They use technology to enhance the information they gathered from the senior citizens.

In this literacy worksheet, students complete a variety of activities involving the alphabet. They also practice putting words into alphabetical order.

Students, using photos as their inspiration, develop six personal narratives, then edit and revise them.

Pupils create a scrapbook based on their research of the lives of migrants in California during the Great Depression.

Students research a sailing vessel. They create sailing vessel postcards which include research information they located. Students also include any experiences they may have had on a sailing vessel.

Students are introduced to new vocabulary associated with the Underground Railroad. Using primary sources, they evaluate the railroad's impact on society in the past and today. They also make a judgment about the morality of the railroad...

In this writing worksheet, students follow read about features of a get well/sympathy card, then follow directions to make a card, and choose another occasion and make an appropriate card.

Students type acrostic poems. In this poetry lesson, students read stories and poems written by other children and use a word processing program to type their own acrostic poems.

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

Students analyze sentences from Benjamin Franklin. They use their notes to state the same ideas in essay form. They compare the new work to Franklin's orginal work.

Students view a film about warships during World War II. They discover the job of a seaman and what impact veterens have on the world today. They also examine the lasting effects of the war.

Pupils show through art how major human events have changed American Culture. Students write in a journal to keep track of studying that is done during the unit. They also create an oral report.

Students investigate the concept of foot soldiers with oral history. They are provided with primary and secondary resources. Students differentiate the terms of oral history versus the written record of history. They have class...

Students explore reading with expression. They practice reading fluency and changing speed, pitch and volume while reading. Students read Di and Mice, Bo and Rose, Stu's Tune. They practice reading using expression and fill out the...

Students read, analyze and discuss the novel, "Star Sullivan," by Meave Binchy. They research information about the author, outline the setting to the novel, and complete an extract assignment from Chapter 1 to be turned in on a specific...

In this conversational English instructional activity, students practice interviewing skills as they role play using the 20 personal questions provided.

Can you remember all of your ABC's? Computers need to "remember" letters too. Every time we use a computer to write a story, the computer needs to "remember" the letters in the story by saving them to the computer's memory as a file. In...

Read George Washington's observations of the delegates, particularly the Anti-Federalists, at the Constitutional Convention, and the objections the opposition presented, which Washington cites in the letter. View an image of the original...

Read letters from homesteaders in Nebraska and view photographs of prairie life in Nebraska. Visitors can browse by topic, date, or keyword.

Monster Mansion Letter Match is a fun educational game for kids to practice matching capital and lowercase letters. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match the uppercase to lowercase...