University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Old Wisdom"
Excellent resource for empowering learners to become better learners. This instructional activity includes motivating students to read, encouraging learners to use inferential and critical thinking skills, and promoting an understanding...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Introducing Metaphors Through Poetry
This lesson is designed to help students begin to engage with metaphors on a deeper and more abstract level. The lesson will begin with a poem containing metaphors accessible at all levels, and with each poem, the lesson will progress in...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper" Writing Women
A close reading of "The Yellow Wall-paper" employing the analysis of such literary concepts as setting, narrative style, symbol, and characterization. Students will write an essay discussing what the story suggests about middle-class...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Adventures at Dry Creek
This educational module enables young scholars (5-12) to experience ongoing research of University of California paleontologists studying about life in Montana 60-70 million years ago. It gives students the opportunity to experience the...