Learners investigate the historical events that have surrounded The Space Race. They conduct research using a variety of resources and focus upon the progress between Russia and The United States. Students describe the events that led up...

Students identify how their school has changed. In this local community lesson, students listen to a brief history of their town and school and interview someone that graduated from their school. Students then create a map of their...

Tenth graders differentiate between positions, interests, and values.  In this current events lesson, 10th graders analyze, in a response to literature, the failure of a fictional negotiation.  Students demonstrate the ability...

Pupils examine art related to the Civil War. They participate in activities that allow them to write poetry and drawings. They create their own journal and collect their work in a binder.

Students find alternatives to conflicts that they, may confront in their everyday lives Through the use of literature, students are given opportunities to use parallel tasks that will instruct them on how to identify and correct their...

Eleventh graders explore Colonial and modern techniques, vocabulary, and ingredients of cooking and recipes. They gain understanding of the challenges of cooking in colonial times and modern adaptations.

Students explore how jelly beans are produced. They discuss the origins of the jelly bean and view a video about how jelly beans are prepared, tested, shaped, finished, and shipped and estimate the amount of jelly beans in a jar and sort...

Middle schoolers examine the various forms of Islamic Art. Using the art, they identify the basic elements and research its history and style of calligraphy. They create a piece of art based on information they collected and...

Students explore dance. They analyze and outline the movements of the dance "Roger de Coverly" from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Students choose music and choreograph a dance similar to "Roger de Coverly." They perform the dance....

Tenth graders study and examine the life of Miguel Hidalgo while working to identify major themes. Small groups create sequence of event chains, analyze and label maps of Hidalgo's travels, and work together to create giant chalk maps...

Students examine cause and effect. In this cause and effect activity, students discuss examples of cause and effect that their instructor shares with them. Students identify examples of cause and effect in their own lives and then...

Students make their own chalk art or poster that represents a protest sign. For this protest sign lesson plan, students look at signs from the Civil Rights movement and then make their own.

Students study the life and biology of the Channel Catfish. For this aquatic biology lesson, students will examine the external and internal features of the catfish along with their breeding habits and environment. This lesson includes...

Fifth graders explain the reasons why Europeans decided to explore and colonize the world. In this European explorers activity, 5th graders complete a wall matrix about the explorers and write a summary about the explorer of their choice.

Learners examine how to differentiate between authentic and unauthentic websites on the Internet. They view and discuss a photo of a shark that is a hoax, then discuss the eight ways to evaluate websites. Students then evaluate three...

Fifth graders discuss the forest products industry and its affects upon their communities. They inventory the wood and paper products they consume and determine how it translates into the number of trees cut. Using a spreadsheet, they...

High schoolers examine seven lifestyle factors. In this personal health instructional activity, students will examine healthy lifestyles and create a personal health, wealth, and wisdom calendar.

Students evaluate the effects of drug use on behavior, appearance and the ability to contribute to society.  In this drug education lesson plan students analyze the relationship between drug use and injury, violence and criminal...

Students use the Library of Congress Website to locate information for a world cultures project. They select countries to research, investigate visa information, currency, climate, and accommodations. Students follow the directions on...

Learners brainstorm examples of activities that show friendship and illustrate them and explain below each picture what is happening. They hear a poem about friendship, watch a commercial about it, write a book about it and now they are...

In this 1970s worksheet, 9th graders answer ten questions with a word or phrase, decide which event (in three different pairs) occurred first, then link two groups of words together by writing what they share in common.

Sixth graders research how minority groups are represented in media. In this media literacy lesson, 6th graders investigate two YouTube clips of Hugo Chavez and discuss different points of view.

Twelfth graders define themselves through music. For this psychology lesson, 12th graders identify James Marcia's 4 states of identity and identify songs that reflect each of the states.

Second graders complete a worksheet changing underlined words to contractions. Students understand the spelling of contractions. Students write a story using contractions.