In this "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" worksheet, students discuss the journey of the speaker in the poem. The speaker experiences times of freedom and times of confinement and consider the speaker's feelings and how the reader knows the...

Young scholars identify animals that are unique to Australia, study their habitation and how they fit in their environment.  In this exploratory lesson students research a topic to find out specific information about it. 

Pupils identify the characteristics of the legs of arthropods as well as how they are used. They compare and contrast the legs of various types of bugs in the arthropod family. A comparison worksheet is included in with this lesson.

Learners test the adhesive quality of commercial caulk to determine the differences in materials that are seemingly similar.

Learners explore the Mexican mask-making tradition and create maks that tell stories. They desribe how art tells stories and examine early Mexican culture in California.

Learners discuss the concept of symbolism in China and America and create their own "dragon boats" for evaluation and display. This Art lesson plan can be easily integrated into an elementary unit on China.

In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, learners answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the May 2009 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.

Students research the Wright Brothers historic first flight and design a travel poster asking for volunteers to participate. Write a newspaper account of the first flight and include how the local people may have felt about the Wright...

Students examine a situation in which there is no effective authority and identify problems which the lack of authority creates. They explain how authority can be used to deal with these problems.

Pupils examine the conflict between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland in the film, "Henri." They study of the film as a work of Irish fiction and relate the film to other works of fiction.

Students investigate how symbols of power, the dragon and the tiger, are portrayed in the art of China and Japan and compare and contrast this with the Western conception and portrayal of the dragon.

Students investigate and discuss the use of the dragon in Chinese folktales and art in this middle school lesson introducing Chinese art and culture. Lesson extensions are included for additional activities.

Students research the concept of a dungeon during the time of the 18th century. They are looking for its significance and the reason for its construction tied to the lifestyles of people during the time. Students compare and contrast the...

In this English worksheet, students read "Tragedy Strikes Hajj at Mina," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1886, one publication is "The Devil." This short story was written by Guy de Maupassant.

This is the full text of the three-act English play The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw including notes about the content.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1839, one publication is "The Devil in the Belfry." This story was written by Edgar Allan Poe.

Click through the pages of this beautifully illustrated story book to read about a little girl who listens to her grandmother tell a story about two dancers and their performance at a carnival that ended up saving the whole village from...

This site from the Carnegie Mellon University provides the original text of the Grimm's fairytale, "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs," which was later retold by Natalie Babbitt.

Students explore the diversity of lizards in terms of characteristics, behavior, and habitat. Activities feature five species of lizards and their special body structures needed for survival.

A map from 1911 showing the canyon of the Snake River at the Seven Devils along the border with Oregon. The sketch contours are shown at intervals of approximately 500 feet. The cross-lined areas represent basalt-covered surface; the...

This site provides links to nine essays written by students at Middlebury College for a Spring 1996 course on Dostoevsky. The topics range from "Dostoevsky and Social Issues" to "Dostoevsky and the Theme of Children."

[Free Registration/Login Required] Read a New York Times review of two different biographical sources about writer Kingsley Amis.

For nineteen-year-old Celia, a slave on a Missouri farm, five years of being repeatedly raped by her middle-aged owner was enough. On the night of June 23, 1855, she would later tell a reporter, "the Devil got into me" and Celia fatally...