Students discuss why groups are important and why humans go through daily life performing group activities.

Students analyze music paying particular attention to how the composer suggests the idea of water in the composition of the piece.

In this verb instructional activity, learners read a definition and examples of verbs, then fill in blanks in simple sentences with verbs.

Learners study even and uneven rhythms in music. They demonstrate slow and fast movements using various body parts and echo clap with their hands. Listening to uneven rhythms of the drum, they skip, jump and hop and simulate toys in a...

In this spelling word worksheet, students answer 15 questions using the vehicle words that are included in the word bank.

Students identify the major geographic features of colonial New England. They explain the essential parts to a map and interpret journals to plot a journey. They discover the connection between geography and life.

Students are introduced to the SWMP system which tracks short-and long-term changes in water. Using this data, they plot and interpret the data on a graph to determine how human activities are lowering the water quality. They also...

Students explore vowel correspondences. They discuss the vowel correspondence u=/u/. They identify u=/u/ in written words and a meaningful representation and letter symbol for the sound. Students read and write words using u=/u/.

Pupils practice visualization by picturing themselves in their minds at the beach. They share their visualization describing what they see, feel, and what they are doing. They discuss the importance of visualization, to picture in their...

Students recognize the purpose of the Michigan Avenue Bascule Trunnion Bridge. They examine photos of bridges and sing a song about Chicago's famous bascule trunnion bridge to investigate how moveable bridges work.

For this analogies worksheet, students read the word pairs and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair.

In this ESL idiom worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions, choosing the idiom similar to given words. A website reference is included for additional resources.

In this lesson, students will examine the relationship of man and nature as portrayed in "The Open Boat," based on Crane's suffering from a shipwreck on The Commodore in which he spent thirty hours on a small boat at sea before being...

The text of Stephen Crane's semi-autobiographical tale, "The Open Boat." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on...

A learning module that begins with "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...

Text of the short story "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

This site features the author Stephen Crane including the full text of the novel The Red Badge of Courage and two short stories: "A Dark Brown Dog" and "The Open Boat."

This ebook version of Oliver Optic's The Boat Club has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

This ebook version of Harry Castlemon's Frank On A Gun-Boat has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

This ebook version of Victor Appleton's Tom Swift And His Submarine Boat, Or, Under The Ocean For Sunken Treasure has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of...

An unsung jack-of-all-trades built America's first steam-powered boat, envisioning open access to the new nation's natural resources.

This frontiersman helped people travel and trade in the nation's interior by opening up the only viable highways -- American rivers.

Use this resource to learn more about Stephen Crane. This site features links to lesson plans and activities for The Red Badge of Courage and other works.

Due to global warming, the Northwest Passage may be open for large parts of summer, therefore, allowing improved ship access. Canada is building the new Polar Class 4 Arctic offshore patrol boats to conduct sea-borne surveillance...