Students examine multiple primary sources. In this revolutionary war instructional activity, students read case studies regarding women from South Carolina. Students will compare the different roles women played during the Revolutionary...

In this Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters activity, students read the book Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 8 questions total.

Students explore Benedict Arnold, and how his name is synonymous with treason, betrayal, and defection. Why did he turn on a young nation in its defining moment? BIOGRAPHY journeys back to the days of the colonies to solve the mystery.

Young scholars try activities like this one: Assuming the role of your favourite mythological character, you will be leading a dangerous journey to capture the head of Medusa. Before you go, you must order the necessary supplies. ...

Students examine cultural differences in picture books. In this cultural diversity lesson, students identify cultural differences in picture books about children from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and minority...

In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to the passage, then complete a wide variety of warm-up activities, as well as before listening/reading, while listening/reading, after listening/reading, discussion,...

In this proofreading practice online instructional activity, 6th graders retype three passages correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and usage, with answers available.

Students engage in a study of apples using children's literature. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Student list facts about apples and compare them while answering some guided questions. They plant some apple seeds and...

In this top ten games of 2007 worksheet, students review each game and its genre and then answer four discussion questions, complete a writing task and then write an outline for a computer game story with a script.

For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Tristam Shandy. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this logical thinking skills worksheet, students solve word problems involving one and two digit numbers. Students complete 20 word problems.

Fifth graders use information from videos, picture books, and relatives' military backgrounds to write a short or extended message of gratitude on a greeting card for local veterans.

Students investigate how early European exploration and colonization resulted in cultural and ecological interactions among previously unconnected peoples. They comprehend that Europeans had misconceptions about Native American literacy...

Students explore Tom Jones.

This is the three-page PDF article "The Hero's Journey: Life's Great Adventure" by Reg Harris which outlines the characteristics of the journey motif in literature including the basic eight-step journey pattern.

This site explains the idea of archtypes and "the Hero's Journey" prevalent in myths and many adventure stories. James Campbell wrote The Hero With a Thousand Faces, using the hero journey pattern of departure, initiation, return. Lucas...

A nine-part learning module with links to images, websites, and videos that demonstrate the theme of a hero's journey in literature.

An eighteen-part learning module with links to videos, images, and charts to use while learning about the theme of a hero's journey in a literary text.

Online exhibition relates the original Star Wars film trilogy to the "hero's journey" presented in Joseph Campbell's "Hero With a Thousand Faces" and "The Power of Myth." Originally accompanied an exhibit at the Museum, but now stands...

A twenty-part learning module with links to texts, images, and videos to use while reading The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins.

This unit focuses on the "Journey Motif" using the following works: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, "Shooting An Elephant" by George Orwell, "Journey" by Edna St. Vincent Millay,"Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats, "The...