Information, inferences, and innuendos. Text and subtext. Class members examine telegrams exchanged between President John F. Kennedy and Alabama Governor George Wallace, studying both what is stated and what is implied by the...

Making its way through 18th century America, this presentation details the British and French territories through colorful and clearly labeled maps. Additionally, the maps chart the changes in said territory during and after the French...

Who says scientists are boring geeks? Certainly not the narrator of a short video who dishes up the scandals associated with Tycho Brahe, a Danish scientist and alchemist (now that's two labels you don't often see together) who used...

If you're stuck inside on a rainy day for PE, or just want to give your class a body break, try out this fun game involving quick mental math and movement. Waddling around the classroom as ducks, learners compete in math duels, trying to...

What a bargain—an informative, free resource! Given prices of several objects, learners determine whether 20 percent off or $20 off would be a better bargain. They use the results to come up with a generalization of the situation.

For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about The Pickwick Papers. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, learners respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on The Three Musketeers. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

No need to go to Ollivanders to buy a magic wand. In the chemistry lab activity, young magicians mix chemicals to create combustible compounds. By applying these compounds to an iron wire, they create magic wands.

Who were Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton? High schoolers examine the character traits of these historical figures and watch the video, The Duel. Hamilton vs. Burr: An Event that Changed History (available from PBS), to gain...

Young scholars experiment with traits. In this Science lesson plan, students test the strength of beetles using M&M candies in lieu of the insects. Young scholars use the Hardy-Weinberg Equation to calculate possible offspring traits...

Students complete a webquest on the various types of symmetry. Using a computer, they explore the concepts of transformational geometry and identify points, segments, lines and planes. They experiment with the rotation of a quadrilateral...

This dual vector lesson plan has the class watch a video about a person's swim of the English Channel. The class then uses a computer program to analyze dual vectors of wind's effect on a flight path of a plane as compared to the water...

Students research responsibilities, programs and government departments of leaders that make up the presidential cabinet, in the form of a Web Exploration, after reading "Dueling Power Centers" from The New York Times.

Students explore myths through the study of multiple texts. Students use James Joyce's "Ulysses," the film "Star Wars," various Greek and Biblical myths to inform a guided discussion of myths and the common themes in these...

Students investigate the building of the first warships of the Civil War. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students compare and contrast two battleships of the era using a graphic organizer. They also compose a journal...

Learn about the life, career, and policies established by President Andrew Jackson. Young historians can easily follow along with this resource or read about Jackson at an independent work station. Biographical information includes major...

Students explore primary and secondary sources. In this primary and secondary source lesson, students investigate a crime scene. Students search for evidence around the classroom and evaluate their findings. Students write a crime report...

Third graders choose a letter of the alphabet and find an environmental topic to research that begins with the same letter. They prepare an article and illustration about their topic and compile them into a class environmental alphabet...

Dwell on the tragic circumstances of Hamlet with this quiz. Every multiple-choice question deals with the death or near-death of a character in the play. Discover why Hamlet is truly a tragedy.

In this writing proverbs practice worksheet, 6th graders complete 10 fill-in-the-blanks with missing letters to complete hidden proverbs. Letter clues are provided.

Students, in groups, study cheetah, blind cave organisms, and naked mole rats to explain facets of evolution.

Build oral fluency by providing your Spanish speakers with this indirect object pronoun worksheet. There are sixteen questions that require the learner to use the correct indirect object pronoun to complete the sentence. After your class...

Beginning Spanish language learners review indirect object pronouns with this resource. Pupils choose the indirect object pronoun that completes the sentence the best. 

After discussing reflexive verbs with your beginning or intermediate Spanish classes, provide them with this practice opportunity. They read the sentences, decide which reflexive pronouns belongs in each, and write the word in the blank...