In this math worksheet, learners complete a class bar graph. Students survey classmates as to how many pockets they have today and plot the data on the graph.

Eleventh graders research entertainment and recreation in the early twentieth century using primary sources and the book From the Hidewood, by Robert Amerson. They compare the rural experience of the time period to the national...

Students create a contemporary coat of arms and illuminated page. They study contemporary artists who combine text, symbols and images in altered books and create an altered book page of their own.

Students take a pre-test to show their prior knowledge of dinosaurs. Using the internet, they reasearch the time period in which they roamed the Earth. Focusing on the area of Connecticut, they compare and contrast the large and small...

Sixth graders take an Internet trip back in time to explore ancient cultures. Working in teams, they assume the roles of theologian, cartographer, economist, political analyst, and anthropologist. The same groups then create time...

Eleventh graders are able to define sharecropping, wage labor and labor gangs. They identify races and economic classes of people involved in sharecropping. Students determine the economic and physical geographic circumstances that led...

Students recognize their own name in print and the names of their classmates. They use one to one correspondence to determine who has not checked in, completed their field, and if absent indicate that on the form. Students tally the...

In this transportation bar graph worksheet, students will ask their classmates how they got to school and record responses to complete the graph.

In this brainstorming worksheet students will analyze tasks in order to focus on quick thinking. Students will alphabetize words, list zoo animals, construct a mathematical equation, and complete analogies.

In this mind puzzle instructional activity, students collaborate in a group to solve 4 problems involving math and vocabulary. The questions should be answered without much difficulty by group consensus.

Students investigate energy sources by examining photographs.  In this atomic energy instructional activity,  students identify and describe various pictures and how atomic energy is used in them.  Students create a...

Students compare and contrast urban and rural communities. In this geography skills lesson, students discover the attributes of the settings and respond to questions about cities and farms.

Students explore the attributes of American tall tales. In this folklore lesson, students read several tall tales, describe the elements of tall tales, and then use hyperbole to write their own tall tales.

The Chinese Exclusion Act—the first race-based immigration restriction—is echoed in today's debates on the topic. Using graphic organizers and structured discussions, historians consider the reasons behind the act and compare the...

Who would've guessed that a document written over 200 years ago would still have a lot to teach us today? A set of folder games incorporates parts of a newspaper to teach about the Constitution and how it still applies to life...

Shakespeare's plays may be old, but they still have relevant lessons for today's world! A collection of lesson plans uses examples from The Merchant of Venice and District Merchants to teach about bravery. In addition to learning...

Today's gourmands don't consider spices to be the equivalent of silver and gold. During the middle ages, however, these commodities were precious. People back then used spices in religious ceremonies, to cure rotten food, and as a show...

Redlining—or the practice of racial discrimination in housing loans—directly led to today's segregated living patterns in America. Using data from the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation, classmates visualize the impact of policy on...

Urban combat long preceded today's video games. Pupils today experience the battle of Fredericksburg—a major Civil War engagement in an American city—using a 360-degree interactive app. Users explore the battlefield online, using  a...

Young scholars analyze archival materials contemporaneous with the birth of the Women's Rights Movement, and begin to appreciate the deeply entrenched opposition the early crusaders had to overcome. They discuss whether or not such...

Upper graders read the story One Grain of Rice, and use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast topics found in the story to current event topics today. Groups of three learners work together to create their diagram. The topics they must...

Middle schoolers engage in a discussion about bullying. They list the many forms bullying can take, and how much of a problem bullying is at their own school. Then, learners plan their own campaign to eliminate bullying at their school....

Fourth graders, while visiting the Sully Plantation, are divided into groups and spend 90 minutes at different stations. Each group reports on their findings and how the same task is done differently today.

Kids compare and contrast music from the past to the present. They listen to and review the characteristics of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Pop music. Then, they discuss the differences in each and how musical icons from the past...