Students are able to Utilize the special features in Netscape. They are able to use both Netscape and Lynx, open World Wide Web (WWW) sites by clicking on a site, entering the URL, and accessing a bookmark. Students are able to Create a...

Students explore the events surrounding the confrontation at Tiananmen Square between Chinese forces and "The Tank Man." They discover how censorship affects what the media reports and what the public learns. Students research China's...

Students evaluate the credibility and reliability of various sources. Students survey the coverage of a particular event in different newspapers, select a current event and compare different perspectives. They write an article...

Learners explore the issue of "human rights" and discuss world events/situations in which human rights are in question. They determine their own needs and wants and simulate the experience of being a refugee having to leave their home. ...

Students should walk away from this instructional activity with a greater understanding of poverty in America and the world and the impact it has on students around them. While students have a right to life a good life and be free from...

Young scholars examine where, why, how and in what conditions HIV/AIDS exists. They examine the deadly impact this virus has had on the world and look at how to prevent the spread at home. The students also develop a greater awareness...

Students conduct experiments designed to detect the presence of CO2 by using a BTB that changes color (blue to yellow) in the presence of CO2. First, students experiment with the CO2 from combining vinegar and baking soda. In part two,...

Students engage in an interactive Internet activity covering the reasons and results of earthquakes. After reading eyewitness accounts and viewing animations, they use seismograms to measure and locate the epicenters. In an ongoing...

Students read and discuss the Iran country Profile from the CIA World Factbook. They describe the current relationship between the United States and Iran. Students complete additional readings, and answer questions about them. They...

Students complete a unit that focuses on their school's waste production. They conduct a litter survey, collect the waste produced in their classroom for a week and generate a waste-audit, and identify how their school can minimize...

In this statistics worksheet, students examine data on a variety of subjects related to growth patterns and apply the data to 4 different graphs.

Students write expanded paragraphs about children's rights. In this writing and children's rights lesson, students listen to Caroline Castle's, For Every Child, noting the points about children's rights on each page. They discuss each of...

For this math and climate worksheet, students complete a set of 10 word problems, all related to math and climate. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Students study humanitarian intervention and its role in society.  In this politics lesson students view a video on Darfur and discuss what they learned. 

In this natural resources learning exercise, students read a 1-page article about tropical deforestation and then respond to 11 short answer questions. Students then write a memo on deforestation and select 1 of 3 assessment activities...

In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Ban Ki-Moon and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...

Students explore their role as food preparation specialists in the prevention of foodborne illness.

Students participate in conversation exercises to introduce themselves and to review verb tenses. They interview each other and share conversations.

Young scholars compile a list of titles and authors worthy of having their own festivals, then research and write proposals outlining the activities for a specific book festival. They write analytical letters from the perspective of the...

Students research the historical and religious significance of the sites toured by Pope John Paul II on his pilgrimage to the Middle East and create travel brochures for each site.

Young scholars debate the issues of economic prosperity, cultural preservation and environmental preservation by examining the development of land in the Bahamas.

Students determine their own and other's attitudes about the value of cooperatation in promoting improved social decision making.

Students explore the images and idioms related to love in their own culture. They examine new rituals recently created in Japan by reading and discussing "Osaka Journal:Japanese Date Clubs Take the Muss Out of Mating."

Students explore their impressions of African history, focusing on black/white relations. They examine the impact of the recent election on Zimbabwean politics by reading and discussing the article "Vote in Zimbabwe Shows Opposition...