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Harlem Renaissance Research Project
Students complete a group research project on the Harlem Renaissance. In this Harlem lesson, students pick from a list of topics all related to the Harlem renaissance. They create a PowerPoint presentation, topic outline, and bibliography.
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Let's Roll Robots!
Students write a story about robots. In this creative writing lesson, students read a story about robots, make their own robot, and write a story about their robot. In addition, the lesson plan suggests taking photos of the robots to add...
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Autism Help Through PowerPoint
Pupils investigate the effects of autism by creating a slide-show presentation. In this special needs lesson, students define autism and the mental health problems it can cause young people afflicted with it. Pupils create a PowerPoint...
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Digital Storytelling
Pupils write a personal narrative and convert the story into digital format. In this digital storytelling instructional activity, students write a personal narrative, record the story, create images for the story, add animations or...
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Persuasive Essay PowerPoints
Learners address issues important to them by creating a PowerPoint presentation. For this persuasive writing lesson, students discuss issues with their classmates that they wish to address through a persuasive essay they will write....
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Literary Tour of California via Podcast
Students explore California's authors and their lives. In this author study, students research different authors from California. They create podcasts about their authors, walking the audience through the author's life and points of view.
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Famous Americans
Students investigate famous Americans. In this American history and research activity, students choose a famous American to research, collect information from a variety of sources, and create a related PowerPoint presentation.
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Writing Prompt "Living With Fame"
Fourth graders practice their creative writing skills by describing fame. In this writing prompt instructional activity, 4th graders identify fame and how their life would be dramatically different if they were wildly famous. Students...
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Living History: Documenting Our Senior Citizens Lives
Young scholars investigate stereotypes by researching the elderly. In this senior citizen lesson, students interview elders in a rest home and video tape their experience. Young scholars present their videos to their interview subjects...
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Read and Review
Students create presentations to discuss a book they've read using a video format. In this reading and speech lesson, students video tape a presentation about a book they've written a summary for. Students then produce an in-house...
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I Have a Dream
Students use flip video cameras to film a speech about the 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this poetry and speech lesson plan, students listen to the speech from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students memorize part of the speech.
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How the Test Was Won
Students create 'Wanted' posters based around their state testing activities. For this state technology integration lesson, students take pictures of themselves in sepia tone in an Old West pose. Students write captions for the photos...
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Primary and Secondary Documents for Colonial Times
Young scholars investigate the Colonial Era by completing a template on their computers. In this U.S. History lesson, students discuss the differences between primary and secondary sources and identify several different sources as one...
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Our Brand of Segregation - West Texas
Students explore the concept of segregation. In this oral history instructional activity, students conduct interviews and research primary sources to learn about segregation practices that affected African Americans. Students present...
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Local Heroes
High schoolers investigate heroes in their community by presenting a story of a true hero to their class. In this storytelling lesson, students interview a local person who has performed a heroic deed and create a presentation with...
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Newspaper on the Civil War
Students create historically accurate newspapers. In this Civil War lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding the events, battles, and personalities of the war. Students collaborate to publish newspapers that feature...
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Express Yourself
Sixth graders write to Key pals. In this description instructional activity, 6th graders describe a place to their key pals and the pal has to draw a pictures based off their description. They also create a Fun Facts Worksheet about...
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Flip Camera Christmas Lessons and Ideas
Students use a Flip camera to complete various projects about Christmas. In this Christmas and technology lesson, students write and record letters to Santa. Students write letters to Christmas characters and record them. Students make...
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Everyone is an Author!
Second graders research authors of 2 different writing styles and then write their own piece in the style they choose. In this writing lesson plan, 2nd graders look through many books for love of reading.
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Who's Who In America? Multicultural Achievers A to Z Past & Present
Students are introduced to important people who have made contributions to society from different cultural groups. As a class, they develop a definition for diversity and work together to make a comparison chart to discover how people...
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How Worldly Are You?
Sixth graders locate and map six components to have a working knowledge of maps. For this map skills lesson, 6th graders define the six map components and work in groups to draw a map using the components. Students read a related story...
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Preserving History for Illuminating Today's Values and Traditions
Students discover the value of oral history by creating their own audio recordings. In this traditions and customs lesson, students listen to a local historian discuss the idea of preserving history through oral traditions. Students...
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Early Colonial Labor Force: Indentured Servants and Slaves
Learners study the labor force used during Colonial America. In this Colonial America lesson, students discuss labor types used in the colonies. Learners read about indentured servants and the use of African slaves. Students use the...
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The Differences Among Us
Students compare cultures. In this writing skills instructional activity, students collaborate to chart the tradition and cultural beliefs of their classmates. Students use their finding to write comparative essays regarding the...