What important facts about Dr. Seuss influenced the Read Across America movement...? This is the driving question of a research project that requires scholars to find information about Dr. Seuss' life and work. Class...

For this solving a crossword puzzle worksheet, students read across and down clues about Colorado and solve the puzzle. Students write 10 answers.

Finally! Here are some new and fresh ideas, across the curicullum, that can be used around the Thanksgiving holiday. The lesson is divided up into two sections: Beyond Turkey - Activities for Younger Students and, Beyond Turkey -...

In this ESL vocabulary multiple choice worksheet, students read 8 sentences and from 4 choices, select the correct word to make each sentence complete.

Reading about history is nothing like experiencing it firsthand. Encourage your eighth graders to do the next best thing with a historical narrative prompt, in which they describe the experience of a first-time traveler on the...

In this ancient camel history worksheet, learners complete a cloze activity in which 7 words from a word bank are inserted into a factual text. This is to be used with an information handout that is not included here.

In this catfish coloring book worksheet, students read information about catfish and color pictures in a twenty-page coloring book. Final page contains recipes.

Students present tableaus showing scenes from The Memory Coat,  a book about immigration. In this tableau lesson plan, students examine the cover of the book and make predictions about what is happening and who the people are. They...

Students survey the loss of forests around the world. In this environmental lesson, students read an article that outlines how forests are being lost and government interaction which encourages forests to be rebuilt.  Activities to...

In this English worksheet, students read "We Spend Half Our Time Daydreaming," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this English activity, students read "Rapper to Run for Haiti President," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Pizza is the inspiration for the cross-curricular lesson detailed here. Start out with a poem about pizza and move into a discussion about balanced eating. To close the language arts portion of the lesson, ask your pupils to write...

Twelfth graders explore the changing concept of "prairie" through written and artistic works. They write their own poem or essay describing the prairie after discussing how differently people perceive the prairie.

Students investigate U.S. history by researching the Internet and taking a test. In this American Indian group lesson, students identify the many specific Native American tribes and their geographic locations. Students research the web...

Students examine the similarities and differences among the experience of modern-day immigrants through investigating the personal experiences of several immigrants.

Read Across America honors Dr. Seuss' birthday on March 2. The National Education Association offers a website filled with ideas and resources to use for celebrating the joy of reading. Teachers can find ideas to inspire reading, and...

"The American Scholar" is a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson on August 31, 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was invited to speak in recognition of his groundbreaking work "Nature" in which he...