In this dictation text worksheet, pupils take dictation on a passage about cultural differences.  The passage includes vocabulary specific to the topic.

Students brainstorm ways to prevent fires from home. In this technology instructional activity, students create fire-safety posters for their school. They research the internet and explore other resources to get information for the...

In this Americans spending at record rates worksheet, 8th graders read or listen to an article, discuss money topics, answer 8 true or false, match 10 synonyms, and 10 phrases, fill in 16 blanks, answer 6 short answer questions, discuss,...

In this ESL past simple worksheet, students complete 3 exercises in which they fill in blanks with the correct past simple form of given verbs.

Students play a computer game where they help deliver fruit that is on a plane to families. In this fruit food group lesson plan, students use the arrows to manipulate the plane. It gets more challenging as the plane goes faster.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Kathryn who was not happy when her parents said the family had to move to a new house. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...

Find books, pamphlets, photographs, maps, and manuscripts about immigration to the United States, principally nineteenth-century immigration. With a timeline of key dates in U.S. immigration history and a browsable list of search themes...

A part of America's Story on the Gilded Age: gives brief information on the Metropolitan Opera House, and opera houses in general.

Looks at the Square Deal of Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive goals of William Taft, and at legislation enacted under the New Freedom agenda of Woodrow Wilson.

Opens with valuable background information for "The Prince and the Pauper" as well as explanations of format. Features chapter-by-chapter summaries, historical notes, probing questions, vocabulary, and quotations. Also includes language,...

Arkansas's involvement in the U.S. - Mexican War is the focus of this detailed exhibit. The main menu lists a series of relevant topics, each of which opens to provide additional details. Highly recommended!

Here is a great tool to personalize and track all the information you want to follow about Congress. Search bills, senators, representatives, committees, issues, and forums. There are great tools to try out: facebook, widgets, and...

From a chapter in a history textbook. This section looks at the election of 1972, which Richard Nixon won, and the subsequent Watergate crisis. Includes review questions.

After reading this section from a chapter on "Westward Expansion", students will be able to identify the challenges that farmers faced as they settled west of the Mississippi River and describe the unique experiences of women who...

This ebook version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's Racketty-Packetty House: As Told By Queen Crosspatch has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be...

This ebook version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House Of The Seven Gables: A Romance 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 Constance Fenimore Woolson's The Old Stone House 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 Hezekiah Butterworth's The Log School-House On The Columbia 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 A. A. Milne's The House At Pooh Corner 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 L. M. Montgomery's Anne's House Of Dreams 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.

View a model of a Roman home in Pompeii, consisting of a wide front entryway, an open-roofed central room with smaller rooms opening into it, and a garden at the rear.

Read the full text of a collection of short stories titled "The Haunted House" by Charles Dickens. Dickens wrote the opening and closing story while other famous authors wrote the remaining stories centered around a haunted house.

The only remaining Franklin home, the one in London, has opened as a dynamic museum and educational facility. Although there is not a lot of information on Franklin himself, the conservation effort and subsequent use of the museum is...

Reaching All Families, Creating Family-Friendly Schools, is the online version of the booklet published in 1996 by the U.S. Department of Education. The site presents accumulated knowledge and fresh ideas on school outreach strategies --...