Fifth graders complete a variety of activities surrounding European exploration of the New World. They research one explorer and write and present an essay or script in which they portray that explorer as he makes his final report to his...

Students investigate the history of early Hispanic workers in the U.S. They complete an online Webquest, explore various websites, read about Latinos in the U.S. today, view a mural, and answer discussion questions.

Learners examine the cover of a compact disc from U2 and describe what they see. They match words in English with other languages. They discover the meanings of words they do not know from the songs.

Students work together to design and build a paper rocket. They place a propellant in the contraption to make it fly. They discover Newton's third law of motion.

Seventh graders are introduced to the processes of cotton farming in the early 20th century. In groups, they examine the role of Mexican Americans on the farms and the impact of a boom and bust economy on cotton. They identify the...

Middle schoolers brainstorm about what they know about the solar system. They study a planetary fact sheet and create a Venn Diagram with the information. They work in groups to examine the names of the planets and information regarding...

Third graders read Pepita Talks Twice and define the character traits of respect and responsibility. They write their examples of the characters traits on a character trait doll. Students recognize the character traits of respect and...

Students observe models of two kinds of forests with low and high biodiversity. They observe and record the effects of habitat destruction or extinction rates. They also conduct research about mass extinction like that of the ancient...

Students engage in a literature study in order to address the concept of exploring the culture of Puerto Rico. The lesson looks at the culture through the eyes of two children. This helps students to connect to the content of the lesson....

Learners explain the concept of cultural diffusion. They give examples of cultural diffusion throughout history; e.g. the development of Cuban music and dance. Students explain how cultural diffusion impacts civilizations, past and...

Students are introduced to Guatemala and to the tradition of giant kites. They decorate the kite sail and construct the kite. Students identifies possible causal factors contributing to given historical events.

Students recognize and read their birth date when it is written. They make a picture of a birthday soup bowl that includes the month, day and year of their birthday. Students memorize a poem.

In this no sex please, we're British worksheet, students, with a partner, come up with five adjectives to describe someone, decide if eighteen statements or true or false and strike up a conversation over three internal questions.

In this passive practice worksheet, students review the passive voice as they correct the mistakes in 8 sentences and make 8 questions using the passive voice. Students also answer 4 questions regarding the passive voice.

Students identify community helpers. In this philanthropy lesson, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Students use character traits to describe the main characters and make a list...

Sixth graders explore the concept of Cubist art. In this visual arts lesson, 6th graders examine examples of Pablo Picasso's work and they create self portraits in Cubist style.

Students recognize their birthday and how it is written. In this lesson, students read a poem about birthdays. Students create a soup bowl that has their birthday month, day and year in it.

Students calculate time using a grade appropriate skill.  In this time lesson, students calculate the time to a special event. Students calculate days, months, weeks, hours, minutes or seconds depending on their skill level....

In this American foreign policy instructional activity, students respond to 20 essay questions about expansionism in the country during the 20th century.      

Students identify the properties of a sphere. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the surface area of spheres using the formula derived by nets. They identify the radius and diameter of the sphere.

In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Isabel Allende and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...

Learners learn about Latin American dance and rhythm in different forms and participate in dancing. In this Latin American lesson plan, students also analyze Latin American paintings.

Sixth graders debate their reactions to two different historical documents about managing a society.  For this U.S. history lesson, 6th graders read two articles on codes and laws from different time periods and debate their...

Students explore geometric shapes. In this math lesson plan, students identify geometric and non-geometric shapes using the computer. Students research geometric shapes in art and architecture.