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Michael Jackson
For this Michael Jackson worksheet, learners read a passage about Michael Jackson and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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Shirin Ebadi
In this famous people instructional activity, students read about the life of Shirin Ebadi and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to matching, sequencing, writing and spelling activities. An answer...
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Focused Learning Lesson
Tenth graders analyze an issue discussing the rights of citizens. They debate after they have formed an opinion and argue the points and evaluate who had the stronger argument.
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Media Campaign
Eleventh graders design and present a media product supporting environmental stewardship. They demonstrate an understanding of the nature and types of waste and of their management in industry and the community. They assess the results...
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Career Biographies
Students choose an occupation that they would like to pursue and write a career biography that outlines the path they would need to follow to achieve their goals.
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Quest for Gold
Students identify people involved in the Olympics in the past and explain how their ideas and actions have changed others' lives. they take notes during research and present the information in written or picture format.
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Examining The Scores
Students investigate test scores taken to obtain academic strengths and weaknesses. They practice looking at the scores in order to interpret the results. Students use time for class discussion and planning study strategies to target...
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Alphabet Letters A-Z and Alphabet Numbers 0-9
In this alphabet and numbers learning exercise, students cut out and place in sequential order the uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers a-z and 1-10.
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"That All Men Are Created Equal"
High schoolers work in groups to determine the political, economic, and social makeup of the slaveowner. They complete a worksheet.
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Rethinking Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Rescuers: The Case of Max Schmeling
High schoolers examine the life and actions of Max Schmeling during World War II. They read and analyze an article, compare/contrast Schmeling's choices with other people during this time period, and write a journal response.
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Hometown Heroes
Students interview various entrepreneurs in their town, asking what they considered in starting and then operating their business. They compose a short essay to report their findings.
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Video Chat
Students participate in an online video chat with students from different countries in an effort to learn more about other cultures and to practice foreign language skills. This lesson plan includes directions for recording the sessions.
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Fit To Fat Family
Students become a TV production team whose mission it is to turn the fittest family in the UK into the unhealthiness one. Students illustrate the importance of exercise. Students understand what bad habits such as smoking and drinking do...
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People of the West
Sixth graders research and identify key facts about men and women of the Westward Movement. They assess the events and reasons that motivated people to move west, hardships they faced and their contributions to the nation. Each student...
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Making Books
Students make a variety of books using the computer program iPhoto and digital images of their choosing. This lesson plan for the upper-elementary classroom includes an example of student work and four possible lesson plan extensions and...
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Physics Wiki
Students write text, notes, outlines, comments, and observations that demonstrate comprehension and synthesis of content, processes, and experiences from a variety of media in this lesson created for a Physics classroom. The main lesson...
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Timed Multiplication Test Graphs
Students use the tools of data analysis for managing information. They solve problems by generating, collecting, organizing, displaying histograms on bar graphs, circle graphs, line graphs, pictographs and charts. Students determine...
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Create A DNA Fingerprint
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is about the DNA molecule and focuses upon the sequencing of proteins to identify individuals. They conduct research using a variety of resources and then complete the activities included in the 3...
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Financing Your College Education
Learners explore sources for funding college educations. They compile a portfolio of information gathered during their research.
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Students Directed Learning
Students engage in a lesson which facilitates their learning about the history of the American presidency. They create their own lessons based on C-SPAN's American Presidents Timeline poster.
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Know Your Presidents
Students research and are able to identify the presidents placing them in chronological order.
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Local Heroes
Students identify a hero in their community. They research a hero in their community. They compose an essay about their hero and present it to the class.