In this communication worksheet, students participate in a board game that involves twenty-seven steps of how to carry on a telephone conversation with another person.

Learners categorize information in the Yellow Pages. In this Let the Phone Book Get Them Talking! lesson, students find pictures in the Yellow Pages and thus gain a better understanding of how the book is organized. Learners locate local...

This compelling plan based on the letters in the book Dear Miss Breed engages readers in learning what it was like for Japanese Americans following the attacks at Pearl Harbor. After reading the letters, young scholars will...

In this mini book worksheet, students cut apart and complete a teeny tiny book with names of friends and their phone numbers.

Eleventh graders analyze information presented in a timeline and then create a time line. They put the following events in order from oldest to recent: Telephone invented (1876), Massacre at Wounded Knee (1890), First transcontinental...

Students critique advertisements in magazines, newspapers and telephone books.  In this advertising instructional activity, students complete a class activity in which they locate specific advertisements, then answer questions that...

The student will recognize different information sources. 2. The student will use a telephone book as a resource for locating agricultural businesses and people with agriculture-related jobs.Discuss the purpose of the phone book, and...

Students research community nonprofit organizations. They identify their purposes and graph them. The search telephone books, websites, and magazines for information on local organizations. They write in journals how nonprofit groups...

Students experience a new appreciation of cultural diversity involving different people, places, and environments. They research family backgrounds, use technology to exchange information, create a map depicting ethnic concentrations and...

Students explore methods of written communication. In this Plains Indian lesson, students create pictographs representing everyday modern life after observing the pictographs used by the Plains Indians. Pictograph stories are written on...

Here is a precise article explaining chronological events that led Martin Luther King, Jr. to march for freedom and civil rights.

Students discuss the three branches of government and the different levels. They talk about the purpose of laws and use the Internet to locate information about governments. They watch the video, "United States Constitution" and look up...

Learners research the origination of the expression "The Real McCoy." In this economics research lesson, students read the book The Real McCoy. Learners examine Elijah McCoy and his invention of the oil cup and how it relates to the...

Students commemorate black history month. Using the Internet, information books and printed web pages, students research the events of Mary Seacole's life. Students role play Mary Seacole being interviewed for a job.

Students use newspapers and magazines to identify six recent political and social events from around the world. In groups, they use a timeline template to place the events on the timeline in chronological order. They share with the...

Students identify nonprofit organizations within their local community. They practice using the yellow pages to locate these organizations. They use an organizer to keep all of the information they gathered organized.

Students research the Internet for information about purchasing a car. They complete a worksheet using the Federal Citizen Information Center's website in order to become proficient in research techniques needed to be informed consumers.

Pupils read the book, "Bingo Brown and the Language of Love" and discuss and define credit, loan, interest, and service credit. They complete activity sheets comparing advantages and disadvantages of using cash and credit.

Students make defensible inferences based on observation of perceived evidence. They use observation and inference to recognize the validity of alternative approaches or solutions.

Do your scholars strive to work for themselves some day? Help young entrepreneurs  create a business plan for an original idea and present it to a "board of directors." They complete online research (some links provided) and put...

Students discuss jobs/roles in everyday life. In this social science instructional activity, students examine the fact that jobs or roles that were once gender specific no longer are. Students realize that any gender can have any job as...

Students experiment with the construction of shelters and the various types of architectural designs.  In this shelters lesson, students draw the building they live in.  Students compare and contrast buildings made today and...

Students explore the meaning of the term "philanthropy" and the qualities that philanthropists share, especially good character and personal virtue. They list and describe how three volunteer groups act for the common good and summarize...

In this proofreading worksheet, students read a paragraph about the great builders of ancient civilizations. Students answer 10 multiple choice grammar and vocabulary questions about the text.