This unit builds on student knowledge of the quest. Students come to understand how great literature reflects life, and how in any journey (be it physical or metaphysical) patience is important for gaining wisdom and experience along the...

Contains plans for two lessons that relate Homer's "The Odyssey" to more contemporary works like "Running Out of Summer" by Peter E. Morgan and the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" In addition to objectives and standards, this...

Unit plan containing five lessons designed for ninth graders. They center around "The Odyssey" and the journey of life, and they teach reading strategies such as decoding, note taking, and summarizing. All are aligned to Missouri...

Contains a number of lesson plans for Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."

This teaching unit is intended to focus on some of those aspects of Peruvian life and history that are of great significance to understanding the people of Peru today and their situation. Although some of the external links have expired,...

What do you know about the life and work of Theodore Taylor? Use this online resource to discover information about this famous author.

Demonstrate the ability to apply the use of decimals, fractions, ratios and proportions to situations based upon given information about planets in the solar system.

This lesson helps young scholars to demonstrate the ability to use a light year as a standard of measurement to calculate time and distance from the earth. They will also solve problems based on light years.

In this activity students are asked to come up with ways a robot could help them. They are then required to write a humorous story about that robot and present it to the class. This activity encourages students to be creative while also...

Encourage students to apply creative thinking to historical research in order to predict the future. This page provides three different activities that encourage creativity.

Students will enjoy these activities that promote a "Pro-Laughter" campaign using their creativity while exploring the physical and emotional effects of laughing.

Through this lesson, students will understand how to determine latitude and locate specific stars in the night sky. They will also have a chance to build and use an astrolabe.

Observe organisms in various environments, determine what enables the organisms to live in that environment and discuss the varied biological functions of the organisms.

Analyze caloric intake vs. caloric expenditure, understand the nutritional value of the explorer's meals, describe the trend in diet changes the explorers experienced and explain the physiological consequences these changes caused.

An interesting way to make math more creative. This page gives ideas for three different exercises that encourage students to use math in a creative way.

Provided are three activities that help students develop communication skills by using creative experimentation.

An English teacher's collection of lessons and notes on teaching a variety of high school level fiction.