Newspaper in Education (NIE) Week honors the contributions of the newspaper and is celebrated in the resource within a civics, mathematics, and fine arts setting. The resource represents every grade from 3rd to 12th with questions...

You'll C-E-R a difference in classroom achievement after using a helpful lesson. Designed for economics, civics, government, and US history classes, participants practice using the CER model to craft arguments about primary and secondary...

Learners construct their understanding of measurement and dimensions in this step-by-step approach that begins with an all group vocabulary introduction, consisting of measuring objects and dialoging using measurement vocabulary....

Students create an edible map. In this civics and geography lesson, students research their town's features and local government. Students work in groups to design and create a physical map of their town based on research.

Students explain that regressive taxes can have different effects on different income groups. They see how a regressive tax takes a larger share of income from low-income groups than from high-income groups.

Fifth graders investigate the connection between taxes and government services.  In this economics lesson, 5th graders discuss the process and benefits of paying sales and income taxes.  Using calculators, students compute the...

Explain that today's project is that students will get groups create a survey to poll their classmates on what they do to stay healthy. The results will then be shown on a bar graph.Students brainstorm ways of keeping healthy and teacher...

Students participate in an activity to discover how a bill becomes law in California. In groups, they create a school program based on their own ideas for change. They develop and conduct a survey within their community and present their...

Sit back, relax, and transport to 1787! This lesson plan on the Constitution begins with guided imagery of the Constitutional Convention. The class reads A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution in an...

Students are able to compare the effects of the following, using income as a measure of ability to pay: a progressive tax, a regressive tas, and a proportional tax. They explain how a mixture of regressive and progressive taxes could...

Students explain that taxation involves a compromise of conflicting goals and that lobbyists can influence lawmakers' decisions about taxes. They can explain why people of similar incomes often pay different tax rates and work in teams...

Young scholars, after watching the program "New Kid in Town," are introduced to the White House in Washington, D.C. They explore the difficulties of fitting into a new environment along with new acquaintances. They stress and address the...

Second graders collect data from their families about their reading habits and graph them. In this graphing family reading habits lesson, 2nd graders interview family members about their reading habits. They then use a graphing computer...

Second graders discuss the reasons for rules after reading Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon. Connecting the need for rules to math, they play a game called What's My Rule? using spinners to apply operations to given numbers. Working in...

In this handwriting activity, students will identify and trace 175 double digit numbers between 50 and 75. The students will trace each of these numbers seven times.

In this printing numbers instructional activity, 2nd graders trace the numbers 75-100. They follow the dotted lines to form each number 7 times while writing slowly and neatly.

In this ESL numbers 1-100 worksheet, students practice tracing numbers 1-100 by writing slowly and neatly all the numbers found inside each box.

In this money instructional activity, students match money vocabulary with their meanings and money amounts. Students complete 20 matches total.

In this vocabulary worksheet, students match vocabulary to definitions of words representing math and math symbols. Students complete 20 matches total.  

For this vocabulary worksheet, students match vocabulary to definitions of words representing percents in math. Students complete 20 matches total.

In this vocabulary worksheet, students match vocabulary to definitions of words representing telling time. Students complete 20 matches total.  

Pupils define new words such as computer, internet and technology to begin the lesson. In groups, they discuss the definitions with the class and take a survey on the same topics. They discuss the ways technology and the internet can...

Third graders use metric measuring for model and actual plan in designing a roof garden. They photograph the process, record results in a journal, and plant seedlings in small containers. Finally, 3rd graders complete an acid rain...

Seventh graders create a time line of significant dates in the history of their nation. This requires students to examine the entire history of a country and make informed judgments based on their historical knowledge.