Twelfth graders read and analyze the literary elements of Alphonse Daudet's "The Last Lesson" and Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. They compare the two works and write an essay describing the reasons they feel the authors...

High schoolers explore the policies of the "Save the Indian" reforms. Working in groups, they review the motives, methods, and effects of the "Save the Indian" campaign of the late 19th century. Through discussion and writing, they form...

For this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are associated with the letter "s" and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.

Students identify constellations with and without a constellation finder.  In this creating constellations lesson students construct a constellation finder to help them to identify the constellations. 

Students draw constellations. In this astronomy instructional activity, students create constellations from star groupings projected on a chalk board. Students connect the "stars" to create a pattern on the board. Student can create new...

In this ESL matching sentence parts worksheet, students match the 1st part of a sentence to the 2nd part. Page has a link to additional activities.

Learners utilize problem solving strategies that emphasis writing in mathematics, and strategies that have students make decisions and draw conclusions. They connect math to weather and climate topics.

Students learn how death is an indicator of the community beliefs and values, and how have the rituals surrounding death changed over time.

Eighth graders assess the strengths and weaknessess of the Articles of Confederation as related to the United States and North Carolina. They demonstrate an argument for or against ratification of the United States Constitution.

Students choose an interesting problem related to space travel and then design a plan to solve the problem. They present their solution to the class.

Learners in high school read books to elementary students. They also examine cultural writings and legends from Latin America. They complete projects over the information they have found and give one of them to the elementary student.

Students work on recognizing fluent reading and distinguishing between word recognition and fluency.

Student teachers learn the significance of asking questions of their principal and preparing/organizing their classrooms for a successful beginning of their school year.

Students analyze the components of supervision and apply them to their observations of interns.

Students examine the concept of developing ideas and organizing their thinking. They create concept maps and graphic organizers using Inspiration software, and develop a concept map for their own subject area.

Students develop procedures in planning and organizing a lesson plan. The plans are used to demonstrate a lesson plan.

Student teachers learn the importance of understanding the family dynamics of their students to effectively communicate academic and behavioral concerns.

Students edit text on the computer using keystroke shortcuts to maximize their time at the computer, and to cut down their word processing time.

Students read and analyze poems by Li Po and Wang Wei. They answer discussion questions, identify the elements of the poems, examine and discuss Chinese landscape paintings, write an original poem, and write a comparison/contrast essay.

The BSCS Seminar Series brings distinguished speakers to share ideas and present their latest work to our community conversations. Click the links to find information about speakers and links to their talks.

A series of six videos on global architecture by Mark Jarzombek, presented as a writing seminar with the final project a 1-hour lecture given by the student.

If distance education is not your thing, the Seminar Information Service provides an easy search for live, in-person, training events.

Prometheon has easy-to-find listings not only of seminars, but also continuing education programs and web-based training.

As a springboard to an eleventh grade poetry unit, students view the movie Dead Poets Society and participate in a Socratic seminar of the themes, symbols, and life questions raised by the film. Student groups research and present one of...