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WikiLeaks: High-tech terrorists? Or Journalists?
Students investigate the credibility of WikiLeaks. In this history lesson, students read three WikiLeak articles, then answer questions that relate to each article.
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Checking Facts with Snopes, Factcheck & Politifact
Students examine the art of fact-checking. In this current events lesson, students read the provided article "Snopes: The Internet Cesspool," "FactCheck: Proceed with Caution," and "Politifact: Separating Fact from Fiction." Students...
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Night Golf Classroom Guide
Students read the story "Night Golf" and respond to questions that enhance their comprehension of the book's message. In this reading instructional activity, students participate in a literature circle to explore reading passages....
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions based on Their Eyes Were Watching God. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Agriculture- It's More Than You Think
Students research careers in agriculture. In this agricultural activity, students discover the various careers related to agriculture. Students construct resumes and "apply" for agricultural jobs.
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
Learning the Printing Trade
Students explore U.S. History by reading biographical text in class. In this Benjamin Franklin instructional activity, students read about the famous American's first job and the transition he underwent from printing to politics....
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Helping People Who Are Hungry
Learners discuss the concept of hunger. In this hunger lesson, students discuss the book, The Story of Stone Soup. Student then brainstorm a possible service project ideas and create plans to carry out their service project.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air-Balloon Ride
Students analyze tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students investigate new vocabulary words while reading. Students record their vocabulary words in a word journal or discovery chart.
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Preschoolers and Science Skills
You can encourage critical thinking and problem solving by allowing young children to participate in hands-on science activities.
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Rocks and Minerals Lesson Plans
You can use these hands on lessons to get kids 'rocking' in geology!
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Subtraction Worksheets
Subtraction worksheets can be a useful way for students to practice necessary skills.
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Top Budget-Friendly Ways to Include Interactive Technology in the Classroom
Inspire student achievement and participation with multimedia activities.
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Charging Redchief
Read and analyze the novel, Ransom of Redchief. They identify the elements of character development, and participate in a mock trial, creating the witnesses through the use of character development.
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The Consequences of Our Consumer Behavior - Toys And Games
Students examine how consumer information can protect consumers from unsafe products. They identify popular games and toys, discuss labelling, role-play sharing and playing safely with toys, and plan and design their own safety...
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Past Simple Narrative Account of a Class Trip
In this past simple narrative learning exercise, learners read an account of the events on a class field trip. Students use prompts to write questions in the past simple tense about the passage.
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Probability
Students investigate probability. In this fourth through sixth grade mathematics activity, students collect, organize and display data in an appropriate chart or graph as they calculate and apply basic probability.
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Estimating the Cost of Shopping
In this math instructional activity, students choose 20 items from a shopping list that includes the price of each food. Students estimate the cost of the list and then figure out the actual cost.
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Profitable Practices
Young scholars explore the different methods that nonprofit groups use to create revenue and determine whether or not these practices follow the mission of these organizations.
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Prime and Composite Numbers
Sixth graders identify prime and composite numbers and complete an activity problem. Given a 100 chart, they follow directions to create a prime number chart. In groups, 6th graders play a "Prime Take Away" activity to reinforce prime...
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Models with monomials and polynomials
Students participate in a lesson that focuses on the concepts of combining monomials to make polynomial expressions. They use algebra tiles to complete the exercises in the lesson. This is hands-on learning with successive problem...
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The Three Cold Kittens
Young scholars solve a math word problem involving repeated addition. They identify the important information in the problem, brainstorm ways to solve the problem, and solve the problem and discuss the solution as a class.
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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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Place Value and Subtraction With Regrouping
In this place value and subtraction worksheet, students place pennies in the chart and use them to put numbers in the correct place value and subtract. Students use the pennies as ones and use them in regrouping.
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Fraction Word Problems
In this fraction review activity, students read about adding, subtracting, multiplying, and and dividing fractions, examine some sample problems, and then solve 9 fraction word problems.