Young scholars explore philosophy by analyzing a historic quote. For this fairness lesson, students read a quote by Hammurabi which discusses whether law is for punishing the bad or rewarding the good. Young scholars examine the Ten...

Students explore how different people interpret the separation of church and state and how these different interpretations affect their actions. They develop group speeches for a town hall meeting and participate in town hall meeting.

Cover language registers so that your class members can adapt their speech when necessary. The two example activities are interactive and involve authentic interaction. Test your pupils' understanding of speech adaptation with one or...

Working on revision? Check out this resource on Common Core standard W.9-10.5, which focuses in particular on the writing process. After reading some information about the specifics of the standard and how to implement it in the...

The Battle of Fort Sumter was both the first and the least deadly battle of the American Civil War, with no soldiers lost during the lengthy bombardment. Learn more about the first shots of the Civil War with a short reading passage and...

What is a sentence? Second graders will explore the components of a sentence in the ten lessons of this unit. The subject, predicate, the process of proofreading, punctuation, and sentence sequence are analyzed in this unit. Handouts and...

Semicolons and colons are tricky, and the Common Core creators knows that. If you are stuck on what to teach to make sure your learners can master Common Core skill L.9-10.2 use this resource to fine-tune your content. The multiple...

In this ESL instructions and commands instructional activity, students match 10 commands with the small clip art pictures show the actions.

In this kinds of sentences worksheet, students study examples of declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences. Students read ten sentences and tell what type they are and put in the ending punctuation.

In this commands and questions worksheet, students read 14 sentences. Students underline the simple subject and draw a box around the simple predicate. If the subject is understood, students write U after the sentence.

Students work with counters and math mats to demonstrate number concepts. In this number concept lesson, students use cubes and configuration cards to show more or less than given numbers.

In this phrasal verbs learning exercise, students give a three word command using the two-word verbs. Students write the commands under each sentence.

In this classroom commands word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures that depict children doing tasks in the classroom. Students match the pictures with "classroom commands" such as "sit down," "raise your hand"...

For this ESL jobs vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict students at work at school. Students match these pictures to the classroom commands that describe them.

A little bit complicated, but a whole lot of fun. Show your class an episode of the British television game show Just a Minute. After an explanation of the rules (no repetition, hesitation, or deviation) groups develop topics, based on...

“Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance.” “War is not healthy for children and other living things.” These two views of war, embodied in George Patton’s statement and Lorraine Schneider‘s famous 1966...

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Faust. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Imagine having the opportunity to create your own country. After responding to questions about chapter two, readers of George Orwell's dystopian classic are given a chance to design a utopia for one-million people, complete with...

In this mathematics of image processing instructional activity, learners solve 10 various types of problems related to image processing on a computer. They type in all the commands listed and figure out what is going on. Then, students...

In this reported speech worksheet, students review and discuss five key directives to choosing the grammatically correct verb in ten sentences.

In this reported speech worksheet, young scholars review and determine the grammatically correct verb for ten sentences involving different voice tenses.

The SAT. The ACT. AP exams. The very mention of these exams can cause the college bound to feel anxious. One way to combat Test Anxiety is to provide high schoolers with models of these tests and give them opportunities to analyze...

What is Lennie Small's dream job? What's the future George imagines? Readers of Of Mice and Men must identify character and events from John Steinbeck's novella about the friendship of two California migrant workers.

In this Animal Farm comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions and define 4 terms pertaining to chapter 8 of Animal Farm by George Orwell in order to help them better understand the novel.