Young scholars explore the Tamil language. They listen to parts of a story read in English, Hindi and Tamil. Tamil word cards are matched with their English equivalent. Practice saying basic Tamil words daily within the instructional...

Students identify gifts found in folktales. In this folktale instructional activity, students read the Hindi folktale "The Drum" and discuss the value of gifts such as time, talent, treasure, etc. Students also create drum beats.

Enhance your foreign language students' skills to describe a house. After reading a description of rooms in a house in their target language, they work to answer corresponding questions correctly. Additionally, they view a PowerPoint...

Investigate articles from the daily news and share opinions with classmates. Using current events, learners view a news program without sound and predict what news is being discussed by analyzing the visuals. Then they read news articles...

Students are exposed to a monetary system different from their own. They learn to exchange currencies between two monetary systems. Practice the necessary mathematical functions to find comparison. Compare prices of items sold in India...

Students utilize a new language to tell someone they care for them. In this complimenting lesson, students practice saying nice things to friends and strangers in their target language. Students react to the lesson afterwards and...

Young scholars write positive sentences about their classmates.  In this describing a classmate lesson, students discuss a picture presented by the teacher.  After the teacher tells why she likes this person, young scholars...

Young scholars discover alternative medicines from around the globe.  In this world culture lesson, students read text from Africa, Ireland, Tibet and Tanzania discussing known remedies to diseases.  Young scholars discuss with...

Students utilize a new language to discuss dates and birthdays.  In this foreign language lesson, students practice using vocabulary words from a target language to speak about birthdays and culture related to a specific student....

Learners create a map of their community. In this mapping lesson plan, students identify various geographical features and the cardinal directions on maps displayed in the classroom. Learners are divided into three groups to create a...

Students investigate geographical locations and their own personal experiences with the environment.  For this environmental identification lesson, students participate in a match game using certain environmental and geographical...

Learners practice descriptive writing by viewing auto-portraits of young children.  In this art analysis lesson, students examine an auto-portrait of their teacher as a young child and ask him/her questions about their youth....

Students present their family shield or crest that was created during the first part of this lesson plan. In this historical arts lesson plan, students present their family shield to their classmates and are graded based on the...

Learners practice interviewing and answering questions by creating a mock talk show.  In this communications lesson, students view a classic clip of an older T.V. talk show and plan an outline of material for their own talk show....

Students create a fitness schedule for a famous person.  In this advice, encourage, discourage lesson, students ask questions to determine the best fitness schedule for a person.  Students relate this activity to that of...

Students practice using a new language by reading letters.  In this foreign language lesson, students read a fictional letter by a young person from the target language's country.  Students read the letters separately, but...

In this exchange student instructional activity, students create a story about an exchange student. Students draw a map to show the location of community buildings and practice providing directions from location to location.

Students contrast an exchange student's house with their original home. In this home lesson plan, students listen to a diary entry written by an exchange student. They create a triptych miniature book and draw the differences between the...

Students discover geographical places and terms in another language.  In this geographical identification lesson, students utilize their geographical vocabulary to describe to other classmates where they would like to go or where...

Young scholars create a time capsule. In this oral presentation and history preservation lesson, students provide feedback for their time capsule project, work with a partner to write an oral presentation, and present their time capsule...

Young scholars practice using a new language to plan a community event.  In this civics lesson plan, students practice writing a proposal for a community project using their target language.  Young scholars brainstorm in small...

Young scholars compare and contrast their own culture with an Indian girl named Asha. In this culture lesson plan, students read, look at pictures, and make inferences.

Students read an article on the English language. In this ESL lesson plan, students explore the meaning of the term 'diplomatic English,' then complete several activities centered around the article.  Activities include vocabulary,...