Tour the green hills and misty skies of Ireland in this presentation, which discusses the arrival and integration of Christianity. Some slides have a large block of text, which could be remedied with some editing. Representing the...

Fourth graders study civil rights leaders. In this Civil Rights lesson, 4th graders investigate what it means to stand up for something you believe in after reading about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Obama. Students create a...

Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were contemporaries. Both were gifted orators, both were preachers, both were leaders during the Civil Rights era, both were assassinated. But the two had very different views on violence and...

Sixth graders engage in a variety of learning experiences surrounding the study of the Middle Ages. They construct a map of Europe, create a graphic organizer for the hierarchy of feudalism, design their own family crest, and write their...

Sixth graders examine oral history traditions. They interview family members about their childhoods and compare them to their own. Students use the collected information to make posters, letters, essays, or poems about their research.

In this St. Patrick worksheet, students read facts about St. Patrick's life, his writing "Confessio", and the meanings of the shamrock and St. Patrick's Day. Students answer eleven fill in the blank questions.

FamilyRadio.com publicized that the Rapture or Judgement Day would happen on May 21, 2011, it didn't. Informed students read a New York Times article on the topic, then answer nine related comprehension questions. 

Students understand the contributions of the Native American tribes. In this Native American lesson, recognize Native American names, words and cultures. Students understand that different tribes lived in different parts of the country....

Engaging your class in African culture and traditions, this presentation provides photographs, historical contexts, and societal structures from different African tribes. It poses discussion topics about the benefits and disadvantages of...

Students listen to and discuss three radio broadcasts that deal with worship in early times. They investigate a wide range of historical sources and piece together evidence of the past, Celtic beliefs and how early people worshiped...

In this U.S. history learning exercise, students read assigned textbook pages regarding Progressivsim and respond to 48 short answer questions.

Students read about Martin Luther King and discuss the rights and responsibilities of citizens.  In this Martin Luther King lesson, students recognize the vocabulary words associated with freedom and nonviolence.  Students view...

Students look into the development of religious beliefs. In this ancient civilization lesson, students research the founders of several world religions including Akhenaton. Students use their findings to create world religion charts and...

Sixth graders examine the contributions of Desmond Tutu and the history of apartheid in South Africa. They listen to the book "The Story of Ruby Bridges," listen to a lecture and analyze a timeline, conduct an interview, and participate...

In this Confirmation worksheet, students color the picture of a Confirmation and write about it using words from a word bank. Students use 5 words.

Students analyze the similarities and differences between religious festivals in December and/or January. They research the different holidays and make their comparisons.

In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Sarah Palin and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...

Students trace their hands onto white paper and cut them out. They create a holiday art piece by adding a "head" and a "body" and then decorating them to resemble an angel. (Their handprints become the wings.)

In this Islamic fundamentalism activity, high schoolers read a 3-page selection on the topic and then respond to 2 short answer questions based on the selection.

Learners explore Day of the Dead, also called "Dia de los Muertos," which is a holiday (or festival) celebrated in Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, and other areas in Central and South America populated with the Latino ethnic background.

A look at the changes in the role of white, middle-class women as a result of the Second Great Awakening, among other social forces.

In the 1980s, the mountainous panhandle of northern Idaho became a magnet for right-wingers of all stripes. Government-haters, minority-haters, immigrant-haters, and modern culture-haters all found refuge in the sparsely-populated...