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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting With "Then and Now"

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson is a great small group reading lesson that has a social studies connection. In this lesson, students will be comparing and contrasting schools from long ago and schools of today using informational texts. Included are...
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Activity
Other

Vantage Quest: Comparative View of Creative Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
An article comparing creativity theories of psychoanalytic, behavioristic, and humanistic psychology.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Introduction to Ap Government and Politics Comparative

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learning module introduction to AP Government and Politics is a comparative course study on trends, research and types of political sytems throughout the world. Includes all necessary materials for comprehensive study and enrichment.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Government and Politics: Comparative: Great Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
AP Comparative Government and Politics unit on Great Britain and Northern Ireland focus on the history, political institutions, and geography. Module includes multi-media resources for comprehensive study.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: But, Are They Really That Different?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students cannot compare and contrast adventures and experiences in stories or explain differences between books without first understanding how to compare. In this lesson, students will learn how to use a Venn Diagram to compare two...
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Website
Curated OER

Virtual Economy: David Ricardo: Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the two theories that Ricardo created. The Distribution theory and the International Trade theory (Comparative) are explained in detail.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Fourier Making Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to make waves of all different shapes by adding up sines or cosines. Make waves in space and time and measure their wavelengths and periods. See how changing the amplitudes of different harmonics changes the waves. Compare...
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PPT
TES Global

Tes: Commedia Dell'arte: Prompt Cards for Practical Work

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Two slideshows on Commedia Dell'Arte. Includes character cards, each with a picture of the character and a short description, and dramatic form cardss, also with pictures and explanations. The latter...
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Unit Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Chemistry in an Estuary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity introduces students to the complex chemistry of estuarine water. Students investigate how chemical and physical water quality factors-pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and salinity-change and interact over varying time...
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Crazy Choices Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compare theoretical and experimental probabilities, using dice, cards, spinners, or coin tosses. Three different probabilities can be compared at once.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Solubility of Proteins

For Students 11th - 12th
Some proteins are soluble in aqueous solutions and some are not. Insoluble proteins can be a problem because the proteins can form large aggregates in solution which are difficult to purify, crystallize, and use in experiments. Compare...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Argumentative Writing/wwi & Wwii Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this unit, students will gain background information on historic wars. Student will compare different media forms about these events, attend to different perspectives, research the unit's essential question, and then write an...
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: A Comparative Analysis: Homo Habilis vs. Homo Erectus

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes Homo habilis and Homo erectus, two early ancestors of humans. Discusses how they were discovered, their characteristics, and what we know about them, with the information clearly laid out in a chart along with some comparative...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Living in the Wild

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this lesson, learners will compare and contrast how the Prehistoric Americans lived off the land at Russell Cave and how Sam Gribley from "My Side of the Mountain" lived off the land. This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX...
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Lesson Plan
Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: King Lear: Multiple Texts, Editions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan in which students compare and contrast Lear's last lines. when he holds the dead Cordelia, from two early editions of King Lear.
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eBook
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Emperor's New Clothes: Text

For Students 5th
This is adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes" in text format.