Students explore American folktales. They review the elements of folktales. Students read the folktale of Johnny Appleseed together. They discuss the vocabulary words from the story. Students discuss the differences between the real...

Learners create a database that catalogs their collection of CD's and tapes. They sort, analyze and print databases. They practice how to search, sort and analyze a database.

Students identify shapes that will tessellate. They construct a tessellation using transformations. Students identify transformations in tessellations. They identify applications of transformations such as tiling and fabric design.

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the literature study of Dragonwings. They write about the story from the perspective of a reader that is well informed towards the last chapters. Students also find target vocabulary and...

Students engage in the study of "The American" by Henry James. They read the novel and watch the film to create the context for a variety of activities. Students conduct research about the novel and the author using different resources.

In this grammar worksheet, students choose and circle the appropriate form of the verb that agrees with the subject in twenty-three sentences.

First graders explore different types of Native American shelters. In this Native American homes lesson, 1st graders compare the shapes of shelters used by Native Americans. They build a home using the program "Community Construction...

Young scholars explore the concept of stewardship. For this service learning lesson, students discuss sharing and good manners. Young scholars create sharing posters and learn a manners song.

Students study the characteristics of wetlands and watersheds. In this wetlands and watersheds lesson, students study the characteristics of wetlands. They investigate the plants and animals that live there and will tell the reasons...

Students explore Irish-American culture. In this immigration lesson, students watch video segments regarding immigration in the 1840's and 1850's. Students discuss the discrimination Irish-Americans faced as they listen to songs and...

Students create a play of their own version of the Egyptian Cinderella. In this Egyptian Cinderella lesson plan, students work in teams to produce their own videotape version of the story.

Students explore the Great Depression depicted in artwork. In this interdisciplinary instructional activity, students analyze artwork by Dorothea Lange, Kathe Kollwitz, and Jose Clemente Orozco. Students create brochures that feature...

Students create a quilt to represent an important event in their life. In this visual arts instructional activity, students research Faith Finggold and her quilts. Students use art supplies to create their own quilt and share the...

Students read a story, watch a video, and interact with a butterfly website to learn about butterfly metamorphosis. In this butterfly lesson plan, students listen, discuss, and participate in activities relating the metamorphosis of a...

Young scholars explore season change. In this season change lesson ,students investigate weather events, Earth's movement and celestial events. Young scholars watch videos and list weather events that happen in winter, spring, summer,...

Learners explore scientific notation and the structure of the metric system.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students read How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz to introduce learners to the need for scientific...

Students investigate equality and racism by creating a word art project.  In this civil rights instructional activity, students discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and create a word art project using the Internet site Wordle...

Students answer short answer questions and participate in a role play where they are explorers being interviewed. In this early explorers lesson plan, students discuss why it is beneficial to be the first one in a place.

Students identify the implications of Manifest Destiny. In this Westward Expansion lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation on the topic and then respond to questions based on the details of the presentation.

Pupils identify patterns found in nature.

First graders group objects according to physical characteristics.

Students group objects by their physical characteristics and various compositions using literature to stimulate recall.

Learners research online an influential woman, then create on the computer a quilt block with text and graphics. Quilt blocks are then printed and combined to form a quilt of connections.

In this printing practice worksheet, students learn to form all upper case Zaner-Bloser alphabet letters. Students examine the examples, then trace 4 letters. Each letter is inside its own dinosaur shape.