Students move from fact finding to interpretation as they examine paper money from the time of the American Revolution. In the final exercise, they use the issue dates of the bills to construct a chronology of political changes during...

Students see the importance of primary sources in the study of history, but also the limitations of relying only on primary sources of taking the money, as it were, at face value.

Young scholars demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process. They summarize information learned from their assigned text. They identify ways in which the actions of particular individuals influence...

Students use the Archival Research Catalog to complete assignments and activities about Lewis Hines and the National Child Labor Committee.

Second graders are introduced to the food groups on the food pyramid. Individually, they draw pictures of their favorite foods and identify which food group it belongs. To end the lesson, they discuss the importance of eating a variety...

Students examine the roles and responsibilities of the President of the United States. Using their textbook, they discover when the presidency was formed, how it works and what kind of power the President has. They also discuss how the...

High schoolers explore how recent immigration and migration patterns impact social and political issues. They apply affective learning techniques

In this using function tables to problem solve learning exercise, students interpret and complete function tables to solve problems. Students solve six word problems.

This brief overview of early democratic developments in England requires students to define nine terms, rank important events, and describe the Glorious Revolution.

In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, high schoolers answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Students list all the parts on the shark and label a diagram of the shark anatomy. They define the words, "gill and fin" and describe what they are used for.

In this online/interactive English vocabulary instructional activity, students read the beginning of a common phrase and choose the correct word ending. Students choose 20 multiple choice answers.

In this Hillary Clinton learning exercise, students read about the life of the politician, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.

Students examine the constitutions structure, content, and underlying philosophy by skimming through as a class then breaking into groups to focus on separate articles. To reinforce learning they individually analyze constitutional...

In this saving energy worksheet, students compare and contrast the effectiveness of compact fluorescent lighting, incandescent light bulbs, and light emitting diodes.

In this comparing numbers instructional activity, students use the table for 'How Many Miles to Chicago' from the cities of Atlanta, Buffalo, Boston, Lexington, and Baltimore. Students use the table to compare 3-digit numbers and solve...

Students discuss being a friend and sing songs about friendship.  In this friendship lesson plan, students listen to When Turtle Grew Feathers.  Students  answer questions about the friends in the story. Students discuss...

In this sentence completion worksheet, students complete the second sentence based on what the first sentence says. Students complete 10 sentence in a multiple choice problems.

For this slang word worksheet, students choose the correct slang word that begins with a d to match the same meaning as the bold word in the sentence. Students do this for 12 words.

In this American Revolution worksheet, students complete a nine multiple choice question quiz based on facts of the Revolutionary War.

In this everyday math learning exercise, 5th graders read short paragraphs regarding the environment and solve to make their decisions.  Students respond to 5 short answer questions explaining their reasoning in the spaces provided.

In this printing practice worksheet, students practice tracing and printing the word "bills," then color a picture of stack of banded money. Worksheet has links to additional activities.

Young scholars research slavery in the United States and present their findings as a newscast with appropriate visuals to the class.