Film English
Everyday
What would you do if you got an extra day every week? Partners share some information about their routines and lives and write compositions about one another based on the information. Each partner tries to guess what the other person...
Curated OER
Student Handout - Situations
Everybody misses work now and then, or runs a little late. Prepare your special needs class with practice communicating their difficulties in getting up and getting to work. They look at each of the six scenarios, describe them and...
Curated OER
Student Opinion: What Small Things Have You Seen and Taken Note of Today?
An interesting and unusual topic for a news article, this resource from the New York Times website asks learners to take a moment and consider all the things they notice during a typical day. Based of the editorial piece "Things I...
Alabama Learning Exchange
My Book of Seasons
Learners research the assigned Internet sites to explore facts about the four seasons. They design and create a book about the relationship between the four seasons and everyday life. They work on a teacher created PowerPoint template to...
Curated OER
Images of Science
Students discover that science is part of everyday life. In this science lesson, students create a science collage, draw a scientist, and write about science in the news.
Curated OER
Supply and Demand
Students explore social studies. In this economics lesson, students understand the concept of supply and demand and how it affects consumers in every day life. They work as a class to participate in an auction style game.
Curated OER
The Bill of Rights Today
Students discuss the Bill of Rights and how the Bill of Rights relates to everyday life. In this Bill of Rights lesson plan, students identify and explain each amendment.
Curated OER
Supply and Demand - Everyday Life
Students investigate the concept of supply and demand and determine how it relates to their everyday life. They explain how economic stability or affluence affect supply and demand.
Middlebury College
La Rue: The Street
Interesting and colorful site with information and vocabulary relative to streets, lanes, sidewalks, signs etc. Definitions are clear and in French, often accompanied by color photos. Site has links to search site where actual streets or...
Other
Weddings in England
Do you want to know the symbolism behind the bride's dress and veil? How about the Bridal Bouquet? Read about these and other English wedding traditions and customs here.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: The Ashcan School
This site has a description of the artists from this movement with links to their art in various museums.
PBS
Pb Skids: It's My Life
Articles, illustrations, quizzes, features, games, and polls for kids and teens concerning their bodies, their families, their schools, and their emotions.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Label the Clocks in French
Using this printable worksheet, students practice telling time in French.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Scenes of American Life
A stunning array of art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum depicting everyday life and work in America from American masters such as Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, and Paul Cadmus. Use the right navigation to click through over 60...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: La Diferencia Entre El Ingles Social Y El Academico
El ingles social es el idioma de la comunicacion cotidiana en forma oral y escrita. Este articulo tiene algunas ejemplos.
Library of Congress
Loc: B. B. French's Diary
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Benjamin Brown French, politician and Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, kept a diary. The Library of Congress has digitalized for display the December 25, 1851, entry...