Students examine checks and balances. In this Supreme Court lesson, students examine primary documents from United States v. Nixon and discuss the implications of the decision.

High schoolers participate in a news conference simulation. In this Cold War lesson, students research events of the conflict during Eisenhower's presidency and use the information to script and participate in a news conference with...

High schoolers discover details about the federal budget. In this contemporary government lesson plan, students research the efforts to maintain a balanced federal budget in the United States since the 1980's. High schoolers then...

Students review parts of speech and share informative usage presentations to their classmates. In this grammar lesson, students discuss the importance of using appropriate speech and then read "The I's Have It." Students create their own...

In this probability and statistics worksheet, students determine when a collected data or a graph of the data could be biased.  The one page worksheet contains four multiple choice questions.  Answers are included.   

For this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer and essay questions about Andrew Jackson. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet. 

In this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about elections in Zimbabwe and respond to 3 talking point questions.

For this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about the Iowa caucus and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about Michael Bloomberg and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events activity, students analyze a political cartoon about Hillary Clinton and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about John McCain and respond to 3 talking point questions.

For this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons representing the work of the 2007 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about campaign finance in America and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this current events instructional activity, students analyze a political cartoon about the use of ridicule in cartoons and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this historical events learning exercise, students examine caricatures of George W. Bush throughout his career and respond to 2 talking point questions.

For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about primary elections and respond to 3 short answer questions.

Students read articles relating to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the racial barrier in professional baseball. This leads to a deeper exploration of racism in the United States. They use a variety of worksheets imbedded in this plan to...

Young scholars make connections between changes in voting participation and the election of 1828, and describe regional factors evidenced by the voting results of the election of 1828.

High schoolers analyze changes in voter participation and regional power, and review archival campaign documents reflecting the dawn of politics as we know it during the critical years from 1824 to 1832. Students utilize worksheets and...

In this World Environment Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions, take a...

Students make connections between new vocabulary words and what they already know by illustrating the words and writing about them.

Though this resource was designed in 2005, US tension with North Korea remains a relevant topic for exploration and understanding. Unfortunately, this lecture and reading-based lesson plan is unlikely to engage the class. The end product...