This resource provides a collection of free downloadable graphic organizers. These graphic organizers address the following categories: character webs, responding to literature, reading analysis, story maps, cognitive bookmarks, and...

An interesting lesson plan for students to attempt to locate the Alabama counties and identify voting patterns in the state.

Contains plans for four lessons that use the short story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry to teach about characterization using word maps. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...

A site that tells the story of the Underground Railroad in Maryland. Includes interactive maps.

This resource provides a useful interactive map, charts, and other information connected to the global refugee crisis. The crisis areas featured include Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan.

This primary source set includes photographs, documents, maps, and footage that can be used to explore the stories of environmental issues, political struggle, and human labor that built the Panama Canal.