Beyond reading and arithmetic, one of the most important skills for graduating seniors to have is fiscal literacy and responsibility. Start them on the right financial track with nine lessons that focus on a variety of important...

Here is an authentic assessment task for Shakespeare's Macbeth. Young literature scholars prepare, perform, and record a news broadcast about the major events in the play. For example, groups may choose to report on the death of Lady...

Eighth graders participate in a brief introduction to the classroom rules and procedures. They role play the proper procedures for maintaining a productive classroom atmosphere. Rules and parent letters are distributed and discussed.

Students practice problem solving skills by asking questions and participating in a design challenge. In this asking questions lesson plan, students work in pairs to ask questions to design a solution for a difficult personal problem....

Learners investigate Wales. In this Wales lesson, students do Internet research for facts about Wales. Learners are given a list sentences about Wales and decide if they are true or false. Students listen to an audio file and take...

Students express their opinions on the danger from HIV. They study appropriate speaking techniques and become aware what it feels like to learn that they have been infected with an incurable, fatal disease. The share personal...