Fifth graders see that the Chernobyl Accident of 1986 was caused by a poorly developed experiment in a nuclear power plant. They explain the purpose of a nuclear power plant and determine the health effects that radioactivity causes.

In this countries, nationalities, and capital cities worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with countries, nationalities, and capital cities. Students complete 32 sentences.

Students take up the challenge of deciding what to do when confronted by a difficult and awkward situation. They read the story and highlight sentences or phrases that have particular meaning to them and think about and discuss a...

Students become familiar with the problems of new students and interview new students to understand their experiences when they first arrived.  In this new students instructional activity, students design informational packages to...

Students express the values they value the most by writing an essay. They can submit their essay online and respond to other student's essays as well. They are to intiate change if they deem something to be unfair.

Students define the term ethnic music, ethnic dancing, and a simple Carpatho Rusyn dance step.

In this literacy instructional activity, students find the words that are associated with the words using the letter "u" and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.

Entitled American Studies, this small unit covers various topics related to the study of the United States. Learners warm up by creating a dictionary of democracy, then dive into three different lessons focused on government, famous...

What is the European Union? Where is it? Why is it? To begin a study of the EU, class members examine the physical geography of Europe and the size and population density of 28-member countries in comparison to non-member countries...

Students examine the advantages of being flexible when visiting or living in a different culture. They read and discuss a first-hand account by a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan, and write a letter from the point of view of a...

Learners explore the possibilities for Africa at the G8 Summit. In this current events activity, students discuss the purpose of the G8 Summit and research the provided web links to learn more about the summit.

Students examine Tony Blair's exit from the Office of Prime Minister. In this British government lesson, students visit selected Web sites to learn how the transition in the office will work. Students also research the accomplishments of...

A great country profile that takes you on a virtual trip to the Ukraine in Eastern Europe. An overview is given on its art, culture, people, environment, geography, history, economy, and government. There are numerous links available...

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

At this site from the Virtual Museum you can read about various Mesolithic cave paintings located in the Ukraine, Azerbaidzhan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistand, and India. Available in Russian as well.