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Thanksgiving Then and Now

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars create a Venn diagram to compare the Pilgrim's "First Thanksgiving" with today's Thanksgiving celebration. They use one type of graphic organizer, a Venn diagram, talk and read about the Thanksgiving celebration of 1621 at...
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Theocracy, Then and Now

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students search the Web for resources to use in preparing the project, make and defend judgments as to the authority and appropriateness of resources they include or exclude from their projects, and write clearly in the expository mode.
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Francophone Tourism Package

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research and write a report about a French-speaking country and present their research to classmates. They create a persuasive advertising brochure promoting one specific country as the best tourist destination.
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Greek Mythology

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the concept of Greek Mythology and conduct research using a variety of resources. They read literature pieces and then write responses to the readings. Students also view a video in order to create the context...
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Putting the Truth in Writing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define "nonfiction" and describe what they view as the best pieces of nonfiction writing. They determine criteria to evaluate whether or not a piece of nonfiction writing is good, and list categories of nonfiction writing.
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Musical Makeover

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the importance of folk music is various ethnic cultures.
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Philanthropy in History Lesson 3: Self-sufficiency And the Community

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars study the characteristic of self-sufficiency in people that lived during Colonial times. They investigate the contemporary movement of Habitat for Humanity. They listen to the story of Donald Hall's, The Oxcart Man and...
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Short Stories and Sitcoms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers compare 19th Century short stories to 20th Century sitcoms. They address seven questions as the watch a sitcom for homework and create a web to use for further comparison.
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People are People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the Holocaust and segregation to explain the Human Condition.
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In My Dream

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students listen to recordings of early jazz and identify examples of ostinato and syncopation. They discuss important personalities from jazz cultures and take a quiz on aspects of jazz.
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Merchant of Venice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine patterns of imagery in Merchant of Venice by using online resources. Students compare the patterns they see to those they've found in other Shakespeare plays. Then students draw conclusions about why Shakespeare might...
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Making the Movie Antigone

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create a movie prospectus for Antigone being faithful to the major themes and conflict. They include the plot, setting, characters, and conflict while making them relevant to contemporary audiences.
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Analysis of Character in a Short Story

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine a character from the short story, John Steinbeck's, "Flight." students respond to questions about the story and illustrate the character's journey.
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"Virtual" Model United Nations Day

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students identify and analyze that Global Interdependence and Internationalism have become major themes in human activity in the areas of population, environment, the world economy, and the United Nations. Students identify the...
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In A Station Of The Metro And A Pact

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are exposed to two different works of poetry in order to complete a task of comparing and contrasting them. They analyze the poem and identify the juxtaposition. The analysis is compiled by them to make a class report of it.
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Concept: Superstition

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify the role of superstition in their own lives, in society, and in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In this superstition lesson, students discuss urban legends and listen to a related song to introduce the topic....
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Crossword Review

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students practice using their target language vocabulary by completing a crossword puzzle.  In this foreign language instructional activity, students complete several random tasks based on new vocabulary words in their target...
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Favorite Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss which activities they like and which they don't like. In this instructional activity about favorite activities, students discuss their favorite activities and which activities they dislike. The class conducts a survey to...
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Other People's Likes and Dislikes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read short texts and discover people's likes and dislikes. In this likes and dislikes lesson plan, after reading the texts, students sort these people according to their interests.
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Speed Dating

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students describe their personalities and characteristics to a partner using short sentences or short oral paragraphs. In this short sentences lesson plan, students use a speed dating format.
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Discussing One's Health

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore common health issues.  For this health and literacy lesson, students match simple health statements with appropriate visual representations.  Students prepare and perform dialogues in which health issues are...
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Letters and Photos

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars 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.  Young scholars read the letters...
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Expressions of Frequency

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students practice discussing timely manners in a target language.  In this foreign language lesson, students discuss words that represent frequency such as never or often.  Students create a timeline illustrating how often...
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Location, Frequency, Likes, and Dislikes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars identify and write short sentences with likes and dislikes, frequency, and location. For this short sentences lesson plan, students read the sentences, identify what is asked, orally practice saying sentences, and then...

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