Should college admissions decisions be based on whether whose family members attended? Secondary students read and respond to a New York Times article on the issue of 'legacy preferences' in college admissions. Following class...

Use this simple nativity lesson in pre-kindergarten through third grade to familiarize children with Bible verses by way of a hands-on learning activity and coloring page. 

For some students, college may not be worth the cost. Free-response questions from the 2014 AP® English Language and Composition exam cover a variety of topics, including the value of a college education. Writers review six sources to...

Who were some of the great thinkers, composers, and authors of the Enlightenment? Here are ten matching questions, where learners link the person to the work created during the time of the Enlightenment. Smith, Linnaeus, Diderot,...

Review main characters, story events, and important quotes from Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief. A crossword puzzle with 29 clues gives high schoolers the opportunity to check their understanding and revist Zusak's haunting work.

What was it like to be a kid growing up during the Great Depression? Academics study primary sources to analyze the effect of school closures on children during the Great Depression. They then participate in group discussions and writing...

Young historians examine Lyndon Johnson's vision for a rich, powerful, and upward society as detailed in this excerpt from his famous "Great Society" speech presented at the University of Michigan in 1964.

Students explore the process of writing by participating in an early writing activity. In this alphabet letter lesson, students utilize a pencil for the first time and identify the proper grip for writing. Students utilize their pencils...

In this upper case letter A worksheet, students trace the letter and write the letter. Students trace 13 letters and have 3 lines to practice writing the letter.

Learners identify the grapheme and phoneme for M. They practice writing the letter M and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /m/. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...

In this early childhood alphabet letter P worksheet, learners practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace upper case and lowercase Ps. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase letters on...

In this early childhood alphabet letter I worksheet, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace upper case and lowercase Is. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase letters on...

In this early childhood alphabet letter H activity, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase letters on...

In this early childhood alphabet letter S worksheet, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase letters on...

In this early childhood alphabet letter T learning exercise, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace upper case and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase...

For this early childhood alphabet letter U worksheet, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase letters...

In this early childhood alphabet letter V activity, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase letters on...

In this early childhood alphabet letter R learning exercise, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase...

In this early childhood alphabet letter Y instructional activity, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and...

In this early childhood alphabet letter D learning exercise, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase...

Students complete several cross-curricular activities to learn the letter Ff. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students complete activities that include geography, music, physical education, science, seasonal, space science, and...

Kindergartners practice identifying the sight and sounds of vowels and consonants. They identify beginning consonants in single-syllable words and print the letters of the alphabet. This outstanding resource has many excellent...

Create a fun song for your young learners! It should include each of their names and use rhyme to make it memorable. Then show the class a picture dictionary, and have learners make their own class dictionary! If you have time, consider...

A unit covering second-grade skills reviews 16 letter-sound correspondences, tricky words, and punctuation. Readers provide context for examining story elements, and pupils participate in close reading and write narratives retelling a...