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A New Century Of Flight

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students study an article on high speed travel.  In this investigative lesson students students read an article, answer questions then work in groups to calculate problems. 
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Spanish and New Standards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, at the end of the activity analizar una lectura period??stica.
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Songs of the Times: American Concerns in 19th Century Campaigns

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners examine campaign songs from the 1840, 1848, and 1860 elections to explore the campaign strategies of 19th century political parties.
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It's Haiku Time!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop and illustrate an original Haiku poem.
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Record Memories of Earlier Times

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify ways in which the women's rights movement influenced a woman they know, and then document the important events in her life. Each student interviews an oldere woman. They compile their interviews into a class book.
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Children and Slavery Document Search

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students review the causes of slavery, the Middle Passage, triangular trade and the spread of slavery throughout colonies. They work in small groups and search documents in order to find the answers to a question and document packet.
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Whose Business Is It?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students read articles in The Times Business Day section and share their opinions on the articles. They search through the Business Day section of The Times to find items to complete a scavenger hunt. They summarize a teacher selected...
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And The Winner Is

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of The MTV Awards shows and how they have been used to form the culture of a generation over time. They view rerun episodes of the shows and write reflectively about observations that are made.
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The End of an Era

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the American-Mongolian paleontology expedition of Cretaceous fossil beds at Ukhaa Tolgod in the Gobi Desert. They present information about the life forms, tectonics, climate and geology of this time.
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Multi-Dimensional Thinking

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars brainstorm new technological devices that apply cutting-edge 3-D computer modeling software to benefit different professions.
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Getting Green for Christmas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine their family's particular spending habits for a holiday they celebrate, research the financial expectations of retailers during the holiday season and at other times during the year.
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Culture and the Corporation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how Disney learned from past experience to adapt its business plan for a new cultural environment. They research a foreign country and develop their own plan for introducing a new company there.
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How To Save a Life

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils examine their own beliefs about the morality of capital punishment through a "where you stand" activity. They explore economic arguments about the costs, benefits and morality of capital punishments by reading and discussing the...
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Croc Talk

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate and study about the members of the crocodilian family and then create poster presentations and write poetic odes to them. They distinguish between facts and myths about crocodilians and assess the new discoveries...
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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine their thoughts on the origin and meaning of dreams on a personal basis. They compare and contrast different models of the nature of dreams. They maintain a dream journal over a specific period of time.
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Sailing Through History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils research examples of different types of sailing ships, investigating the vessels as well as the politics, economy, and people at the historical time and place the boat was launched. They create displays for a museum exhibit about...
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Letters From The Diaspora

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of mass migration and conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create letters written from the perspective of a person who may have migrated during the time period.
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Singing in the H2O

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compose new lyrics to the tune of a popular song in order to teach and explain a challenging science concept being studied in class.
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Paragraph Development In News Journalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify the qualities of a new paragraph. They develop news paragraphs. They gain an introduction to appropriate paragraph development in news journalism using professional models as a guide.
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Air Conditioning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the roles that the United States government agencies play in weather forecasting, climate control, and other climate-related environmental issues. They then write letters to President Bush recommending how a new National...
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Dream Machines

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the modern applications of robots and create one of the five parts of a robot that could solve a hypothetical public works problem. They study about the use of robots for laying fiber-optics cable in New Mexico by...
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Ticket to Ride

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Consider the images, ideas and words connected with America with your class as they design a new American passport for the 21st century that reflects an individual vision of and for America. Students reflect on the image of America...
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Friend or Foe?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the historical roots of a new treaty established between China and Russia.
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Harriet Tubman In The News

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the history of Harriet Tubman. They use newspaper articles from history and modern times in order to gather information. They use a graphic organizer in order to categorize information. They distinguish the readings...

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