Students make a mural after reading about the art of Diego Rivera. In this mural lesson plan, students read a book about Diego Rivera, discuss him and his artwork, and make their own class mural.

Students practice problem solving skills by asking questions and participating in a design challenge. In this asking questions instructional activity, students work in pairs to ask questions to design a solution for a difficult personal...

Over 3 or 4 class periods your young designers will create a wearable garment that provides some sort of protection from a danger in everyday life. In this fashion design lesson, students investigate fear in our society and brainstorm...

Your class has just begun reading Jacob Have I Loved, and they're coming upon the fifth chapter. Pause their reading and have them complete a KWHL chart (not included) to detail what they've learned from the novel's beginning. An example...

Emerging speakers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise the long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ee/. They practice reading and spelling a variety...

Students investigate the concept of a hurricane by using the cartoon series "The Magic Schoolbus" to simulate the fantasy of traveling through a hurricane. The lesson uses a KWL graphic organizer in order to guide student inquiry and as...

Students use a visual to introduce the Distributive Property. The instructional activity is chronologically numbered and follows a distinct plan. The class works with the teacher to complete the instructional activity. The plan is not...

If you are teaching in a Christian school, Sunday School, or home school environment, then this lesson would be appropriate. The class discusses Biblical traditions and culture and how that related to current Christian beliefs. They fill...

How can we find volume if it a shape isn't easy to measure? Investigate methods for determining this as the volume of regular and irregular objects is explored in several stations. Learners discover that when the standard formula for...

Use the dystopian novel After by Francine Prose to spark discussion about individual and student rights. Learners read the novel, evaluating how far a school can go to control its attendees. As they read, scholars...

Second graders explore what life in the Chicago area was like hundreds of years ago. They discuss how settlers impacted the environment, and why there are no longer herds of buffalo in the Chicago area today. They read an article and...

Examine persuasive literature and writing. In this persuasive literature lesson plan, pupils work through a variety of activities over the course of three weeks (each week is planned by day). The unit's purpose is to examine examples of...

Students practice the representation of i=/i/ in correspondence and spoken words. They study spelling and reading words with i=/i/ in letterboxes, circling words in pictures that show words containing /i/, and view a chart with "The...

Students identify similarities between Hughes' poetry and music (jazz and the blues).

Eleventh graders research and examine the significant individuals of the 1920s and their impact on American society. They identify characteristics of people who make a difference, and in pairs conduct research on two people with...

Fifth graders study Anne Frank's life during the Holocaust using various Internet sites to answer a questionnaire with facts from their research. They examine background knowledge of the Holocaust and World War II before completing the...

Students examine debating procedures. In teams, students research the effects of European-Aboriginal interaction. Students collect, analyze and interpret information to support their side of the debate.

Students use several examples to create a method for adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. They present these methods to the class and then practice applying methods to sample problems.

Students examine contour maps and bathymetry maps and discover how to interpret a contour map of the East Pacific Rise. Students look at a map as a class and answer questions together before working independently on a map of the East...

Young scholars state that vegetables come from plants. They identify a vegetable they can eat at home.

Students demonstrate portion sizes that are too large and ones that are "just right."

Students, using a basic word picture dictionary, review the vocabulary terms on the board in conjunction with the picture dictionary and tie the two together for placement association. In addition, they practice using key grammar words...

Pupils identify geographical information about landscapes found in student literature, demonstrate an organizing tool, developed around geographical themes, for the recording of information, and share uses of this approach.

Pupils identify the process of writing a case brief. They analyze the case McCulloch v Maryland. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a case study worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them explain the process of performing a case...