Students share their holiday traditions, then read about an American Thanksgiving custom. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the news article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, the students participate in a...

Students make predictions about a photograph of a humongous spider web, then read a news article about thousands of spiders that worked together to build it. In this biology and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article...

Students read and discuss a news article about a school in Scotland that is using fountain pens to write with. They answer article comprehension questions, participate in a discussion about the importance of handwriting, write their...

Students examine biased words in news articles, suggest synonyms, then rewrite the sentences to demonstrate how word choice can alter meaning.

Students examine how they use batteries, then read a news article about how cars are being designed to use batteries. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then...

Students study the impact of social media. In this Iranian election instructional activity, students examine the outcome of the 2009 election and the public protests that followed it. Students determine how citizen journalism informed...

Students locate the Great Lakes on a US map, then read a news article about a sled being used as a wintertime school bus in Wisconsin. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a map and vocabulary activity,...

Students brainstorm and discuss what the concept of "fairness" is and how to identify examples of "fairness." They pull from historical fiction and the Civil Rights Movement to explain how individual are affected by, cope with, and...

Students work in cooperative groups to read one current situation of Tibet. They respond to a set of discussion questions. Pupils write a newspaper article expressing the current information explored. Students write an editorial or...

Students explore the controversial topic of same-sex marriages in a fishbowl discussion. They write balanced news articles based on interviews exploring people's opinions on laws that define marriage.

Students research the allegations of unfair or illegal business practices of various corporations, then create media campaigns that seek to improve the companies' images.

Learners consider their attitudes toward concrete and abstract violence in the media before developing hypotheses that assess the effect of gender and age on people's attitudes toward such violence and designing a survey to test those...

Students read media and identify examples of science technology and society. In this physics instructional activity, students learn about acceleration and velocity. Students estimate how many people would have come in contact with a...

Students visit two sites about World War II. These sites show how war can impact a nation and how people have coped with life during years of war. Particular attention is paid to how the media covers the current war in Iraq.

Students experience and study how space offers expanding resources for commerce, science, technology and education. They view how advances in space can and do improve life on Earth. Each student views a geological exploration within this...

Students create a survey that examines what level of electronic surveillance might be acceptable to members of the school and community. They poll the community, and analyze the results in the form of graphs and a written news article.

Students read and analyze The New York Times news article "An Assessment Jars a Foreign Policy Debate About Iran." They answer comprehension questions, evaluate both sides of the debate, and write a one page report on the article.

Students examine their own First Amendment rights as students. They read and discuss a news article, discuss the Supreme Court case Frederick v. Morse, take an online quiz and conduct Internet research, and create a brochure outlining...

Students choose newsworthy topics to research and investigate, narrow focus of investigation, get information from the source through interviews, write stories, and submit to media outlets.

Students create a "handprint rainbow" to show that together people can make beautiful things. For this character education lesson, students are read the book, "God's Dream," and discuss the emotions of themselves and the characters....

Fourth graders discuss the function and characteristics of money. For this financial education lesson plan, 4th graders read the book The Go-Around Dollar by Johnston Adams. This book sparks a conversation on how money is used and the...

Students explore ways to obtain world peace. For this character education lesson, students read the book Peace Begins With Me and brainstorm a list of ways students can create a more peaceful world. Students use included dove patterns to...

Students examine a debate over teaching sex education in public schools. After reading an article, they discover how school officials are trying to inform their students but please a diverse audience. They answer discussion questions...

Students infer what a mysterious object is in a photo. In this inference activity, students practice their scientific skills to identify what they see. Students enjoy solving the mysterious identity of objects and extending their...