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Music From China
For this music worksheet, students learn how Chinese people use music in their festivals. Students read a paragraph explaining why Chinese music uses the pentatonic scale. Students locate 16 words pertaining to Chinese music in a word...
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Primary History: City of Rome
In this researching Ancient Rome instructional activity, students investigate information about the Forum, temples, catacombs, travel, Emperors on coins and in paintings, rulers Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Hadrian, and Constantine; and...
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Advertise a State Vacation
Students create a brochure advertising a state for vacation. In this internet research lesson, students do research on a state and create a brochure with the information. Students write a commercial and videotape them.
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Giants of American Music
For this music worksheet, students match a description with the following composers: George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, Leonard Bernstein. Students also reflect on why they are called Giants of American Music.
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Stamp of Courage
Students discuss the attributes that a hero can have and what it takes to be a Distinguished American, and be commemorated on a stamp. In this courage lesson, students research an everyday hero that they know about and create a...
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Breaking News: Chinese Writer to Have Shakespeare's Face
Students explore current events by completing a list of worksheet activities. In this William Shakespeare lesson, students identify a resident of China who wishes to undergo plastic surgery to give himself the face of William...
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Speeches on the Not-So-Big Screen
Students examine American speeches. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students explore the emotional context of historical periods as they analyze "The Gettysburg Address" and "I Will Fight No More Forever" speeches.
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Armistice Day
In this Armistice Day instructional activity, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions,...
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Peking Opera Mask
Students design and create their own masks using the symbolism evident in Peking opera masks.
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Washington, D.C.
In this Washington, D.C. worksheet, students complete 6 pages of readings and questions about Washington, D.C. Included are general facts, geography, monuments, history, economy and people. There is a short text and 6 multiple choice...
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What Do Halloween Costumes Say?
Students analyze Halloween costumes they find in magazines to categorize their findings. In this holiday lesson, students discuss their findings about the costumes based on four different elements.
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When Building Up Leads to Breaking Down
Students examine where one develops his or her views about health and ways in which teen-agers exhibit these influences, focusing particularly on the rising trend of anabolic steroid use in teen-age girls.
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Reading comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 4th graders read passages about Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), sharks, Chinese tales, and more. Students then answer 24 multiple choice questions.
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Halloween
In this Halloween worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions,...
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World Fairy Day
In this World Fairy Day learning exercise, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the...
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Mohandas Gandhi: Changing the World One Step at a Time
Students illustrate pages of a book. In this famous historical icon lesson, students are read a story about Mohandas Gandhi, illustrate the pages in small groups, assemble a class book to read to younger students, and act out a...
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Place Names
In this interactive vocabulary worksheet, 3rd graders read various descriptions of places and select the appropriate name of the place. For example, for the description of a place where you can see different kinds of fish the students...
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Crossroads Blues
The crossroads, and the decisions made and entities met there, are a common theme in literature, pushing readers to examine the choices and encounters that shape life experience. The theme has also been explored in blues music, most...
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Newcastle
In this language arts worksheet, learners listen to a podcast. They listen for words that mean the same as 6 words or phrases. Students answer 7 comprehension questions. A cloze activity of the article is included for learners.
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Meaning of Quotations
In this quotations worksheet, students read 5 famous quotations. From four possible choices, students select the best meaning for the quotation.
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Romeo and Juliet-Balcony Scence
Students create and carry out a "modern day" version of the famous scene from Romeo and Juliet to help them build understanding of the plot and the two characters.
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Preposition Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in forty blanks with the appropriate preposition that makes each one grammatically correct.
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Worksheet 7: Vocabulary Review
Developing a rich vocabulary is an important task for learners from elementary school through high school. This vocabulary review has students use high-level vocabulary in context. There are 10 questions.
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Active Voice and Passive Voice
For this identifying active voice and passive voice worksheet, students review definitions and examples, label sentences, and rewrite sentences changing the voice from passive to active. Students write seven answers.