Contains plans for one 60-minute lesson that teaches about a reading strategy called Character Perspective Charting. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Buds and Blossoms from our Own Garden by Francis Channing Woodworth, a book of stories for children.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Chambers' Primer by Reuben Chambers, a reading and vocabulary book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Coloured Picture Nursery Sunday Book, a book of Bible stories for children.

Sign up to receive postcards by e-mail from a teacher and a photographer who are touring America. Share their thrill at each new site they photograph while discovering America.

This resource describes how Lewis and Clark described various animals two centuries ago.

Duke University has established the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning. It serves to enhance math and science lessons. Click on Resources for good examples of Inquiry-based lesson plans.

A short essay on the history of cartooning and animation in Japan. Discusses the importance of anime (also known as Japanimation) as an industry to Japan and its global reach. Nice samples of anime characters and styles frame the site.

Choose from a variety of courses, lesson plans, and resources aligned to the Common Core standard of creating audio recordings of stories or poems.

In this lesson, students learn about digital permanence and talk about how hard it is to remove something from the Internet once you put it out there. (Video length: 1 min. 57 sec.]

In this activity students will be introduced to six different fiction genres. They will then practice their knowledge of these genres through a review game.

This site is provided for by the American Forum for Global Education. Using the concept of belonging to groups, children come to understand the concept of economics as it applies to "People Systems", or interdependence and cooperation.

Have you ever wondered how to make homemade musical instruments? Use this site to find out how to construct sandpaper blocks and mallets.

Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of the Netherlands including early settlers, kings and leaders, artists, Word War II, and current events.

Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of South Africa including early tribes, Dutch settlers, British rule, Boer Wars, apartheid, and Nelson Mandela.

This character file was created by a 5th/6th grade student in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, as part of a Learning expedition on architecture. Though only one is shown here, each student's character file (CF) tells the detailed life story,...

Build spelling skills by choosing the correct spelling of these ten commonly misspelled words.