In this first module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about the history of photography, different styles and movements, photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries, tools photographers use for expression, and how...

This site offers a variety of links to online language arts activities and games for 5th grade students. These include online books, games, activities and exercises to teach English skills interactively. Some content requires a free...

This Khan Academy resource provides a table of contents with notes for several sections of AP US History: Period 9: 1980-present.

The Discovery Channel provides numerous topics that are the most popular science topics taught in upper elementary and middle school. Content is organized by topics (Bacteria, Oceans, Solar System, etc.); all topics include quick facts,...

In this activity students will explore marketing tools, terminology, and the specific four P's of marketing strategy. After viewing the introductory materials, background content, and completing two brief in class assignments, students...

Students (working with a partner) will create a business. This project can be used at the end of the year as a major project or divided up into smaller lessons. Project incorporates all of the content standards.

You may view, print, or search this digital imaging tutorial from the research department of Cornell University Library in English, Spanish, or French.

The first step in information fluency is locating Web resources. Use this Internet Search Wizard to effectively retrieve educational Internet content by using advanced search strategies. This tool prompts the user for keywords which are...

In this lesson, students will debate the questions of America's role in the world, what issues are of most concern to us, and what kind of world do we want in the 21st century? Note: Video content may not load in archived version.

This extensive learning module examines the extent to which conservatism successfully challenged liberal dominance in American culture and politics, and redefined economic policies and political behaviors. It looks at how the end of the...

One 21st Century way of helping students stay in touch with the real world is to utilize technology. There are several online leadership projects for classrooms to use.

The head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, Jeannette M. Wing, presents her vision that computational thinking will be a fundamental skill used by everyone in the world by the middle of the 21st Century.

A lesson on producing how to produce video diaries with high production value and content quality.

A 190-page reader of selected writings from the most-influential thinkers of the Western tradition on the wide-ranging subject of ethics. Essential background information for any serious student of the principles of law, good government,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] The Project Assessment Map helps you plan how you will use formative assessments in a project, to be sure students are learning content and building 21st century competencies.

Help students understand the work ethic, and character trait of trustworthiness. Includes material for young students, lesson ideas for teachers of young children complete with hands-on exercises.

Learners improve skills in all subjects and connect with other students while learning about another country. The learners began by researching our country. The students chose which topic they wanted to present in our video. During our...

The project provides teachers with ideas to create literacy centers for use in their own classrooms using student-friendly newspapers from various curricular areas. We will provide plans that can be used to adapt the materials each week....

In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. While allowing for some degree of student "voice and choice," rigorous projects are carefully...

The online home of "The Islamic Monthly Magazine" a quarterly print publication that reaches an international audience, from which a broad range of current- and past-issue content can be read in whole or in excerpts. Covers issues and...

In this activity, you will brainstorm a problem affecting the world, envision how you think this problem will affect the world in 100 years, and propose a solution. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is used as an example of a current world...

This activity gets you to think about how to solve the problems that we may encounter in our future. It's important not only to try to predict the challenges the Earth might face, but also to consider how we can either prevent those...

Examining context as well as other factors is important for research success. Learn what questions to ask and what factors to look for in the evaluation process.

Five areas of assessment are identified and explored here, along with examples of assessments that can be used in the classroom.