Students create a class book award. In this book award instructional activity, students review the book awards already created (Caldecott or Newbery) and look at books that have received these awards. They come up with their own award...

Students create a collaborative drawing. In this cooperation skills lesson, students are divided into small groups and are given art supplies. Students decide on a topic for their illustration and create the drawing on large paper....

Students view primary documents about the race for President in the time of Abraham Lincoln.  In this election lesson, students prepare arguments for and against Lincoln using an analysis sheet.  Students create a poster or...

Students establish the major events leading up to the election in 1948.  In this U.S. History lesson plan, students research details about Harry S. Truman, then they participate in a class discussion about him so that they are ready...

Students determine the sum of an infinite geometric series.  In this determining the sum of an infinite geometric series lesson, students discuss how the sum of an infinite geometric series is a paradox.  Students use the sum...

Students explore Nazi Germany by completing several worksheets. In this Adolf Hitler lesson, students identify Hitler's role in the holocaust, his role in the German community and his mindset. Students read the poem "The Hangman" by...

Students research U.S. history by completing a worksheet activity in class. In this historical figure instructional activity, students identify the contributions and risks taken by the former African-American leader Martin Luther King...

Students simulate working on an assembly line in a shared culture. In this consumerism lesson plan, students participate in a lecture and note-taking session before working on a simulated assembly line. They work in a timed situation to...

Students perform tests in the lab to identify an unknown substance. In this physical science lesson, students observe the physical and chemical properties of substances. They formulate a conclusion based on experimental results.

Examine the Hundred Years' War. Budding historians view a video on Joan of Arc to discuss her qualities of courage and bravery. They respond to the video and discussion in their journals and write in the perspective of Joan of Arc. 

In this punctuation worksheet, 3rd graders provide the end punctuation mark for twelve sentences. Punctuation marks include a period, a question mark, and an exclamation point.

Students work in groups as competing teams responsible for preparing and presenting a comprehensive marketing plan to the board of a "new" cell phone company.

Students listen to the story , Pet Show, and discuss the variety of animals that were in the show. The class recalls the animals and practice sounding out the names. Then they decide which animal should receive the best of show ribbon.

Students examine the presidential election process and discover that presidential elections are decided by the electoral college and not popular votes. They see that each state has a number of electors, and understand how this number is...

Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 

Students study scientists and the important Nobel Prize dates.  In this investigative lesson students divide into groups and watch a program then complete a project.

Students investigate the pros and cons of the lottery. In this algebra instructional activity, students use the formulas for permutation and combination to test their arguments about the lottery. They collect data about their argument...

Fifth graders research life in Alaska and compare life there to their lives in this activity. They read "Julie of the Wolves." They research through the novel and other reference books facts about the Alaskan climate and geography. ...

Students investigate probability through a game. In this data instructional activity, students use dice and predictions to explore how probability works.

Fourth graders write a character analysis of someone they know describing them through similes, metaphors, and hyperboles. They may include themselves and how their person relates to him or her.

Students examine propaganda as it relates to political campaigning. They' attention be focused on a few important basic concepts they need to explain the functions and use of propoganda.

Learners examine snails and make observations about where their eyes are located, how they eat, and how they move. In this snails lesson, students discover information about snails by observing them. Learners use magnifying glass, a...

Students explore feeling about the natural world and how those feelings are being affected by human action. They write poetry after viewing images of swallows in action and listening to poetry about the birds.

Students explore the ruloes for the correct usage of grammar. The game of football is played by classroom teams to acquire points each time an error is corrected by a member of the team.