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Home of the Brave
Students use various types of people and the special places they each call home. They discover houses, like the world, are always changing. Students start out by brainstorming what was the one thing that made a house a home. They were...
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The Global Grid System-World Map Activity
Students demonstrate how to use the global grid system. In this map skills lesson, students use a world map to locate various locations. Students identify locations based on the global grid system. Students complete a worksheet as an...
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VH1 Presents the 1980s - Lesson 3
Learners identify different genres of music popular in the 1980s. They study musicians of the 1980s examples of the songs that they made popular. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to categorize the music.
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International Institute of Archaeology an Anthropology
Students research early humans and their cultures. They conduct Internet research, discuss their findings with their group, evaluate the information provided by artifacts, and create a report to present to a simulated archaeology institute.
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Conflict Resolution in Congo: Is There an Answer?
Students research and participate in a simulation of a meeting of African nations. They investigate and attempt to resolve the conflict in Congo and the neighboring nations.
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Using Effective, Evocative Writing as a Model
Students analyze the author's style to learn techniques for strengthening their own writing. They re-read "Music in the Fields" and highlight images that create vivid pictures in their minds-places where Young "shows, not tells" and...
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Rocks and Minerals
Students bring rocks and minerals from home to investigate in the classroom. In this rocks and minerals lesson plan, students observe all the rocks and minerals brought into the class and answer 7 questions about the features of the...
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Finding Historical Evidence: David Brion Davis
Students study the Tran-Atlantic Slave Trade and learn to evaluate historical arguments. In this slave trade lesson, students read about the Atlantic Slave System. Students take notes on slave trade and make a timeline for the...
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The British Empire – Where the Sun Never Set
Students read an article on the British Empire. In this ESL instructional activity, students explore the British Empire from the 1600's, then work in small groups to complete several activities that reinforce the information...
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Arkansas and the Civil Rights Movement
For this Arkansas reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and the Civil Rights Movement and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.
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Passages of Man and Word
Third graders explore transportation and written communication prior to the Renaissance.
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Literature Overview of African Folktales
Students play a game of tug-of-war, participate in a discussion about the story, discuss the phrase "bigger doesn't mean better." , and illustrate a scene from the story.
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Writing a Historical Poem
Learners work together to research a historical event. They create their own poems based on their research. They share their poems with the class and discuss the historical event further.
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African Art: Ntan Drum
Learners study African history, anthropology and culture using the lens of the art object, Ntan Drum. Lesson and instruction is differentiated for elementary, middle and high school students.
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Botanical Diversity in South Africa
Ninth graders explore the history and culture of South Africa. In this South African lesson, 9th graders create individual art pieces to be joined in the construction of a quilt.
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Regions of South America
Students explore facts about South America in the four lessons of this unit. Booklets are created from the materials produced as the class delves into the topic.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 50 multiple choice questions about Napoleon Bonaparte. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Samuel Adams
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 50 multiple choice questions about Samuel Adams. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Niels Bohr
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 51 multiple choice questions about Niels Bohr. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Thomas Edison
In this online interactive history quiz activity, learners respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Thomas Edison. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Albert Einstein
In this online interactive history quiz activity, students respond to 50 multiple choice questions about Albert Einstein. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Sigmund Freud
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 24 multiple choice questions about Sigmund Freud. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Mother Jones
In this online interactive history quiz activity, students respond to 34 multiple choice questions about Mother Jones. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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John F. Kennedy
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 50 multiple choice questions about John F. Kennedy. Students may submit their answers to be scored.