This lesson provides students with the opportunity to explore a variety of available scholarships to determine which scholarships may be sources of funding for college. Students will create a video essay which will be used to apply for a...

This lesson is a final step towards supporting students to practice writing an informative/explanatory paragraph conveying complex ideas and presenting information clearly and accurately. Second-grade students can usually write a...

Twenty-six half hour videos on literary analysis for high school students that feature authors, scholars, actors and noted critics. Topics include The Art of the Essay, Setting and Character in Short Fiction, Responding to Literature and...

This Center for Urban Education resource provides a downloadable graphic organizer designed for preparing a constructed response that must compare three sources: two articles and a video.

This lesson featuring videos from FRONTLINE: Policing the Police. Using Newark, NJ, as an example, students gather evidence of discriminatory policing practices, examine the perspectives of police and community, and learn about changes...

A six-part learning module with links to videos, websites, and texts on writing expository essays.

Detailed information given as to most effective way to read and use a dance manual. Includes video (requires Quicktime).

The documents and videos collected here touch on most aspects of good academci writing, and all aspects of the writing process. Students can choose from the many topics to address the specific skill or concept they need to master.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learning tool for advanced US History course covering the period 1491-1607. Site offers videos, essays, timelines, primary source materials and photographs for a comprehensive study.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Advanced placement U.S. History learning module on the emerging colonial and native societies between 1607-1754. Resources for students include video, essays, timeline and primary source documents.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Comprehensive learning module for AP U.S. History on the imperial struggle over control of the American colonies, the emergence of a new republic, and the developing social, political and economic...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Advanced Placement U.S. History learning module on Civil War era America and the transformation of society, 1844-1877. Comprehensive study tools include videos, essays, primary source documents, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] AP U.S. History study guide on the social, cultural, economic and political changes that occurred during the period of American expansion, industrialization, and urban migration, 1865-1898. Learning...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learning module for Advanced Placement U.S. History course material for 1890-1945. Comprehensive study guide with multi-media sources including, videos, essays, historical documents and timeline.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Advanced Placement U.S. History learning module and study guide on foreign and domestic events between 1945 and 1980. A comprehensive tool includes a number of videos, essays, historical documents and...

A collection of commodities market analysts present their "tricks of the trade" highlighting the data reports they rely on to effectively analyze the markets. A video, essays about the market, commodities, cash marketing, etc. and a...

This lesson focuses on expository writing including definition and characteristics. It provides links to the Discovery Education video: "An Unsinkable Essay," "Expository Essays," "What is Expository Writing?" "Types of Informative...

This lesson focuses on what descriptive writing including defining it and discussing the characteristics. It includes links to several websites about descriptive writing including the Discovery Education Video: "Literature for Children:...

A website created to organize a college admissions campaign. Includes worksheets for students and parents as well as video from top admissions officers at various colleges.

In this lesson, students watch a video and animations that relate Isaac Newton's three laws of motion to baseball and apply what they've learned about these laws to another sport or other real-life situation. It includes formative and...

In this lesson plan, students use video from American Masters: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man along with primary sources to investigate the life of Lincoln and write a one page argument essay on whether Lincoln was "a good man."

Watch twelve videos and download content to learn more how teachers can use a revision guide to teach students how to revise a literary essay.

Colorful explorations of geometry, taken from a museum exhibit. With sections on the geometry of light, the geometry of movement, and the geometry of patterns. Includes photo essays, videos, and activities.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the exploration of the Americas. Site includes primary source documents, videos, essays, and lesson plans to help students research the exploration of the new land.