Where Am I?

Judge Learned Hand's "Spirit of Liberty" speech delivered during the July, 1944 "I Am an American Day" celebration is the subject of a close reading activity that models for learners how to approach a dense, difficult text.

Did you ever wonder how early sailors were able to navigate their way across the seas? Groups access an article about mapmaking and the New World that details the methods and technologies early explorers used to guide them on their...

The 1963 March on Washington, powerfully punctuated by Martin Luther King's impassioned "I Have a Dream" speech, was instrumental in passing the Civil Rights Act just one year later. A reading assignment presents the written speech...

In small groups, teens take on different roles to discuss the qualifications for parenthood. An instruction sheet for group discussion is provided, as well as homework worksheets. Throughout these exercises, young adults take the time to...

In this pronoun and verb worksheet, student read a story about a student named Marie. They answer 5 questions about the passage using am, is, and are. They circle the verbs in the reading selection.

In this ESL activity, students explain 15 words to a partner. Students use language like, "It's as big as.." and "I think it's more dangerous than..."

The narrator of this short, animated video uses Plutarch's "Ship of Theseus" to launch an exploration of the philosophical question, "Who Am I?"

Students identify volcano locations by latitude and longitude. They analyze a world map, and complete a "Volcano Event Locations Chart."

Tenth graders consider what made colonists Patriots or Loyalists. In this colonial America lesson plan, 10th graders research primary and secondary sources to prepare for a historical role play activity that requires them to act as...

Tenth graders consider what made colonists Patriots or Loyalists. In this colonial America lesson plan, 10th graders research primary and secondary sources to prepare for a historical role play activity that requires them act as Patriots...