In this The Contender comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer questions regarding chapter 5 of The Contender by Robert Lipsyte in order to help them better understand the novel and the author's craft.

The threat posed by super volcanoes is explored in a short video that reviews the destruction caused by Mount Tambora in 1815 and by Peru's Huaynaputina in 1600. Think it can't happen again? The narrator contends that the explosive...

Is, as Walt Whitman contends, America’s “almost maniacal appetite for wealth,” the heart of the American dream? Class members grapple with this question as they read David Brooks’ article “The Commercial Republic,” and quotes that...

In this The Contender comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions regarding chapter 6 of The Contender by Robert Lipsyte in order to help them better understand the novel and the author's craft.

In this The Contender comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 16 short answer questions regarding chapter 2 of the The Contender by Robert Lipsyte in order to help them better understand the novel and the author's craft.

In this The Contender comprehension check learning exercise, students respond to 20 short answer questions covering chapters 15-17 of The Contender by Darren Shan so that they better understand the chapters and the novel.

In this The Contender comprehension check instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer questions regarding chapter 4 of The Contender by Robert Lipsyte in order to help them better understand the novel and the author's craft.

For this The Contender comprehension check worksheet, high schoolers respond to 20 short answer questions covering chapter 14 of The Contender by Darren Shan so that they better understand the chapter and the novel.

In this The Contender comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 22 short answer questions covering chapters 18- 20 of The Contender by Darren Shan so that they better understand the chapters and the novel.

In this The Contender comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer questions covering chapter 1 of The Contender by Darren Shan so that they better understand the chapter and the novel.

In this The Contender comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer questions regarding chapter 3 of The Contender by Robert Lipsyte in order to help them better understand the novel and the author's craft.

Class members examine two documents—The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The Rights of Migrants in the United States—and then use reports in the media to assess how well the US is doing in ensuring these rights.

In The Contender chapter questions worksheet, students complete several questions that cover information from chapters twelve and thirteen. This helps students advance their understanding of the text.

Examine the introduction to Our Islands in Their People, written by Major-General Joseph Wheeler. The excerpt, which is about two-and-a-half pages long, is included here along with six questions about the text. Pupils can learn about the...

In The Contender chapter questions worksheet, students answer several questions that cover information from chapters ten and eleven to advance their understanding of the text.

In The Contender worksheets, students complete a series of short answer questions to further their understanding of chapters seven through nine.

Here is an interesting topic. Learners examine the economics that led to the founding of the First Bank of America. They participate in a reader's theater experience depicting the debate between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson...

The ten questions included on this worksheet are designed to facilitate a close study of the website of Advertising Age magazine. Using the Internet, learners explore the magazine’s website and its links to become familiar with the...

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Strong to the Hoop. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...

Learners recognize courage and heroism of Danish and Swedish people and all others who resisted the Nazis, realize that everyone has the capacity to do good as well as evil, and analyze reasons and motivations that caused certain people...

Should physician-assisted suicide be legal? Using a debate topics website, pupils prepare to discuss the morality and legality of euthanasia. Scholars discover historical case studies involving assisted suicide, explore state-by-state...

Before the implementation of tenure in 1886, female teachers were sometimes fired for wearing pants or staying out too late at night. Scholars research the debate topic to decide if teachers should get tenure. They review the history of...

Students study the history of the Holocaust. it is complex; therefore, understanding its implications is complex as well. Elie Wiesel refers to the Holocaust as a question within a question. Questions lead to further questions, and still...

Is history "little more than a relic," as one of the characters in "The Palace Thief" contends? Has Hundert's love of antiquity kept him from changing with the times? Readers consider how the author uses these conflicting views to...