Use this quick informational text to give your class an introduction to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady at the time of the events in the text. Individuals or partners can read the brief text and respond to...

To prepare for a study of intellectual property rights, (or an assessment) introduce your learners to the legal concepts and key vocabulary associated with the debate. After defining intellectual property, copyright, fair use, and...

Check out the handout from a presentation that contains a collection of high school algebra projects connecting a variety of mathematics to the real world. Activities range from simple probabilities to calculus. The activities...

Students discuss energy and where they can find it. They will then discuss the sun and how it functions as an energy source. Next, students get a piece of black paper and some coins. They go outside and make a design with the coins on...

Students analyze the American Bill of Rights, compare it to the English Bill of Rights and note the differences in an essay. They access websites imbedded in this plan to do their research, then present their findings to the class.

Students design a balanced school menu or a healthy snack vending machine. Students create a colorful wall display. Students demonstrate about food groups on a spreadsheet. Students answer a survey on what foods to eat and why.

In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about ancient Rome. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet. 

Fifth graders examine threat to all people (particularly the Jews) resulting from the imposition of Nazi authority, and appreciate the courage exhibited by ordinary people acting out of conscience.

Learners examine both the Preamble of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They work in small groups to connect the two documents and analyze how the documents are important to their lives today. They create a poster that visually...

Students read and discuss the Enemy Alien Evacuation Order. They perform research by reading newspaper articles from February 1942 as well as investigating available information on the Internet. Students work in groups to create a...

In this research skills worksheet, learners research the answers to fifteen questions that involve all the subjects across the board.

In this quotations worksheet, students read 5 famous quotations. From four possible choices, students select the best meaning for the quotation.

Seventh graders investigate the impact of the Populist Party. For this Kansas history lesson, 7th graders examine historical documents that enable them to find out what the Populist Party stood for and how Governor Lewelling dealt with...

Learners participate in an on-line scavenger hunt to explore a collection of information associated with pirates and Blackbeard.

Students study early Native American-European trade. They play bartering games to discover trade as an economic funtion, as well as other implications of trading one good for another.

Students examine the concept of freedom of speech as it applies to music. They watch and discuss the video, "VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam," participate in a class discussion about free speech, conduct research, and conduct a debate.

Students analyze the lyrics from a Pearl Jam song and examine the concept of truth in political advertising. They watch the video, "VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam," participate in a class discussion, conduct research, and prepare a report...

Students read 1984 by George Orwell. They research a country who has dictators similar to Oceania's leaders and create a outline for a paper. In addition, they create a web page from their information.

Middle schoolers gain understanding of economic history of United States in twentieth century by examining role of Department of Commerce. Student groups each analyze one quarter of twentieth century by researching role of Department of...

In this grammar learning exercise, students read the story "State of Emergency in Nepal" and fill in the fourteen blanks with the correct form of the word given in bold.

In this digital television learning exercise, students read about the advantages of using digital television. They answer three critical thinking questions about the advantages and disadvantage of digital television.

Fourth graders create their classroom rules.  For this Mayflower Compact lesson, 4th graders listen to the Plymouth story and learn about the Mayflower Compact.  Students analyze the Mayflower Compact and create a class compact...

Seventh graders examine American policies to relocate Native Americans. In this Native American history lesson plan, 7th graders determine why Native Americans were relocated and investigate their response to the policies as they analyze...

In this University fees learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...