Young scholars discover one of the restrictions forced on women of the early 1900s. In this civil rights instructional activity, students investigate suffrage and why women were not allowed to vote in the early twentieth century. Young...

Eighth graders investigate historical documents of the United States by reading the Mayflower Compact.  In this U.S. History lesson plan, 8th graders analyze the wording of the original Mayflower Compact of the first U.S. settlers...

Six different lessons comprise this unit on marine debris. Science, language arts, social studies, and art projects make this an ideal interdisciplinary unit. The result will be well-informed future citizens who can help make a...

Students explore the importance of maintaining a democracy through philanthropic actions. In this character education lesson plan, students discover what the Japanese internment camps were, and why they were an infringement on personal...

Pupils read a poem and are to write another poem using the words given. They are also to develop a monument and narrative of the bridge and its collapse.