Students complete vocabulary and reading activities for Paulo Coehlo's The Alchemist. In this reading and vocabulary lesson, students review vocabulary for the text and read sections of the story. Students answer questions for each...

Eighth graders explore how to use the time zones in the United States and internationally. They use elapsed time to solve problems. Students calculate the time in various places in the United States. They discuss the 6 time zones in the...

For this ozone layer day worksheet, students read or listen to a passage about ozone layer day, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and...

In this weather activity, learners read a selection about the water cycle and cloud identification. Then the students fill in the missing words in 5 sentences and write the name of 5 cloud types while describing the clouds.

Students conduct a number of experiments involving evaporation and condensation. They view and discuss a video about the water cycle and then design posters about the rain based on the book "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs".

Students review the terms and concepts: evolution, selection, biotic, and abiotic factors. They come up with hypotheses about limpet shell types based on what we discuss about intertidal environments. Students use ratios to compare...

In this verb tense worksheet, students learn the proper use of present tense verbs. Students correct the mistakes in 4 sentences by rewriting them with the correct present tense verb.

Students examine factors the create smog.  In this pollution instructional activity students complete an activity about ozone. 

Fifth graders investigate the Victorian era by participating in Victorian style activities.  In this World History lesson, 5th graders read about the traditions and customs of men and woman from the Victorian era and how the...

In this life cycles worksheet, students compare the life cycles of 2 different species and answer short answer questions about them. Students can choose the species to compare and then answer 6 questions.

Students familiarize themselves with the Arctic Circle by locating it on a globe and wall map. They discuss they climate in the North Pole and the reasons for its low temperatures. They compare and contrast the climates of the Arctic...

In these critical reading worksheets, students read the short story about clocks. Students then answer 3 critical reading questions about the passage.

Students look at a visualization of absorbed solar energy and discuss its role in maintaining surface temperature. They examine greenhouse effect and its role in maintaining a climate in which humans can survive.

Young scholars read and conduct and experiment to learn about rain formation. In this water forms lesson, students read about the formation of rain and its purposes. Young scholars then complete a rain experiment activity.

Young scholars are introduced to the celestial sphere, describing its apparent rotation and the special role of the pole star.

This is a 1926 review of Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Sun Also Rises, written in the year of its original publication.

Selected (8) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway. In the years following World War I, a group of disillusioned expatriates travel from Paris to Spain to watch bullfighting and participate...

From the special collections department of the University of Delaware Library, this online exhibit of Hemingway and his works provides a great background for any student. View original covers of his books and information about his life...

Read about Ernest Hemmingway (1899-1961 CE), the author of such works as "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Old Man and the Sea," who was awarded with the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. This website includes a biography, resources for...

Published in 1926 after World War I, this novel looks at the the aimlessness of the lost generation. This site offers interesting insights into the characters, their concerns, the themes in the novel, and important quotations.

Drawing on the monstrosities of World War I, Ernest Hemingway presents male characters persevering through many difficult circumstances in his works, as highlighted in this biography. See "Ernest Hemingway Activities" for more resources.

Explore the life and work of Ernest Hemingway through this informative site. This site provides links to lesson plans, activities and more for some of his works.

This short essay by David V. Gagne discusses his adoration for the novel, "A Farewell to Arms." He discusses the themes and relationships of the novel. Includes links to other essays by Gagne on other Hemingway novels.

The Library of Congress presents the "Political and cultural history of France from 1498 to 1661" France's Renaissance, eight civil wars, and the Bourbons. Also click on "The Rise and Fall of the Absolute Monarchy," for history from the...