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Human Traces
Students create and construct human skeletons by rubbing casts of bone impressions on paper, and then label most important components of human skeleton.
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George Washington's Rules of Civility
Learners examine George Washington's belief in etiquette and respect for others, which he achieved by following 110 rules of civility, and create their own rule of civility.
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Definition Lists
Students create a list of items with indented text block definitions in an HTML document. They produce a bibliography with a definition list.
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Ceramic Processes and Vocabulary
Learners examine new vocabulary associated with ceramic processes. They watch demonstrations of different techniques. They complete a crossword puzzle to help them with the vocabulary.
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Ira Ritter, Et Al., V. Jerry And Ruth Stanton Lesson 2: What Does a Jury Do Anyway?
Students investigate how a jury is chosen, and what the rights and responsibilities of juries are. They examine case studies to determine the role of the jury in both criminal and civil cases.
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Understanding Europe: A Cultural Mosaic (Theme 1)
Middle schoolers discuss the cultural similarities and differences found in Northen Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe and create daily journal entries charting their discoveries. This lesson is the First Part...
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Children's Health
Students learn the basic parts of an insect, where they like to hide indoors, and how to safely get rid of them. They assemble the cockroach body and cut it out of a brown bag. They attach pipe cleaners as legs and attennae. They then...
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Consumerism
Seventh graders explain the concept of needs verses wants, influences on consumers, and advertising and relate those to making positive consumer choices. They break into small groups and plan a two-week day camp involving games and...
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Genes: The Building Blocks of Life
Learners examine various topics on genetics. Students explore the Internet to gather information on genetic testing, genetically engineered food, forensics, DNA and cloning. They research and determine the best way to fund each of the...
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Write Me a Mystery
Eleventh graders, in groups, pre-write, draft, edit and revise a murder mystery short story to hone their skills in short story drafting, editing and revision, group collaboration and computer usage. They also evaluate writing for both...
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How To Get That First!
Eighth graders read an article from the Guardian newspaper. They review vocabulary, complete pre-reading matching exercises andread about the secrets of two women who made the grade.
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Caribbean Music-- An Introduction
In this music activity, students investigate the history of music and the musical style of the Caribbean islands. Students read a 1 page information sheet about the region and its music. Students answer 8 questions.
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Introduction to Caribbean Music
In this Caribbean music activity, 8th graders read about the cultural background of the Caribbean nations and about the characteristics of the music. They examine call and response, ostinato, and syncopated rhythms. They answer 8...
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Marriage Equality: Different Strategies for Attaining Equal Rights
Students examine gays rights issues in the United States. In this gay marriage lesson, students investigate how people have made their cases before the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government to secure their...
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Nouns and Adjectives
In this nouns and adjectives worksheet, learners respond to 3 questions that require them to fill in the blanks in the paragraphs with the appropriate words from the word bank.
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Poetry for Home: Homelessness
Learners read a poem to learn about homelessness. In this poetry lesson, students make a list of words about their home and then feelings about their home. Learners read the poem 'When I Think Home' and then write their own version of...
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Putting a Spin on Current Events
Students explore the artistic value of propaganda. For this visual arts lesson, students analyze antique artistic pieces for their political agenda perpetuation. Students discuss propaganda techniques of the past to today prior to...
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Sculptural Space
Students analyze the needs for outdoor sculpture and create their own example. For this sculpture lesson, students discuss the sculptural and architectural elements of site-specific sculpture. Students work in teams to select a...
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Tropical Atlantic Aerosols
Students analyze NASA data from the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer. In this NASA data lesson, students access an assigned website to examine information from the MISR on the Terra Satellite. They determine how desert dust travels...
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Discovering Prehistoric Trails
Eighth graders examine prehistoric terrain. For this geography lesson, 8th graders discover necessary resources for settlers. Students work in small groups to create a trail crossing the state of Kansas.
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Bloody Business
Students research word frequencies in Macbeth and create a frozen picture inspired by a word. In this Macbeth lesson, students view Blood Will Have Blood and discuss the dual meaning of the word "blood." Students identify...
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The Mountain Community: Why Flagstaff?
Students identify geographical features that hindered or promoted settlement in the city of Flagstaff, Arizona. In this settlement lesson plan, students write a summary of what they learned and identify geographical features on a map.
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A Timeline of Cold War Events
Learners create a timeline of the major events of the Cold War and explain their effect on Canada. They utilize a worksheet and a website imbedded in this plan which guide their research and presentations.
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The Art and Writing of Estelle Ishigo, Heart Mountain Internment Camp, 1942-1945
Students view images of the Heart Mountain Internment Camp created by Estelle Ishigo. They discuss the time and place portrayed in the images and create a timeline recording events related to the internment of Japanese Americans.