In this social studies worksheet, students discover how early frontier settlers in Virginia planted and raised their crops. Students read an information paragraph and answer 5 questions.

For this foreign language worksheet, students discover that many Polish words are similar to those in English and the meanings can be guessed. Students read a chart of 220 Polish words and their English translations. Example: balon...

Students identify consumers and producers in different communities. Students collect a variety of soil samples and record organisms found in the samples.

Students learn about the Sanitarium Times as they look into how they lived, what they ate, how they were entertained, etc... In this Sanitarium Times lesson, the students do research and create papers as well as look for living members...

Students research the use of science in food production in the United States. In this science and food lesson, students visit a specific website to learn about the science used in various food products for United States consumption.

Students explore the concept of energy bar sales. In this energy bar sales lesson, students read an article about the sales of energy bars. Students discuss what is meant by red roads and white roads in the article. Students search a...

Seventh graders use technology to review cell structure and function. In this cells less, 7th graders review the parts and functions of a cell, and use photography/video and PowerPoint to enhance their explorations.

First graders discuss the habitat and needs of a Mallard duck. For this lesson on ducks, 1st graders examine what a Mallard ducks needs to survive and the wetland habitat that the duck is usually found in.

Students benefit from the correctly selected book for a specific math concept.  In this book selection instructional activity, students are given a list of books related to specific math concepts.  Students' ages can range from...

  In this trivia quiz, the information focuses on native North American dog breeds. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions and submit answers electronically via this interactive website.    

Learn about all the jobs that a tractor does on a farm. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.

Clear instructions, with a photo of each step, explaining how to make a 'worm farm' in a large jar.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Our Farm Friends ABC, a book of children's alphabet book with farm themes.

This 90-minute film was produced by Iowa PBST Farm Crisis. This feaure examines the economic and personal disasters that afflicted the agriculture sector in the 1980s.

Read about some of the products we get from farms. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.

Narrated slideshow introduces viewers to a variety of baby animals and answers such questions as, what are baby goats called? what are baby cows called? what are baby swans called? [Registered users can comment on each slide, via text,...

The bank runs and bank failures of the 1930s are described here, as well as personal interviews with people who experienced the Great Depression.

Tells the story of Camp 198 which was the site of the largest escape of German POWs from a Prisoner of War camp in England during World War 2.

Discover step-by-step resources and community connections when deciding to start to farm.

This is a biography of George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, (1903-1950) and author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell is quoted throughout the biography which helps to understand his political reasoning in the...

A plan of the Battle of Freeman's Farm (September 19, 1777), also known as the First Saratoga, fought between the British army under John Burgoyne and the Americans under Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold during the American...

Photos and brief descriptions of farm tools used in farming the plains in the 19th century.

This nonfiction narrative entails a young girl describing her family's grey sheep on the farm activities related to raising them. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

This site offers everything you ever wanted to know about pumpkins! Learn some great pumpkin facts, take a virtual trip to a pumpkin farm, learns some tips for picking the perfect pumpkin, and read some great pumpkin recipes!