Curated OER
Philanthropy is Everywhere Lesson 4: Careers in Philanthropy
Students discover career opportunities in the non-profit sector. They look at local business to determine compare and contrast for profit and non-profit businesses. They participate in a non-profit job fair.
Curated OER
The Home Front - "Food Will Win The War"
High schoolers define and identify propaganda. They analyze the multiple sides of an issue (problem resolution skills), then discuss the racial environment of Alabama during World War I. They reate a poster reflecting the concerns of the...
Curated OER
Mr.Bubble's News
Second graders use a double bubble thinking map to compare newspapers and magazines. They browse through magazines and newspapers to identify characteristics of each type of text and find 5 features for each type of text. They share...
Curated OER
The Best Birthday Present Ever
Students view a PBS "In the Mix" video about smoking and identify cigarette ingredients, the physical effects of smoking and techniques used in tobacco advertising. They compose a letter persuading someone to quit smoking.
Curated OER
From the Farm to Your Table: Where Does Our Food Come From?
Students discover where the food they eat comes from. Using maps, they identify the agricultural areas of the United States and the products that are grown in each area. Using the internet, they research how food gets to America from...
Curated OER
Hidden Messages: The Growth of Product Placement
Young scholars identify product placements they see in TV programs and movies. They build awareness of the pervasiveness of advertising in their culture. They develop critical skills necessary to think independently in a media saturated...
Curated OER
Credit: Taking an Interest in Credit
Students examine how credit works but looking at how credit cards and interest rates work. They use percentages to solve problems using credit card interest rates while completing a worksheets.
Curated OER
A Hard Cell
Students examine appropriate and inappropriate uses of personal communication devices. They invent and critique new communication devices. They critique the communication technologies developed.
Curated OER
Half-Truths Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about telling half-truths. Students answer 5 multiple choice questions.
Curated OER
Completing a Piece of Text
Here's a worksheet to help advanced ESL learners work on reading comprehension. Students read an article about Google and decide where in the article each of the missing sentences belong.
Curated OER
Unit 2: Subject/Object Pronouns Transportation
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in 7 blanks with the proper subject or object pronoun. They complete a dialogue about transportation with the proper pronouns.
Curated OER
Visual Art and Music
Students examine how pop art compliments music. In this arts lesson, students explore the elements of pop art and replicate those elements in their own piece of art.
Curated OER
Who Is Family? Analyzing Family Photos
Learners examine families through photography. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, students examine photographs of families and discuss the attributes of families. Learners select family photographs to analyze in writing.
Curated OER
International Day In Support Of Torture Victims
In this international day in support of torture victims learning exercise, students read or listen to a passage the match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order,...
Curated OER
Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
In this day to combat desertification and drought worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, write discussion questions and conduct a...
Curated OER
Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations with Elders
Students learn from their elders. In this oral and social histories lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the America in which their grandparents grew up. Students conduct interviews with elders in...
Curated OER
Dishonesty
Students consider the impact of dishonestly. In this ethics lesson, students will discuss the pros and cons of dishonesty.
Curated OER
Word Formation
In this word formation worksheet, students choose the kind of words that the bold words are and fill in the blanks with words derived from other words. Students complete 35 problems.
Curated OER
Shaping the News
Students explore television journalism. For this journalism lesson, students discuss the attributes of television broadcasting. Students then review their journalism code of ethics and then conduct research for stories that have a moral...
Curated OER
Solving Percents Problems
Students solve problems dealing with percents. In this algebra lesson, students convert between decimals and percents using factoring. They solve one step problems involving percents.
Curated OER
Graphing Linear Equations
Students graph linear equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students perform transformation on linear equations. They identify the slope and y-intercept of each line.
Curated OER
Transformers
Students use transformation to move the graph around. In this geometry instructional activity, students observe transformation of symmetry groups. They use the TI to move the sides of the polygons around and make predictions.
Curated OER
Presidential Campaigning
Eighth graders participate in a simulated presidential campaign by conducting research on the Internet. They define a party platform, run a campaign and write and deliver speeches in teams. Students can then act as the electoral college...
Curated OER
Love And Marriage
Fourth graders examine and compare Indian and American culture in order to develop a better understanding of both.