This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Lessons Out of School for Boys and Girls by Religious Tract Society (c1885). This collection of lessons directed to boys and/or girls.

These Election Lessons contain a variety of activities to use in your classroom, including a history of campaign buttons. Many of the links use primary sources from the Library of Congress.

Learners take a close analytical look at the historic Minerva mosaic from the Great Hall of the Library of Congress, and discover what it can tell them about the mission of the Library's founders. They will perform a basic primary source...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Wings and Stings, or, Lessons from Insect Life by A.L.O.E. [1870], a children's novel showing what can be learned from watching insects.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Frieda's First Lesson by Robina F. Hardy (1887), a children's novel from the Way to Win Series.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Jessamine and Her Lesson-Books and Why She Was Late for Gypsy Tea by Caroline Birley (1887), a children's novel.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Cheep and Chatter or Lessons from Field and Tree by Alice Banks (1884), a collection of illustrated children's stories.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Half Hours with the Little Ones by N. T. Langridge (1861), a collection of half-hour stories with moral lessons.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Fisherman's Daughter, or, Sebie's Lessons, and the Way She Learned Them by Zachariah Atwell Mudge (1865), a children's novel.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Our Baby's Easy Book: Little Lessons and Stories for Little Folks by Peter G. Thomson (1886) from the series Sunday Readings for Little Folks, a collection of...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Sabbath Afternoon with the Children by Orson Erskine Mallory (1886) Bible stories lessons each followed by questions and answers over the reading.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Master Tom's Transformation by Lorentz Froelich (c1875), a picture book story about a naughty little boy who learns a lesson.

A lesson unit where learners work in small groups to examine stomata on a leaf's upper and lower surfaces. They then conduct an experiment to test whether plants can survive without air, learning about transpiration in the process.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors by James Johonnot. (c1884), features illustrated lessons about animals and birds.

A lesson plan in which learners explore plant communities and observe different types of soil and weather conditions in an attempt to determine cause and effect relationships. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web...

A instructional activity unit where students conduct an experiment to test whether plants need soil in order to grow.

A lesson plan in which students explore plant communities and observe and classify different types of vegetation. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web links, a vocabulary glossary, and handouts.

A lesson plan in which students explore plants from three different ecosystems and make inferences about plant structures and their environments. Includes discussion questions, a vocabulary glossary, and handouts.

A activity activity where students create a terrarium inside a plastic bottle using a Venus Flytrap and other plants. They then observe growth and changes over time.

In this lesson plan, students observe their neighborhood, record details about it, and collaborate in producing a neighborhood mural.

In this lesson, students are guided in how to interpret a portrait and in how to plan a portrait that is a drawing or a photograph.

This is a fun idea to display your students' book reports, and encourage reading at the same time! In this online lesson, children use special markers to actually draw their book report on the windows of the library or classroom. Also...

Students will learn all about the history of suffrage for women and what influences were used to change people's attitudes. They will then use their understanding to create a modern-day election document of ephemera, for example, a...

Project to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and how the caterpillar becomes to be a butterfly.