Students are introduced to new vocabulary associated with the Underground Railroad. Using primary sources, they evaluate the railroad's impact on society in the past and today. They also make a judgment about the morality of the railroad...

Fourth graders are read the book "Kissing Coyotes". During the story, they make predictions about what they believe might happen next. After the story, they create their own story using their imagination and draw illustrations.

Students access and evaluate authority of electronic resources. They synthesize data from multiple sources. Students compose a Works Consulted page. They prepare and deliver an informative speech on a disease or medical condition.

Eighth graders explore the historical roots of fundamentalism and determine whether fundamentalism is a religion or a political ideology. They will examine different religious fundamentalist movements around the world noting any...

Students recognize the dynamic changes in themselves and in agriculture that have occurred through the years. They are shown pictures of a baby or students are asked to think of their little brothers or sisters or themselves in...

Sixth graders discover how to create graphic organizers using the titles and subtitles of informational texts. Following a teacher demonstration, they work in pairs to create their own organizers based on assigned texts. Upon...

In this lesson, students discuss and reocrd what makes an object living or nonliving. The students then chart the lists of living and nonliving objects. Teacher allows students oportunity to go outside and look for living and ninliving...

Students will use inquiry science to complete an investigation. They create hypotheses predicting the changes water undergoes in becoming ice and determine how much ice needs to be melted to create one 8 oz. glass of water.

Students examine the time period of westward expansion. In groups, they use the internet to research the reasons why people moved west during the 1800s. They write their own narratives playing the role of a member of a pioneer family...

Students complete exercises examining the use of status and class in selected portions of Hamlet. Working in pairs of small groups, students act out the mannerisms encountered in the selected text. They compare and contrast these...

Students engage in a study that is intended to be a review for a calculus exam. They practice using a review study sheet to go over some of the major concepts. The review includes using parabolas, length of arc, and volume of solids of...

Learners are given a line drawing that only that students sees. They are asked to describe the drawings to the reset of the class to see if they can draw it as the teacher describes it. Learners work with a partner, and they are given a...

Learners study their county populations in a multimedia presentation format. In this populations lesson, students work in groups of 3 to research the county populations in their state. Learners chart their results in an Excel document...

Pupils discover if information in an article is accurate and current. In this science lesson, students read the story carefully and decide on what the subject of the article is. Pupils search the Internet to see more information...

In this ESL worksheet, students read the given article and the presented vocabulary throughout.  Students respond to 51 short answer, matching, true/false, and fill in the blank questions.    

In this English instructional activity, students read "France Rejects European Constitution," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.