Students read and discuss articles written about the Rwandan genocide. They participate in a class discussion, and write a letter to the U.N. or a letter to the editor of their local newspaper.

Students become familiar with the events of the Civil War.  In this identification lesson, students use deductive reasoning to understand how the deceased soldier was identified.  Students view primary documents for information...

Students write a letter to a classmate recommending a favorite book and brainstorm ways in which a person would encourage others to read a book, focusing on specific elements of novels.

In this recognizing beginning word sounds worksheet, students view pictures of fruits, say the names of the fruits, and choose the letters that make the beginning sounds. Students write eight multiple choice answers.

In this letter Z printing practice worksheet, students trace the uppercase and lowercase As and then practice writing each of them independently. Students also trace and write independently 4 words that begin with Z.

In this letter aA worksheet, students practice printing the letters a and A, use pictures to write words with "a" in the middle, and add "a" in the middle of words and draw pictures of these words. Students complete twenty aA activities.

For this practicing cursive writing worksheet, students trace the formation steps to form the climb 'n' slide letter i, write it alone and in sequence, and trace and write a word containing the letter i. Students complete six cursive...

In these two recognizing beginning of sentences and proper nouns begin with capital letters worksheets, students read sentences and rewrite them adding capital letters where appropriate. Students rewrite 9 sentences.

In this handwriting skills worksheet, students trace over the letters in each sentence and then write each word on the lines provided. Students draw a picture for each sentence in the boxes at the bottom of the worksheet.

For this recognizing adjectives worksheet, students write an adjective starting with each of the letters of the alphabet. Students write 26 adjectives.

In this density of materials worksheet, learners examine ways to sort a dump truck of recycled materials using the density of the material types. Students write a letter to the city council to describe their method of sorting.

In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 6 questions by saying the word represented in the picture, finding the word from the wordbank at the bottom of the page, writing the word, and placing an X over the word in the wordbank.

Students investigate the laws of using land.  For this California Government lesson, students examine the many uses of land in California and find an environmental issue they care about.  Students write a letter to a politician...

In this letter Ss recognition worksheet, students view a sock, color it with stripes, cut and glue the letters S and s on the sock, and practice printing capital S and lowercase s on a primary paper line. Students complete four activities.

Students explore the legal and historical experience of native peoples living in the United States. They write a letter to their United States senator commenting on the Hawaiian bill using information gathered during their research.

Students examine how race played a critical role in Lena Horne's life. They conduct Internet research, participate in a class debate, write a letter, and create a presentation based on their Internet research.

Students discuss how the issues surrounding school integration have changed since the Little Rock Nine entered Central High School. They discuss the recent events in Jena, Louisiana. Students write a letter to a school administrator...

Students participate in the Read-to-Feed project. In this fundraising lesson plan, students read books to purchase a farm animal for a family in need. Students write a letter to the family that will be receiving the farm animal.

In this wetlands worksheet, students follow directions on how to make an online a - z book about the wetlands. Students follow 5 sets of directions.

Fifth graders examine prototypes and model designs. For this engineering lesson, 5th graders build a prototype out of a deck of cards and test their design. Upon completion, students write a letter to an architect which includes the...

Students analyze the Constitution's wording regarding impeachment and discuss the impeachment process. They then design a survey based on student-generated questions about the charges against President Clinton and write a letter to the...

Students research immigration from Europe to the United States. In this immigration activity, students read the book, The Long Way to a New Land. Students use a world map to locate Sweden and other countries in Europe. Students pretend...

Students are able to give three reasons men joined up to fight in World War I. They are able to place in order the event leading to the outbreak of war and describe the soldiers arrival in the trenches. Students are able to describe...

Students read a story and complete a story map.  In this diversity and acceptance lesson, students read Arthur's Nose, make a story map, research Aardvarks, complete a Venn Diagram comparing Arthur's nose to other animals in the...