What Do They Think?

In this self-appraisal instructional activity, students find out how they feel about themselves, learn about their strengths and weaknesses, think about ways to improve themselves by writing 10 things they like about themselves and 10...

Students read the handout, "A Visitor from Outer Space" and discuss the bill of rights. They complete the Bill of Right checklist individually or in small groups then complete a poll ranking each freedom. Students write reasoning behind...

For this reading comprehension worksheet, students, after reading a short article called "Political Polls," fill in a crossword puzzle utilizing the highlighted words from the article to answer the clues going across and down.

Set the Thanksgiving Day holiday table with a learning game that challenges participants to think critically about family members' likes and dislikes. Players scroll over a character to reveal what the requirements are for their...

In this historical writing instructional activity, students examine a full color picture of family life in the 1950's. Students write what they think they would like and dislike about living in this time from the viewpoint of the mother,...

In this personal history worksheet, students complete a questionnaire to be included in a classroom time capsule which will show changes over a year's time. They draw a picture of themselves, tell about their favorite items, and what...

Young scholars poll other students on their favorite films today and of all time. A rubric is devised to tally the results. The results are shared with the class. In the end, Young scholars taking the poll vote themselves.

Students listen as the teacher reads a book about an Olympic Gold Medal runner who made her big dream come true despite her hardships with polio.  In this Wilma Rudolph lesson, students think about and discuss what big dreams are...

Students develop a questionnaire to distribute via e-mail or Web page forms that visitors fill out based on the data they gathered during their clean-up activities.

Students explore some of our country's founding myths and legends by participating in an online poll. For example, did George Washington really chop down a cherry tree, then confess to his father about the deed, saying, I cannot tell a lie?