Students discover the relationships between minerals, crystals and gems. They bring in rocks that they find at home, in the schoolyard, etc. and examine them and attempt to identify them. They set up a classroom exhibit that includes all...

Pupils learn the geography of Japan and its location in reference to the United States.

Students interpret Japanese and American paintings; evaluate paintings as sources of cultural and historical information

Students study Japan and explore the use of screens.

Students explain that a landscape painting may or may not accurately represent a specific place. They identify techniques that create the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface.

In this BBC News good/bad headlines school report worksheet, students read 48 possible report headlines. They place a tick mark next to good headlines, and put a cross next to bad headlines.

Learners replicate some of the trailblazing methods of Lewis and Clark on a fifteen-minute "writing journey" through the school or neighborhood.

Students use their visualizing and interpreting skills to produce original writings and artwork.

Students observe photographs of selected twentieth-century aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum and note differences in the design of aircraft wings, fuselages, and engines.

Young scholars, by drawing on their own experiences, discuss and examine the basic physics of flight. They participate in a variety of activities regarding flight.

Students examine and compare primary and secondary source accounts of the Wright brothers' first flights on December 17, 1903.

Learners move from fact finding to interpretation as they examine paper money from the time of the American Revolution. In the final exercise, they use the issue dates of the bills to construct a chronology of political changes during...

Learners see the importance of primary sources in the study of history, but also the limitations of relying only on primary sources of taking the money, as it were, at face value.

Students explore the Holocaust and themes such as prejudice and discrimination.

Students compare a realistic landscape painting with a photograph of the same place.

Students view slides or live specimens to name and describe the distinguishing features of groups of arthropods, especially spiders and insects. They complete worksheets, observe webs and then search for and record where spiders can be...

Students are given a description of some fascinating animals from "Planet X". They follow the descriptions given to illustrate one of these animals paying careful attention to introduced vocabulary such as 'appendages', 'receptors', and...

Students review and discuss a variety of sayings, folklore and superstitions about spiders. They discuss this information and choose either an interesting fact or appealing foklore tradition to illustrate.

Young scholars make deductions about life in an internment camp by reading and comparing letters written to Clara Breed. Along the way, they consider the advantages of looking at a historical event from the multiple points of view of...

A bibliography collection of 75 notable African Americans. A valuable compilation of famous African American writers, CEOs, scientists, performers, athletes, politicians, and leaders in their field.

Presents profiles of significant African Canadians including humanitarians, politicians, pioneers, professionals, and athletes. Also looks at the people involved in the renowned Caribana festival held each summer in Toronto, and its...

The U.S. Holocaust Museum presents historical information and photographs about the Jim Crow laws of the American South, which restricted the freedoms of black Americans. Focuses on the African American struggle for social equality in...

Through two primary source activities and a short video, students will understand how Robinson rose to prominence, and explore the importance of courage in his life.

Althea Gibson made it possible for the Williams sisters to play at Wimbledon. As the first African-American to win that title, she was a pioneer. See photos and read more about her on this Library of Congress site.