Initiate an international pen pal program! After establishing communication with an art class in another country, groups share pod casts and video streams of their work. The scripted resource details how to prepare for the pod casts, but...

Students write letters to penpals. In this geography/literacy lesson plan, students become penpals with a classroom in England to learn about customs and society across the ocean. Flat Stanley by Will Holton is read aloud, and students...

Middle schoolers practice letter writing by corresponding with students from another state.  For this communication lesson, middle schoolers utilize a digital camera to document the neighborhood/school they live in and share them...

Students explore art when it is used as a source of information about society and material culture. They communicate with students in a foreign country, and share ideas and experiences in order to create drawings of their homes to exchange.

Learners explore the culture of the Mayans through a variety of activities. In this lesson about Maya, students analyze pictures in books and on websites, produce scale models of Maya architecture, and create Maya mosaics. Learners study...

Learners explore the idea that where you live affects the way you view the world. They get to know people as individuals breaks down stereotypes.

Eighth graders write descriptively by using various adjectives in describing a friend to an English speaking pen-pal.

Students work together to email other students in bands across the country. Using a list of questions, they correspond with their pen pals that are the same age as them. They also write high school and college bands to gather more...

Using technology, learners create and deliver a multimedia autobiographical presentation to present to the class. This ambitious instructional activity has learners use a variety of sources both old and new; magazines, poster board, the...