Students define helpers, acquaintances, and strangers. They label the characters on a worksheet using the appropriate term and show the proper behaviors to exhibit when approached by a stranger.

Young scholars watch a video about one woman who planned to commit murder because of a cheerleading scandal.

Students examine an antislavery activist and their philanthropist ways. They research modern philanthropy and foundations. They create their own kindness plan to execute.

Pupils investigate concepts of weather using a guided, essential question. They collect data from satellite weather images and create models to track the progress of weather changes.

Students examine and read advertisements related to cars. Using the ads, they recognize prices, telephone numbers, content and the target audience of the ad. They create their own advertisement using appropriate vocabulary and share them...

Students analyze correspondence and a news release regarding the Harlan, Kentucky, mine strike of 1931-1932. They use these documents to discuss the problems of organizing industrial trade unions before the New Deal.

Young scholars investigate the historical use of flags on Earth, debate ownership issues for interplanetary exploration, and design a flag for Mars. The implication of placing a flag at a location forms the focus of the lesson.

Third graders use a map of their state and find unusual names of towns and communities. They select three to five of the more unusual names and develop a plot that could use the town as a setting. Students write a synopsis for possible...

Students explore the geography, culture, and philosophy of Asia using all five senses and information about China and Japan. This lesson is detailed and may take several days of in-class activities to complete.

Students complete a short quiz reviewing classification. In groups, they create their own family trees and discuss who is related to whom and are introduced to phylogenies in genetics. To end the lesson, they take notes on Taxonomy and...

In this adjective clauses worksheet, students analyze ten sentences and write the subordinate clause in each. Students tell what noun or pronoun it modifies.

Students differentiate between philanthropists and celebrities. They brainstorm a list of philanthropists and write formal letters to them. They can write to past or present philanthropists from a teacher-provided list or the one...

Students activity find the multiplicity of meanings buried within Shakespeare's language. They examine how the meanings of words differ in modern America and in Venice.

Learners investigate media images of cars and speed. They examine drivers' atitudes to speed by completing an activity sheet and responding to press reports about speeding drivers.

Learners explore and discuss October, 2001 anthrax attacks and their aftermath.

Students identify and analyze the boundaries which exist between urban and rural, wildness and country and among rural areas, country, town, and city. Students actively participate in planning, obtaining materials, setting goals and...

Middle schoolers prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes five lessons from the Glencoe Literature series, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response activities are included for...

Students investigate the water wars taking place in Ethiopia. In this global issues lesson, students research the water shortages in East Africa. Students participate in a discussion that requires them to put themselves in the shoes of...

After reading a selection on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, pupils utilize worksheets embedded in the packet in order to write a synopsis of his life's story. There is also a quiz on his life with questions such as: What instruments...

Analyze the federal government's direct response to the Whiskey Rebellion through this fantastic primary source analysis activity worksheet.

In this apostrophe worksheet, students put the apostrophe in the correct place into the words in sentences. Students fill in 5 sentences with apostrophes.

In this pronoun recognition worksheet, students read about pronouns other than personal, then complete an exercise, writing verbs that agree with indefinite pronouns in sentences.  

Fifth graders create a PowerPoint presentation about Christopher Columbus. The integration of technology helps them to be engaged in the subject matter. The basis for the information in the presentation is for students to answer some...

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Anne Frank's The Diary of Anne Frank. Students may submit their answers to be scored.