Students access many pages of unique and interesting people of Mexican/Californios decent/heritage. After reading an insert on one, they can future research that person on the Internet. Students share their findings on a power point...

In this "Afterwards" worksheet, students complete a table showing the progression of time and weather through Hardy's poem "Afterwards." Students fill in twenty five boxes in the table and answer eight short answer questions about the poem.

In this language arts worksheet, students practice choosing the best words to warn someone or tell them not to do something. Students read 10 sentences and pick the best word to fill the blank from 3 choices.

In this language arts worksheet, students learn 45 vocabulary words from a book called Lily and Miss Liberty. This is a list of vocabulary words arranged by phonograms. There are no questions to answer.

In this synonym search activity, students must find three words within the sentence that all have similar meanings. The students identify these words through underlining them.

In this proofreading instructional activity, students rewrite a paragraph to correct for errors. Each paragraph may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage.

Students discuss what it would be like if there weren't enough resources by reading " The Land of Many Colors." In this tolerance lesson plan, students identify the differences between tolerant and intolerant behavior. Student volunteers...

In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the sentences and choose the best word to complete the sentence. Students complete 12 sentences.

In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the sentences and choose the best word to complete the sentence. Students complete 12 sentences.

In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete sentences, filling in blanks with word from a word pool at the top of the worksheet, 8 sentences total.

Seventh graders read an article and discuss questions about what they read.  In this investigative lesson students review the vocabulary and complete a worksheet. 

Students examine ethnicity and the Gold Rush. In this instructional activity on the Gold Rush, students research the different ethnic groups present at the Gold Rush. Students will work in groups to answer questions concerning ethnicity...

In this "The Good Samaritan" worksheet, students look at a set of pictures related to the parable and match phrases to each, then draw their own picture beneath.

A learning module that begins with the short story "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...

This Bibliomania webpage features the full text of Oscar Wilde's short story "The Selfish Giant." A link is provided to Bibliomania's Oscar Wilde site, which has links to other full text works by Wilde.

The full text of the short story The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

This video segment from Between the Lions features a classic tongue twister: a type of wordplay that helps children tune their ears to language and the sounds within words. [0:29]

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to source, corroborate, and contextualize speeches from...

Our sense of ownership emerges incredibly early. But why do we become so attached to things? Christian Jarrett details the psychology of ownership. [4:34]

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a snail named Shawn who learned that his talents should be used to help others. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Read the passage about the ultimatum game, and complete the 4-question quiz.

Read the full text of "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is set in a utopian community founded on socialist ideals yet destroyed by the selfishness of the inhabitants.

This exercise designed for English language learners helps build their vocabularies. Students learn words associated with personality traits, such as selfishness, truthfulness, and cleverness, by completing this multiple-choice quiz.

This is a collection which includes folklore, myths, legends, songs, poems, classics, contemporary stories, stories written by children, and Christmas stories.