Learners explore environmental issues. Using a newspaper, students scan headlines for articles related to environmental or sustainability issues. From the article title, learners predict the article's intent and then read the article for...

Students, in groups, as a culmination of a unit on drama, develop a skit that reviews the concepts taught throughout the unit. They agree on the topic and come up with a good theme and storyline. After rehearsals, they perform the skit...

Students watch a movie, and answer teacher created questions in order to explore the brain.

This plan centers around the article "How Advertisers Persuade," although it is not included in the instructional activity itself. Get your class thinking about advertising, appeals, and techniques that companies use to get their...

Fifth graders research life in Alaska and compare life there to their lives in this activity. They read "Julie of the Wolves." They research through the novel and other reference books facts about the Alaskan climate and geography. ...

Students examine Greek and Latin root words. They research the history of the English language, solve word games and puzzles, write paragraphs about the impact of Greek and Latin on the English language, and create flip chart study guides.

Fifth graders investigate biomes of the earth. For this biomes lesson, 5th graders explore eight different biomes which include the tropical rain forest, deciduous forest, grasslands, and taiga. They design an artistic scrapbook that...

Fourth graders recall lizards from the text and report their important traits. The teacher adds the information to the map. They watch the map expand while it organizes all of the lizards and their characteristics.

Students read The Tell Tale Heart and practice critical analysis while reflecting on its underlying meanings. In this reading lesson, students make predictions, monitor their own comprehension and adjust their reading accordingly....

High schoolers explore the nuances of Confucianism. In this Korean society lesson, students complete jigsaw reading assignments on the Hyo. High schoolers compare their own reverence for parents to that described in the pieces about Korea.

Students read and answer question about the chapter in the introductory instructional activity.

Comic frames are traditionally used to illustrate a story in a short, concise format. In this lesson plan, students use a six-paneled comic strip frame to create a story map, summarizing a book or story that they have read. Each panel...

This graphic organizer can be used to help students analyze a story or a historical event. Students will look closely at the story's characters or people involved in the historical event. Then they will summarize the story or event, and...