Almost every American is familiar with the Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education. Far fewer understand the constitutional reasoning or the wide-ranging consequences of the ruling in the field of criminology. The interesting...

Americans love to learn about their rights, especially those that protect them from the government's power to invade their privacy. Young people are especially engaged by this topic. An informative lesson explores four Supreme Court...

Why should classes care about the First Amendment? An engaging lesson serves as a powerful tool for answering just that. As all four cases in the lesson relate directly to freedom of expression in schools, young scholars explore the...

Most Americans profess their love for the US Constitution, but this was not always the case. An informative lesson overviews the debate between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists by summarizing the main arguments of each side. It...

In this earth science instructional activity, students read and study about the formation of lightning and thunder using online resources. They complete 8 short answer questions that follow.

In this summarizing skills learning exercise, students answer ten multiple choice questions based on the conceptual framework for writing a summary.

Introduce your learners to the federal and state court systems with a fun, interactive online video game! After reading sample cases, class members identify to which court the case should be assigned and gain a greater...

In this learning to summarize worksheet, students interactively answer 10 multiple choice questions about summarizing information from a given passage, then click to check their answers.

Starting off with present participles, this resource tackles the progressive with grammatical explanations, examples in English and Spanish, and an interactive practice exercise. Use the menu at the top of the webpage to navigate to each...

In this Nasreddin and the Beggar worksheet, 2nd graders read the story Nasreddin and the Beggar and fill in the blanks to a summary about it. Students fill in 10 blanks.

In this online interactive vocabulary skills activity, students answer 15 fill in the blank questions regarding "Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup". Students may submit their answers to be scored.    

A unique format for a reading comprehension quiz, the questions for this test give a brief statement as if spoken by Marcus Brutus which asks readers questions about major characters and plot elements in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar....

For this online interactive language arts worksheet, students fill in 10 blanks in a 2 paragraph selection with appropriate words. Students may check their answers immediately.

Use an online interactive worksheet to guide your young scientists into the fascinating world of tornadoes! Links to weather articles from the National Weather Service and Planet Diary give clear explanations as well as visual depictions...

Challenge historians to investigate influential African-Americans through this online research activity. Learners undertake this task using online links, some of which require investigative searching. Print the activity out first, so...

In this microscope worksheet, students use an on line site to answer questions about how a Scanning Electron Microscope works. They also conduct a virtual microscope activity where they view ten specimens and identify what each is.

For this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Choose your story, then answer the multiple choice questions, recreate the story in the proper order, and summarize the action using the interactive exercises.

Read a short text and then choose the best summary in this Rags to Riches learning game.

Read a short text and then choose the correct inference, summary, or conclusion in this Rags to Riches style game.

Reading comprehension terms (nonfiction) are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words: main idea, summarizing, point of view, summarizing, topic, support, conclusion, details, author's purpose,...

Article explains how to find the theme in a piece of literature by asking yourself a series of questions as you read. RL.9-10.1 Analyzing Theme. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2

Read a short text and then choose the best summary in this Rags to Riches learning game.