Students examine famous woodblock prints of artists such as Hiroshige and Hokusai as primary documents to help them gain insight on Japanese history. They relate the woodblock images to the social hierarchy of the period.

Learners work on the Internet to listen, read, and practice writing in a foreign language. They focus on the use of idiom and humor in other languages.

Using the text Language Awareness by Eschholz, Rosa and Clark, as well as previous lectures from the class, this slideshow presents students with a midterm addressing key terms and concepts. While teachers might have a hard time...

Seventh graders examine different pieces of Dutch Art. They identify its social and political meanings by using cultural and historical information. They examine maps of the time period as well.

Pupils demonstrate portion sizes that are too large and ones that are "just right."

Students explore geometry by utilizing computer software. In this shape identification lesson, students define several geometric shapes by the characteristics that classify them. Students draw and cut out geometric shapes using their...

Students create a study guide on colonization of North America. In this American Colonization lesson, students complete a chart of explorers and their conquests. Students complete a crossword puzzle using explorer facts. Students read...

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 explore and use different computer programs for collecting data. In this technology based lesson, students set up a survey and use the Excel and Lotus software to collect data.

Pupils view a documentary on Fidel Castro. After nearly forty years of rule, he remains one of the most controversial political figures of the twentieth century. After viewing, students discuss what they saw and research the Cuban...

Students learn why Queen Isabella waited nearly six years to give approval to Columbus to travel west and what event caused her to suddenly support the voyage of Columbus.

Students researchhow Queen Ann's War of Europe affect Native Americans in New England. After reading excerpts from History of Deerfiel by George Sheldon and Nuthatch's Dilemma, a story about a Pocumtuck woman, students are prepared to...

Learners discuss their fears of terrorism. In this terrorism lesson, students discuss the Madrid terror attacks, the history of terrorism, and share coping strategies.

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

Students explore regular geometric shapes. In this shapes lesson, students investigate geometric shapes in the world around them. Students differentiate between regular and irregular shapes.

Learners brainstorm any words they associate with traffic and safety. In groups, they work together to complete a worksheet identifying images. They also discuss what they would tell someone who was acting unsafely.

In this pronoun instructional activity, students study a table of subject, object, possessive and personal pronouns, then fill in blanks in sentences with correct pronouns.

This introductory lesson on forming questions and using interrogatives includes a sufficient number of examples. The student can test mastery of the grammar principle with a short quiz, oral exercise and end-of-lesson test.

Great exercise for practicing the use of "saber" and "conocer." Type in the appropriate form of either verb for each sentence. Clicking on the question mark will provide the correct answers.

Wonderful practice conjugating verbs in the present subjunctive. Sentences illustrate conjugations that have spelling changes or are regular, irregular, or stem-changing verbs. The "vosotros" form is used in some exercises. All six...

A great explanation of how to conjugate the future tense introduces six exercises that practice regular and irregular verbs. The "vosotros" form is also used. One exercise involves converting the verbs from present tense to future, and...

A site for teaching Spanish-speaking English language learners, this section of Ingles Mundial focuses on possessives and the inverted word order used when asking questions. Possessive adjectives are introduced, and a number of excellent...

Practice answering questions with affirmative and negative tu commands and direct and indirect object pronouns. Stem-changers, spelling changes, regular and irregular command forms are included in this exercise.

Practice answering questions with negative tu commands, reflexive pronouns, and direct and indirect object pronouns. Stem-changers, spelling changes, regular and irregular command forms are included in this exercise.