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Cultures Around the World
Pupils examine the types of celebrations around the world. They create pictures of animals speaking another language than their own and draw flags of countries around the world. They also retell a folktale to their classmates.
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Learning About Lemurs - A Summarization
Young scholars discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization. Through guided practice, they follow five steps in finding and highlighting important information, while deleting information that is not needed. They...
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Early Explorers
Fifth graders research European explorers. In this world history lesson plan, 5th graders will compare eight European explorers and identify important factual information about each. Students will be engaged through game-play and...
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Investigating Our Multicultural World
Students compare and contrast a perceived view of life in Australia with the reality. In groups, they identify examples of stereotypes and how they can lead to misconceptions about a group of people. In groups, they complete a...
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Food Makes the World Go Round
Fifth graders investigate the origins of foods they eat while they consider social justice issues. In this food sources lesson, 5th graders play a game and then research food distribution, food security, and hunger in the world today....
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Who Wants Pizza?
Students practice fraction skills online at the "Want Some Pizza" website. They complete activities via the internet and on square grid paper. They pull down tabs to check their answers.
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Amazon Rainforest
Seventh graders complete a simulation in which they travel through the Amazon rainforest. Using their map skills, they determine the best route and where to see specific plants and animals. They develop their own database to organize...
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Wars and Conflicts
Students explore the concepts of war and conflict. In this research skills lesson, students use Internet and print sources to research the causes, effects, main events, and significant figures of selected wars.
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Reduce and Respect!
Students examine how to reduce trash to help the environment. In this environment lesson, students listen to the story, The Wartville Wizard, before thinking about how they can reduce trash. They decide why it is important to reduce...
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Cultures Around the World
Students research, using the Internet, cultures of the world. They identify countries, their currency, holidays, climate and societal information. They look at the distance of international cities from their hometown.
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Using Non-Text Features
Second graders examine graphs and charts from their local newspaper. As a class, they discuss what the data means and how it relates to the article. In groups, they are shown two sets of graphs or charts and they practice explaining...
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Marketing Techniques
Students explore, analyze and study the key elements of the marketing mix and the significance of the promotional mix. They investigate and explain the importance of communication to Vodafone and the use of David Beckham to sponsor its...
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SAY IT WITH DNA: Protein Synthesis Tutorial
Ninth graders explore protein synthesis. In this DNA lesson students complete a worksheet and a DNA lab activity.
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Safety Lesson
Students review or introduce personal safety concepts in a variety of areas common to the lives of students.
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Digger and the Gang
Learners participate in an online puzzle story. They practice notetaking skills and using adjectives and adverbs. They write a Cinderella story from a thief's point of view using idiomatic phrases. They review other English skills in...
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Community Journals
Students visit a multimedia online journal as a model for their research and journal about their own communities. They examine writing for themselves and writing for an audience as they study the community and present it in more than one...
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Creating a Poster of a Famous Person
Students research a famous person from a target culture and design, plan and create a poster about this person. They also make an oral presentation to explain their poster to the rest of the class.
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Calculator Count to 1000
Young scholars develop an understanding that large numbers are made up of smaller ones. They develop multiples by skip counting with a calculator to 1000. They share their lists and patterns.
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The Doctor Said Open Up and Say /o/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter O. Students then listen to the book "In the Big Top," and write down the words from the...
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Mathew Brady: Civil War
Eighth graders interpret historical evidence presented in primary resources. In this Civil War lesson, students analyze photographs taken by Mathew Brady.
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Revising Character Descriptions
Students effectively revise character descriptions. In this revising character descriptions lesson, students work with a partner to give and receive constructive criticism to improve their character descriptions.
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Early Explorers
Students answer short answer questions and participate in a role play where they are explorers being interviewed. In this early explorers lesson plan, students discuss why it is beneficial to be the first one in a place.
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Skin Deep and Other Teenage Reflections by Angela Shelf Medearis
Tenth graders explore how adolescents attempt to tain peer acceptance.
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Hoaxes, Scams, Chain Letters and Urban Legends
Students explore the evacuation of New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. Using the internet, they research stories they may have heard and verify a story's authenticity. Students discuss rumors and urban legends. Given a worksheet,...