Students study the World War in the Pacific.  In this Geography lesson, students develop an awareness of key issues and events from the conflict.  Students write a well-organized essay describing this event. 

Enrich a unit on fairy tales and tall tales with a set of read-aloud lessons. Second graders hone writing, vocabulary, comprehension, and literary analysis skills as they read classic stories. Complete with extension projects, discussion...

Students research the culture of feudal Japan. They discuss shoguns, emperors and clans. They practice writing Japanese letters.

How did literature reflect people's attitudes in post-World War I America? A lesson explores the topic using a variety of activities. Individuals watch and respond to a video; read author biographies and engage in discussion; write...

Students listen to books and answer questions using reading skills. In this reading lesson, students develop reading strategies such as decoding, understanding characters, and comprehension. Students relate characters and events in the...

Students discover the history of Ancient China, specifically the period beginning with the Qin Dynasty and ending with the fall of the Ming Dynasty. They study the building of the Great Wall and the defeat of the Great Khans.

In this alphabetical order worksheet, students complete 10 questions in which they tell the letter that comes before a specified letter in the alphabet.

Students connect their study of the Roman Empire to their study of the Byzantine Civilization. In this ancient history lesson, students study the time period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Byzantine.

Students study the Roman history and culture. In this Roman history lesson, students complete seven different lessons to help them learn about Roman myths, gods and goddesses, and history.

Students study feudal Japan, the islands of the country, and its religions. In this history of Japan lesson, students complete a 9 lesson unit about Japan, its history, its feudalism, its islands, and its religions.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This bronze head Emperor Hadrian is part of the "Teaching History with 100 Objects" collection from The British Museum. Included are teaching ideas using the head and other objects for the British Museum.

A learning module that begins with the fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

As you watch this modern version of The Emperor's New Clothes, take note of the character's personalities, how these characters interact, and how they are similar or different from one another. Check out the additional activities below...

A learning module on the Qin Dynasty of China. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will examine the policies of Emperor Shi...

In 1974, farmers digging a well near their small village stumbled upon one of the most important finds in archaeological history - vast underground chambers surrounding a Chinese emperor's tomb that contained more than 8,000 life-size...

What do you know about Emperor penguins? Ernie is researching them and their migration across the continent.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks module contains a pair of informational texts from the Philadelphia Museum of Art that describe the dog cage of Emperor Qianlong and the reception hall from China's Palace of Duke Zhao...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks module contains a pair of informational texts from the Philadelphia Museum of Art that describe the reception hall from China's Palace of Duke Zhao (Zhaogonfu) and the dog cage of Emperor...

Anna Komnene, daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexios, spent the last decade of her life creating a 500-page history of her father's reign called "The Alexiad." As a princess writing about her own family, she had to balance her loyalty to...

Information, analysis, insight, and an exhaustive collection of rare images about the six-hundred-year reign of the Habsburgs and the imperial palace in Vienna that was the center of their power. Includes biographical details of all of...

You're the realm's greatest mathematician, but ever since you criticized the Emperor's tax laws, you've been locked in the dungeon. Luckily for you, one of the Emperor's governors has been convicted of paying his taxes with a counterfeit...

The "Five Good Emperors" temporarily abandoned the hereditary principle - each was chosen on his merit by the senate. They were: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.

Roman society was rigidly structured by wealth and rank, through both of which equestrians could increase their status. Even the plebs became class-divided. Augustus enabled the municipalities of Italy to practice local government....

Learn about the fall of the Aztec Empire. You can use the navigation tool at the left to click into more information on the Aztecs and the Spanish conquest of Cortes. Uses popups.