Students explore snow. In this forms of water lesson, students read a story about snow, identify the types of snow found in Alaska, and learn Inuit words for snow. The lesson calls for an Intuit Elder to visit the classroom as a guest...

Fourth graders examine the Revolutionary War in New York State. For this experiential hook lesson, 4th graders adhere to new rules imposed by the teacher.  Students document their feelings and frustrations with being taxed on using...

In this radon worksheet, students read a short newspaper article about radon. Students complete 7 pages of exercises about the article. Students answer questions, define words, conduct a survey and tally the data.

Students create an artistic response to the book, The Polar Express. In this creative writing lesson, students read the book and visualize an imaginary journey they would like to go on. Students create a train car from construction paper...

Fourth graders study the economy of Jamestown. In this early settlers lesson, 4th graders read about the trade between the English and the natives in Jamestown. This lesson is part of a larger unit and coincides with the novel The Double...

Students identify a career field to research and complete a job shadow activity. In this career exploration lesson, students brainstorm a list of careers they are interested in and research them. Students participate in a job shadow of...

Students research one of the commercial crops grown in Saskatchewan. In this agriculture lesson, students discover locations, characteristics, common problems, and biotechnological developments related to the crops of Saskatchewan.

In this kindness activity, students have many sheets to fill out such as shopping lists, kindness web, kindness graph, and much more. Students complete 71 pages in the curriculum guide.

Students discuss history. In this pilgrims lesson plan, students discover what life was like for people coming over to the New World on the Mayflower. They participate in class discussions as the teacher navigates through a Scholastic...

In this English activity, students read "Russia Bans America's ABC TV News Team," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Learners explore American history, military strategy and scientific discovery near the end of the World War II era. They examine the principles of the Cold War, pacifism, and the desire to keep government programs secret from the...

Students write about the American dream. In this language arts lesson, students reflect on their American Dream definition paper. Students write using the reflection prompt.

Students act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.

Fifth graders recognize the major regions of the US while reading a map. Students study the physical features of the US. Student research and report on states and their capitols.

Students explore the steps a teacher goes through to plan, organize and implement centers in the classroom. They observe a video of classroom management using centers and computer technology. Strategies for managing students who are...

High schoolers interpret the stories of school consolidation efforts. They explore what social and structural changes have occurred in rural schools. Students debate the plusses and minuses of school consolidation from several perspectives.

Students use the Internet as an information resource to locate information for selected topics. They explore how to cite Internet references and resources used in a project.

Students examine their family's particular spending habits for a holiday they celebrate, research the financial expectations of retailers during the holiday season and at other times during the year.

Students evaluate the best price to scoop size combination for profit. They complete a poem on the concept of profit for earning money and calculate profit in several situations.

Young scholars identify examples of philanthropy in a movie. They explain how philanthropic acts contribute to the common good. They discover their rights and responsibilities on being a citizen of the United States.

Students explore living and working environment of both slave and free African Americans from places throughout the United States.

Students complete a unit covering various aspects of immigration to the United States through Ellis Island. They plan a fictional trip to America, entering at Ellis Island. and actually visit Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.

Students explore artwork in the local community. They increase their knowledge about their community. They create a slide show presentation with sounds, text and transitions.

Students investigate the history of agriculture as found in the state of Alaska. The teacher shares a book with the students to increase knowledge of history and reading comprehension skills. They determine if the life in the story...