Mark Twain's frame story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" provides an opportunity for a study of this story-within-a-story pattern. Using an illustrated template, class members record a plot summary of the frame story...

Looking for a good lesson on the Colonial Period for your upper-elementary class? Then, this lesson is for you! They use website designs, U.S. travel publications, and maps to plan a family vacation to states which were part of the...

Students read the story A Sick Day for Amos McGee about a zoo keeper who visits all of the animals everyday. In this reading lesson plan, students also make a printmaking art activity that is connected to the story.

Third graders write a friendly letter. In this writing lesson plan, 3rd graders consider audience, purpose, labeling, salutation, body, closing, and ending. Some excellent examples of friendly letters are shared with the students in a...

Students produce a holiday newsletter using a software program. In this holiday newsletter lesson, students use a software template to write a newsletter. They fill in the template with appropriate information and pictures.

Learners research cuneiform and hieroglyphics from the internet and use educational software to create their own cuneiform tablet in this excellent World History lesson. The use of the computer software program Inspiration 7.5 is...

Students create a holiday card using technology. In this technology lesson, students use Publisher templates to create a holiday card. Students organize, design, and edit their card.

High schoolers create a hypothesis about the attitudinal differences between generations, test their hypothesis with a survey, chart their findings, and present their answers to the class.

High school learners research an issue that is important to them and apply the research to write a newspaper article. After thoroughly researching their topic, students strengthen research, analyzation, and writing skills, by...

Students examine two formats for newspaper articles, the "straight news" article and the "in depth" news article. formats for newspaper articles, the "straight news" article and the "in depth" news article. They write a newspaper article.

Students explore parts of speech that relate to their personality characteristics. They examine parts of speech online, and compose a bio-poem that combines the parts of speech with a biography.

First graders use a graph to answer questions about the frequency of words. Using rhymes, they fill in a chart about the data they collected. In groups, they use their word wall words to identify them in a book.