Young scholars read a number of books by a given author and input information into a database. They e-mail information about their favorite author to other students. They focus on story elements and ask questions or make suggestions for...

Students develop interview skills and learn about US history at the same time. Students research an event from local history. Students prepare a list of questions based on the research. They create a list of interview questions and...

Young scholars read stories and articles about protecting the Earth. They collect data for a computer generated graph, and provide a key to show what the symbols represent.

Students list five food dishes that are part of their family's heritage. Each student then does research of a country and a recipe (possibly a family recipe). With the help of members of his/her kitchen group, the student prepares the dish.

Students compare and contrast specific characters in the book, "Old Henry." They discuss similarities and differences between people and define character traits. They assess one's own character traits and have a class discussion about...

Students collect data from classmates about their favorite animal. They use the ClarisWorks graphing program to enter data, graph results, and interpret data.

Middle schoolers use the Internet and graphic organizers to organize the information they collect about farm products and exports.

Learners attend a field trip. Upon their return to the classroom, students write unanswered questions related to the field trip. Using the internet and other resources, learners find answers to their questions. They write their...

Middle schoolers participate in book club forums where they write descriptive, evaluation, analysis, synthesis, or inference essays. They take on the role of a character in their bok and publish a web page.

Pupils, in groups, use logic and mathematical reasoning to solve given problems. Afterwards, they summarize strategies used to solve the problem and discuss a variety of ways to solve the situation. Individually, students complete...

Learners answer assigned questions as a group, write individual essays, complete a research project, and complete a writing project.

Tenth graders explore narrative poetry. They analyze sections of a poem and present to groups. They compose their own narrative poems using pictures as prompts. They exchange their poems and analyze their classmate's poem.

Students explore tribal sovereignty. In this American Indian instructional activity, students learn about tribal sovereignty, watch a movie, take notes, and complete a reaction paper.

Discover Italian families though a book study. Learners also practice Italian vocabulary and grammar, explore direct and reported speech, and complete an assessment or final project.

For this online interactive language arts worksheet, students fill in 10 blanks in a 2 paragraph selection with appropriate words. Students may check their answers immediately.

Second graders read different folk tales and discuss them. They are given a template of a letter and they are to write a friendly letter. Special education students are paired with advanced students to help them.

Students create family banners. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop language, creative thinking, and social awareness by creating banners about their families.

Sixth graders explore Greek mythology. In this Greek mythology instructional activity, 6th graders research selected Internet sources on Greek gods and goddesses. Student use their research findings to create mythology family tress....

Third graders recognize geometric shapes with acute angles, make geometric shapes with acute angles on geoboards, and draw acute angles on geopaper.

Students build word families. In this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Students may print out their work when finished.

Students use corduroy to make a creative name board. They are read to from a corduroy book and draw pictures based on what they heard.

Students identify important aspects of community and culture that strengthen relationships. They discuss pictures of national symbols.

Fifth graders create a HyperStudio book report after reading a novel. They work in pairs or small groups to design a HyperStudio stack about a previously-read novel. They use a variety of graphic organizers to have Students gather...

Students research a notable painter and use his or her work as inspiration to create a functional light switch plate.  In this art lesson, students find an artist whose work is appealing to them to research and critique. ...