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iRock

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore, listen to and analyze songs that helped define rock and roll music. They read and discuss the article, "They're All Oldies, Dad Included." Research on contemporary artists is conducted and then the students choose who...
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Enemy or Ally: America's Response to the Russian Revolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the events related to the Russian Revolution. In groups, they use the internet to discover the concerns of Woodrow Wilson during this time period and relate them to the origins of the Cold War. To end the lesson, they...
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Gotta Dance

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share dance moves that reflect their personalities or depict how they are feeling, explore popularity of recreational and competitive social dancing by reading and discussing the article "Follow the Flying Feet," present...
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Character Trading Card

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this character trading card worksheet, students utilize a trading card template to develop more details about their favorite character from a novel they have read. Students interview their fictional character.
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Spanish Phrase Picture Dictionary

For Teachers K - 5th
Students illustrate Spanish phrases. In this Spanish language development instructional activity, students work in pairs to illustrate phrases, then copy the phrase in Spanish and English. The class uses the illustrations to create a...
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Setting the Stage for Service Related Learning Relationships

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students understand the stereotypes and realities of older people. In this philanthropic lesson, students in groups read and report on the positive images of older people in children's books. Students address the needs and wants of older...
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Life in a Forest Stream

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students assess macro-invertebrates from a stream. In this science lesson plan, students observe, classify and identify organisms found in a stream. A lab station is constructed at the stream sight and students study the different...
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: The Novel as Historical Source

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine historical fiction as historical sources. In this historical fiction lesson, students analyze excerpts from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as well as Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the...
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What We Learn From Women and Girls

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Role models are all around us! Young learners celebrate Women's History Month by selecting two female role models in their lives, and writing or drawing a short description about why they admire that girl or woman.
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Create a Slide Presentation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create a PowerPoint presentation. In this technology lesson, students create an autobiographical six slide presentation. This lesson includes worksheets explaining how the slide layout should be and a storyboard to help the...
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A Triangle Expansion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the foil method used to multiply two binomials. In this lesson on evaluating algebraic expressions, students are able to identify the coefficient in an algebraic expression, "act out" the foil method of multiplying...
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Is FEMA a Natural Disaster?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of FEMA and reflect about the consequences of a natural disaster.  In this natural disaster lesson, students are asked specific questions after reading several stories.  After class discussion...
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Rate of Change

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders solve problems dealing with rate of change. In this algebra lesson plan, 11th graders graph their rate of change problems and analyze it comparing their data with each other. They solve problems dealing with percent and...
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Gymnastic Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students compete in a variety of games. In this gymnastic skills lesson, students play tag, participate in a challenge course, and practice gymnastics moves to increase physical fitness. 
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Problem Solving

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in completing various locomotor skills. In this physical education/literacy lesson, students explore the gym searching for Halloween items to return back to their "home". Additionally, students must be engaged in the...
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Rhythmic Movement Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore rhythmic movements. In this performing arts lesson, students create their own movements and then repeat the each others movement. Finally, students create movements to the Haiku generated by the entire class.
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The Art Of War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars analyze the military, business, and political implications of Sun Tzu's book The Art of War. In this literature lesson, students read and discuss the novel prior to interviewing business people about business practices...
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Contributions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the contributions of the First Nations. In this contributions lesson, 2nd graders discover the origin of popcorn. Students read about popcorn and how popcorn can be used in many ways. Students write a paragraph...
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Contributions - Grade 3

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research and report on the contributions of the First Nations. In this First Nations contribution instructional activity, 3rd graders read and discuss books about the Metis, Inuit and other First Nations. They compare and...
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Classroom Guide for Grandfather Counts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore Asian American culture. In this multicultural guided reading lesson, students brainstorm a list of communication tools and share languages they speak. Students read Grandfather Counts by Andrea Cheng, then discuss the...
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How Microbes Help Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders observe different microorganisms under the microscope. In this biology activity, 6th graders draw and describe the samples they see. They study the root nodules of plants and explain how the plants benefit from those bacteria.
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The East Africa Times

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners work in teams as editors to design the front page of a newspaper covering a country in east Africa. They individually research and write articles that define modern life for the country's citizens.
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Scopes Trial Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to prepare arguments for a moot court case. They know how the Scopes Trial impacts academic freedom today. Students know what constitutional amendments are applicable to this issue (including the Butler Act). They...
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Model Parliaments: Creating a Real Senate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how the Canadian Parliamentary works and how to tolerate other people's point of view by participating in a model Parliament.

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