Students read and analyze several highly symbolic poems. They create their own symbolic poem, read it to the class, and discuss whether they can guess any hidden meanings.

Students find words that begin with the letters in their own names, using a variety of sources including word banks and online dictionaries. They create an acrostic poem. Pupils revise poems as needed, for meaning and conventions. ...

Students review what it means of being an informed voter. They present their cartoons or quotes work to the class. Youth Summit delegates share impressions of the Summit. They include new information that they obtained and individual...

Students research the importance and meaning of honoring historic documents and policy statements on coins. They consult available texts and bookmarked Internet sites and share their findings with the class. They create a poster that...

Students read about specific instances of arsenic in history and share these stories with each other. They identify, after reading the articles and sharing, what role arsenic played, how arsenic enters the system and what its effects...

Learners review connotation and denotation and stylistic devices in poetry. They read the lyrics to a song as it is being played and then discuss the meaning of the song. As a class, students read poems, share their thoughts, and...

Students read a book. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students read The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush and discuss the children in the story and the gift or talent they share with their people. Students determine what...

Fifth graders study the vocabulary and concept of philanthropy in a democratic society. In this philanthropy vocabulary lesson plan, 5th graders examine traditions associated with good deeds and learn the vocabulary associated with...

Students examine a message sent from outer space and do their best to interpret its meaning. In this problem solving lesson, students investigate a code sent to them from "outer space." The students collaborate with their classmates to...

Students create a collage in groups that illustrates what it means to be an American. In this being American lesson plan, students compare different kinds of families and present their collage and describe what it means to be an American.

Eleventh graders analyze words that derive meaning from Greek, Roman, and Norse myths. In this myth vocabulary lesson, 11th graders work in learning groups as visual learners, kinesthetic learners, and artistic learners to identify the...

Students complete a series of interactive activities to explore their beliefs about heroes and heroism. In this hero analysis lesson, students define the meaning of the words hero and heroic. Students research U.S. heroes and everyday...

Students identify words that have the prefixes in-, im-, il- and ir-. In this word recognition lesson, students define the word "prefix" and practice adding endings the prefixes to the words on the board. Students write the words on...

Students study language. In this word making lesson, students discover the meaning of the suffixes: -ion, -tion, and -ness. They work in small groups to create a list of words using these suffixes. This lesson includes modifications for...

Young scholars explore words. In this prefixes lesson plan, students discover the meaning of the prefix mis-. They work as a class to come up with various words that contain this prefix. This lesson plan includes modifications for...

Students generate words with the prefix over-. In this word study lesson, students are introduced to the prefix and identify words that contain the prefix over-. Students generate the meaning of the prefix and list various words that...

Students study language. In this word making lesson, students discover the meaning of the prefix pre-. They work in small groups to create a list of words that use this prefix. This lesson includes modifications for advanced students,...

Students explore language arts by participating in a word structure activity. In this suffix lesson, students identify what a suffix is and discuss the common uses for the "y" suffix. Students add the specific suffix to many words and...

Fifth graders explore strategies for identifying the meaning of unfamiliar words. In this vocabulary lesson plan, 5th graders apply a think aloud strategy for unfamiliar words. Students use context clues to identify unfamiliar words and...

Students practice working in groups to brainstorm about what teamwork means to them. They develop their own guidelines to pass along to others about how to work in a group successfully.

Students calculate the standard deviation of data. In this statistics activity, students collect data, plot it and analyze it. They identify the mean, median and range of their data.

Students explore the meaning of privacy, and then defend contrasting positions in legal cases relating to electronic privacy rights.

Students write and share short pieces about how their gender identities were affected through childhood messages about what it meant to be a boy or a girl. This activity can be used to introduce a discussion on gender issues.

Sixth graders explain what the division of fractions truly means.