Students research the impact of the Great Depression on the United States. In groups, they use the internet to describe each of FDR's New Deal Programs and how it helped unemployment. They also discuss how these programs affected the...

Students explore the concept of classification. In this classification lesson, students collaborate in order to classify animals as pets or farm animals.

Students demonstrate their ability to distinguish between fact and fiction. Students identify the features of weather-related adages and proverbs. After reviewing several weather adages, students explain whether they are based in fact.

In this verb instructional activity, students read 6 sentences, look at the underlined words in each one and decide whether each underlined word is a gerund, infinitive or participle. Students use the word jump to write a simple sentence...

In this subject and predicate worksheet, students underline the predicate in 5 sentences, the subject and draw a box around the predicate and writes three complete sentences of their own underlining the subject and circling the predicate.

In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, learners answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding illogical comparisons and mixed construction. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Young scholars chart the steps, including the problem-solving tangent, and discuss the idea of procedures serving to give us a "road map" or guide to help tackle tasks with preparation and forethought.

Students practice their Spanish grammar, vocabulary, punctuation and pronunciation skills by creating a personal portrait and personal narrative, and sharing it with native Spanish speakers via email.

Students explore how different cultures commemorate people and events. They research how commemorations are created through music, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and poetry. In collaborative, students create a...

high schoolers research varied aspects of car design, and create a new design for the exterior body of a car. Students conduct Internet research, respond to writing prompts, and analyze, evaluate and synthesize information from multiple...

Learners identify and consider US Constitutional origins in American Indian culture. They discuss and consider what it means to them to attribute the origins of the US Constitution to American Indian oral tradition. They compare the...

In this quotation marks worksheet, students fill in quotation marks where they are needed in a paragraph. Students read the entire paragraph and fill in the quotation marks where they are needed.

In this say vs. tell worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with forms of say and tell. Students do this for 8 sentences.

Students interpret a proverb and read examples of oral histories.  In this The Witch of Goingsnake activity, students read two samples of oral history and discuss quotations from each.  Students read "Calf Roper's Bandit Car"...

In this World War II activity, high schoolers read an article about the Battle of Britain and then respond to 8 short answer questions.

Fourth graders participate in hands-on activities to introduce them to the concept of symmetry. They make a silly symmetrical picture out of their names after gluing them onto a larger sheet of construction paper. This is a really...

Students discover how to work cooperatively within a group and communicate their ideas clearly in order to reach an agreement. They summarize their experience in writing and hand down a verdict of guilt or innocence based on the...

In this grammar worksheet, students read about subordinate clauses. Students read about adjective clauses and adverb clauses.

Students will examine Edison's application of electricity and the concept of the American Consumer Culture and what thay means. Students will evaluate how these ideas and concepts led to change.

Eighth graders identify how to be responsible citizens. In this civics lesson, 8th graders review websites of congressional members and then create questionnaires about the responsibilities of citizens.

Students recite the poem, "The Frog on the Log" paying particular attention to precise diction, pacing, projection, inflection, volume and rhythm.

Learners use context clues to derive meaning for unknown vocabulary.

Students examine a map of the Underground Railroad. They trace the slaves journeys and calculate the mileage. They write an essay about the risks and penalties one faced in escaping. They work together in groups to name characteristics...

Students research the 2000 presidential elections. They explain why the presidential winner was initially too close to call, discuss how the winner was determined and predict how the 2000 election might change the process of electing a...