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Recognizing Our Similarities and Differences: King Day
Students discover diversity. In this service learning lesson, students read The Sneeches and discuss the benefits of being respectful toward one another.
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The Euro: Classroom Exercises – Exchange Students Going to Europe
Students explore ever-changing exchange rates. In this euro/dollar exchange rate lesson, students plan a trip to Europe and calculate their costs in euros and dollars.
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Advanced Sentence Completion 14
In this sentence completion worksheet, students choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence from five possible choices.
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European Agriculture
Students make inferences on how physical geography affected the development of early civilizations and come up with solutions to global issues. For this physical geography lesson plan, students compare maps of the past to maps of today...
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Daily Language Practice Builds Skills, Test Scores
Students develop their proofreading skills. In this daily language practice activity, students improve their writing skills as they edit passages. The editing work encompasses capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
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Analyzing Media Unit Sequence of Five Activities
Seventh graders define terminology and explore the effects media has on our society and on individuals. In this media evaluation lesson students work cooperatively and solve problems.
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Songs And Stories About Bees
Students study bees. In this nature lesson, students practice a busy bee song, read poems about bees, and discuss the concept of beekeeping.
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Algebra: Linear Equations
Students explore the concept of linear equations. In this linear equations lesson, students examine graphic organizers on steps to solve linear equations. Students then practice solving linear equations as they play a math game.
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Shays’ Rebellion: A Massachusetts Farmer’s Account
Students analyze the effects of Shays' Rebellion. For this Shays' Rebellion lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the rebellion and the events that led to it. Students respond to...
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Press Freedom Versus Military Censorship
Eleventh graders explore the term terrorism. In this US History lesson, 11th graders participate in a press release on terrorism.
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Staying Alert and Fit to Drive a Truck
Students examine the safety concerns of driving while sleepy. In this driving safety lesson plan students come up with techniques that can help drivers stay alert on the road.
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Road Safety-Transporting Cargo Safely
Twelfth graders explore transportation and delivery of cargo. In this truck logistics instructional activity, 12th graders research the safety precautions needed to ensure proper delivery of cargo aboard delivery trucks. Students read...
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Let's Talk About Sex
Students discuss abstinence. In this self-discipline lesson, students discuss the concept of sexual self-discipline in relationships, dress, and conduct.
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"Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
Students use Langston Hughes' "Thank You Ma'am" as a reading and vocabulary improvement activity. In this reading and vocabulary lesson, students review the related vocabulary and read the poem. Students discuss the story elements in the...
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Friction Restriction: Creating a Design Plan to Redesign the Tread of Tennis Sneakers to Increase Friction
Students evaluate the friction of tennis sneakers and redesign them to increase friction. In this physics lesson, students calculate starting, sideways and forward stopping friction. Using quantitative data, they prove that redesigning...
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the classroom
Young scholars examine equality. In this civics lesson, students appoint committees for various offices then model a mock committee/application process in the classroom, followed by a discussion of whether equity was achieved or not and...
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Cataloguing the Past
Learners reflect on the Holocaust. In this Holocaust Memorial Day lesson, students visit selected Web sites to research the Holocaust and the establishment of a day of reflection regarding it.
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Remote Control
Students examine the business of sports. In this current events lesson, students discuss the sale of Manchester United to an American businessman. Students listen to a lecture about branding and marketing. Students may research British...
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Enemy Pie
Students complete activities with the book Enemy Pie by Derek Munson. In this literature lesson, students answer questions before and during the reading. They describe how the main character's feelings changed.
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Dissection Time
Young scholars take a closer look at the organization of magazines. In this journalism lesson, students complete handouts about the jobs and responsibilities in the magazine industry. Young scholars then learn about the steps of...
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Vietnam Trade Pact
Students explore world trade issues. In this economics lesson, students read "Opening Doors to Vietnam," and discuss the trade negotiations between Vietnam and the Untied States. Students conduct further research on the topic and...
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Animal Habitats
Students explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Students create clay animal characters...
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More of DeMoivre's Theorem
Students identify DeMoivre's Theorem. For this precalculus lesson, students derive the law of sine and cosine as it relates to DeMoivre's Theorem. They identify the best time to use these formulas.
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Systematics: Classifying Organisms
Students describe the techniques biologists use to classify organisms. In this biology lesson, students create cladograms and phylogenetic trees. They list the levels of taxonomic hierarchy.