Students research contemporary immigrations of Africans to the United States. They investigate the laws and regulations of immigration and the impact of immigration on the nation.

High schoolers focus on museum artwork and artifacts as resources to study history and geography.

Learners write a haiku about the Hana Matsuri, then write a letter to a Japanese pen pal asking them about their experiences at the Hana Matsuri.

Students are assigned a member of the Chinese Politburo and research this person's background, position, and political beliefs. Based on their position on the Politburo, their personality, and their background before coming to power,...

Students access web based resources in order to study the history of Asian-Americans as they immigrated and assimilated into live in America using grade level appropriate resources. Also, they examine journals, artifacts, and complete...

Students explore the geographical, socio-economic, political, and religious background of Arabia before Islam began. They discuss why the rich merchants of Mecca opposed and oppressed Muhammed. Students discuss the influence of geography...

Fourth graders examine the culture and environment of Japan, beginning with a KWL chart. They use clay and cups of water to construct representations of the Japanese Islands. After designing flags representing farming and food, 4th...

High schoolers use a spreadsheet from The Digest of Education Statistics and convert the statistics to percentages, and create a chart of their new data. Students discuss their findings about the disparities in educational spending among...

Third graders use metric measuring for model and actual plan in designing a roof garden. They photograph the process, record results in a journal, and plant seedlings in small containers. Finally, 3rd graders complete an acid rain...

Seventh graders locate and write creatively about different places and their cultures. They identify the physical, economic, social, political and cultural characteristics of selected regions in the Eastern Hemisphere. Finally, 7th...

For this foreign language worksheet, students read ten sentences about traveling. They select the best fit to fill in the blank from three given options.

In this music worksheet, students circle names of Native American tribes or nations. They answer three true/false questions. Students answer 3 multiple choice question about the history of Native America. They name 8 music notations.

In this music/social studies activity, students listen to a broadcast by the Boombox Classroom. Students then mark the countries that they heard about. Students then answer multiple choice questions about music. For extra credit,...

Students complete an activity that allows them to better understand that birds traits are closely related to what they eat, where they live, etc.  In this bird trait instructional activity students complete an activity, create a...

Ninth graders access a star worksheet and determine properties of polygons.  In this investigative instructional activity students complete a worksheet and discuss myths. 

Fifth graders explore world history by reading historical fiction. In this World War II lesson, 5th graders read the story My Secret War and identify the importance of fiction when analyzing history. Students answer study questions about...

For this ancient Egypt worksheet, 6th graders use maps in chapter 5 of a Houghton Mifflin text to label items on an outline map and answer a set of 10 related questions.

In this animal names worksheet, students follow directions to name animals that begin with various letters of the alphabet. A website reference for additional resources is given.

In this online quiz activity, students answer a set of trivia questions about horses. Page has a link to submit answers for review.

This resource allows users to learn the countries of Asia.

World Geography learning unit on Eastern Asia considers questions about population, foreign relations and production of goods. Comprehensive multi-media course materials.

Read about the history and geography of Asia while also learning about its demographics.

The homepage of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) provides links to articles and issues concerning the economies of East Asia and Pacific nations.

Asians immigrants have had to battle hardship and prejudice to make new lives for themselves in Canada. That path is described here as well as the defining moments that politicized Chinese Canadians and acted as catalysts towards...