Stereotyping leads to prejudice. That's the central concept in a lesson designed for eighth graders. After identifying the traits associated with different stereotypes, class members brainstorm actions they can take to stop stereotyping.

It's the classic scene: Tom Sawyer is whitewashing a fence. Expose your learners to Mark Twain's humor while reinforcing reading comprehension. Eighth graders are encouraged to read and reread, achieving as much exposure to the text...

When we think of ocean exploration, many of us have visions of sunken pirate ships full of treasure or mysterious creatures of the deep. What really motivates deep-sea investigation? The first in a series of diverse six-part lessons...

Eighth graders conduct research on various careers that are of interest to them. They conduct Internet research on a selected career choice, and create a nine card stack using HyperStudio to describe their career's salary, required...

Ninth graders research a future career and write a resume for the job. In this job skills activity, 9th graders work in groups to identify future job skills and duties. Students then write a resume for the job.