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The Women's Rights movement is the focus of an engaging and collaborative exercise, in which young historians use information found in textbooks, class notes, and the provided documents to craft a DBQ essay.

What is the purpose of adverbial phrases? Find out what questions adverbial phrases answer with a worksheet that focuses on grammar. As kids work through 16 sentences, they underline the phrases and use the space provided to mark what...

Scholars investigate and discuss the importance of values and how they can be used to break barriers. Small groups work collaboratively to examine the text and draw inferences to answer questions. A writing assignment challenges pupils...

In this reading worksheet, students respond to the book What Will the Weather Be Like Today? by completing an activity card at home with a parent. Students look at 6 pictures of weather conditions on the chart and record the dates on...

In this reading learning exercise, students respond to the book Where the Wild Things Are by completing an activity at home. Students draw a picture of a terrible monster, pretend to be Max and tame the monster.

In this reading worksheet, students respond to the book Harold and the Purple Crayon by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students use a purple crayon to draw an exciting adventure. Note: The directions to parents mention...

For this reading worksheet, students respond to the book The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students take a small sample of 5 common fruits and vegetables and press some juice onto the...

Fourth graders participate in a play to work on seeing events from a different perspective. Some of them are reporters, some cameramen and women, and others are interviewed. They put themselves in the shoes of the people in the book...

Young scholars read "The Rainbow Fish" and discuss how the fish benefited by giving others. In this sharing lesson, students prepare plants and letters for senior citizens. Young scholars present their letters and plants at a visit to a...

Learners examine artwork and create their own.  In this writing and illustrating lesson, students view illuminated letters from the Getty Museum's collection and discuss art vocabulary.  Learners examine the visual elements in...

Young scholars discover the postal service through a letter writing activity.  In this U.S. Government lesson, students read the book Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers, and discover the life history of President Abraham Lincoln.  Young...

Students complete a variety of activities related to poems from the book "It's Thanksgiving" by Jack Prelutsky. They create a Thanksgiving turkey using construction paper, identify what they are grateful for, and create a Thank You...

Students explore the concept of philanthropy. For this service learning lesson, students visit a retirement home with their classmates. Students deliver cards and plants to the residents there.

Students explore religion by completing a cultural diversity activity. In this human compassion lesson, students identify all of "God's Children" as their sisters and brothers. Students read the book Frederick in class and listen to...

Students play librarian and have to shelve books on moose after determining whether the books are fiction or non-fiction. They must study Alaska and follow a format of questions to determine where to shelve the books.

In this past tense instructional activity, 3rd graders, working with a partner, read and edit fifteen sentences in order to separate the correct ones from the incorrect ones.

Students formulate questions about a germ book before it is read to them. In this washing hands lesson plan, the teacher gets glitter on each students hands that represents germs. Before the teacher reads a book about germs the students...

Students investigate freedom. For this character development and U.S. history lesson, students participate in role playing in which the teacher assigns recess restrictions including whom they play with and what they play. Students...

Young scholars create their own acrostic poems. For this poetry lesson, students read poetry book to view examples of acrostic poems. Young scholars then write an acrostic poem using their name.

Sixth graders complete lesson 5 of 15 about the book Esperanza Rising. In this Esperanza Rising lesson, 6th graders build on work done in the previous lesson. They complete response logs, and vocabulary posters. They investigate how...

First graders discuss "Harold and the Purple Crayon" and his drawings. In this neighborhood geography lesson, 1st graders learn to detect and classify places on a map including their home. Students recognize their address as a specific...

Second graders compare the neighborhoods they know to those of a different place and time. In this historical perspectives instructional activity, 2nd graders read Eve Bunting's Smoky Night and discuss the outcome of the story. Students...

Students listen to the story Jeffrey and the Sloth and relate the story to how it feels to have writer's block. In this Jeffrey and the Sloth lesson, students use this book to inspire their creative writing process. Students create their...