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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions based on Things Fall Apart. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Lesson 2: the Cell Cycle
Students explain how cells reproduce. In this biology instructional activity, students explain the different stages of the cell cycle. They calculate the number of new cells produced.
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Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty Debate on Censorship
Sixth graders learn team building, fair play, keeping an open mind towards others' opinions, U.S. government policies, and a better understanding of the meaning of censorship as they debate the merits of censorship.
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Brain Drain Signals Trouble at Technology Companies
Students explore the concept of turnover. For this turnover lesson, students read an article about executives leaving their business. Students discuss the benefits of turnover. Students create their own business and list the ideal...
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Mythology - What Is It?
Students explore Greek mythology. In this mythology instructional activity, students discuss and define mythology. Students view pictures and associate them with the correct Greek myth. Students answer trivia questions about their...
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The Father of History Looks at Egypt
In this ancient Egypt activity, students read a 1-page selection about the civilization and examine a map of the region. Students outline the information that they read.
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Parallel Studies in American/Afro-American Literature, Part II -- Black and White Images in Alienation
Students begin the instructional activity with a review of the elements of poetry. Individually, they read a variety of poems and literature one white and one black author focusing on decay, sterility and alienation. They identify...
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Spirit of Enquiry
The lesson includes guided questions to help students to think about their own behavior and purpose in life. They do this through a quiet time of reflection that can include the writing of ideas. Then students act out a play to...
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Wordmasters Wordsearch
In this literacy worksheet, middle schoolers find the words for the vocabulary list and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Making Inferences
In this making inferences worksheet, students fill in a graphic organizer with quotes or pictures from a text and the inference made. Page is a blank template only.