Travel using a compass. Get your bearings! What does that mean? Choose a starting point, set your bearings, move to a location, and then use your bearings to return to the original starting point. It is of utmost importance to understand...

Fourth graders describe the importance of recognizing and forecasting conflict and taking steps to solving it. They analyze conflict situations, follow the steps for solving conflict, and provide solutions involving compromise.

Soccer activity 12 focuses on reviewing and practicing the skills of passing, passing on the move, making accurate passes to have a shot on goal. It is imperative to learn good passing skills to be successful in soccer. After all,...

The idea of having a Healthy Heart Night at your school is a fabulous thought. Here are a few ideas that detail was done at one elementary school. It would take a lot of organizing to make it happen, but seems well worth the effort. This...

Kids learn how to use the grid method to solve double by single-digit multiplication problems. They take each double-digit number into its tens and units, place it on the grid, add the multiplier, then solve the problem. There are two...

This crossword puzzle focuses on clues related to The Cold War. It also has unrelated clues that would be a challenge to middle schoolers, but should be manageable to secondary learners; particularly juniors taking US history. There are...

First graders are introduced to the purpose of the Pledge of Allegiance. With a handout, they read through the Allegiance and define the key words as they go. To end the lesson, they try to state it from memory and draw a flag to end...

For this Abraham Lincoln maze worksheet, students trace a path in a simple maze that will take Abraham Lincoln to the White House. On the sides of the maze, students read 7 interesting time- line facts of the life of this famous American.

Students compare the responsibilities and rights of women in the US and in Kenya. They examine how gender affects societal roles.

Students explore contractions and compound words by playing a whole-class game. In this reading lesson plan, students define compound words and contractions, and describe how they are formed. The game format should make this an exciting,...

Discuss the history of slavery by analyzing historic photography depicting slavery. Learners write fictional stories based on these photographs. This is a creative and motivating way to launch a discussion of these topics. 

Young historians read and analyze a soldier's direct account of his participation in the battle of Gettysburg, as well as consider the overall strategy and tactics taken by the Union and Confederate troops.

You don't need a scale to determine weight. This activity provides a way to use the concepts of air pressure and surface area to determine the weight of a vehicle by calculating the amount of weight each tire supports.

Talk about a timely resource! As part of a series of primary source exercises, individuals read and respond to questions about Theodore Roosevelt's "The Square Deal" speech. Roosevelt reminds us of what our social system should be.

Learners observe how to measure in metric units.  In this investigative lesson students compare different units of volume to see how things are measured.

Learners explore photography. They compare/contrast the work of two photographers, create a paper viewfinder and experiment with focusing on topics, take photographs, and display photograph essays about the school.

Students examine the benefits and the challenges Alaska has presented to the United States. They research what the government and the people of the United States considered at the time of the purchase of Alaska in order to debate the...

Students read a news article from the New York Times related to the construction of a fence between Mexico and the U.S. and its impact on the lives of the people living on both sides. They read and discuss a variety of scenarios, answer...

Tenth graders solve for missing sides on a triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. For this geometry lesson, 10th graders are introduced to basic trigonometry functions as they solve problems of right triangles. They discuss the...

Students examine what they know about American Indians past and present, then research key issues facing American Indian tribes today. To synthesize their learning, students write letters taking the perspective of an American Indian.

Tenth graders investigate the theorems of ASA, AAS, AAA and ASA. In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders discuss the theorems of triangles and how it is used to solve for missing sides or angles. They review how two angles...

Students examine President Bush's July 2007, decision to commute the 30-month sentence of former White House official, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby by reading a New York Times article. They scan editorial sources on various sides of the...

In this geometry learning exercise, students are given the side lengths of polygons and asked to calculate the perimeter, area and shaded region. There are 30 questions with an answer key.

Third graders investigate shapes in our world. In this geometry instructional activity, 3rd graders describe plane and solid shapes and identify angles, solid objects and lines of symmetry. Students use online resources, graphic...