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Great Expectations
See how much your class remembered from Great Expectations. Use this short quiz to close the unit, or integrate some of the questions into your comprehensive unit test.
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Great Expectations: Fun Trivia Quiz
Test your learners' knowledge of the characters in and basic plot of Great Expectations with this quiz. This quiz is online and provides immediate feedback. You'll need to look closely at the content before giving it to your class;...
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The French Revolution According to Dickens
After your readers complete A Tale of Two Cities, test their basic reading comprehension with this short quiz.
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"Gone With The Wind" Challenge: Fun Trivia Quiz
Like most Fun Trivia quizzes, this quiz tests the takers ability to recall specific and often trivial elements of plot. Although it may be a useful tool to check for completion of the reading, the content should be reviewed before it is...
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"Gone With The Wind" Trivia: Fun Trivia Fun
Useful to check for understanding or completion of assigned reading, this quiz tests the takers ability to recall basic plot information about Margaret Mitchell's famous novel Gone With The Wind with 10 multiple choice questions. The...
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Lord of the Flies: Fun Trivia Quiz
If you are reading Lord of the Flies, you might use this brief multiple choice quiz to check for understanding. This quiz is online and interactive; learners can receive immediate online feedback. The questions are based on plot. Make...
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Lord of the Flies - Jack Merridew: Fun Trivia Quiz
Jack Merridew is a dark, enigmatic character from William Golding's Lord of the Flies. This quiz includes ten multiple choice and yes/no questions about Jack and the plot of the novel. This is not particularly academically challenging,...
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Healthy Eating Patterns
After preparing baked potato nachos, the class views a PowerPoint about healthy food choices and takes notes on an accompanying worksheet. Although the PowerPoint is educational, the majority of the time is used for preparing and...
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Fun with Surnames: Fun Trivia Quiz
Covering a unit of surnames, linguistics or the history of the English language? Then this might be a great pre-test or sponge activity for you. Test learners' knowledge of how and where certain surnames originated. As with all Fun...
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Using Email
Students identify the proper way to send and reply to an email. In this technology lesson, students use a computer with Internet access to compose an email. Students practice sending an email with an attachment.
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
Students view an interactive presentation on the Holocaust using the Holocaust Remebrance Day website. They first brainstorm what they already know about the Holocaust then they work through several sections of the presentation. At the...
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Feudalism
Students have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in teams...
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Introduction to Community Helpers
First graders identity at least one community helper and what that helper does to help their community. To start the lesson, ask students if they know what a community helper is. students role-play some of these jobs that their community...
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The Elf Project
Third graders research elves and create their own elf description which they use to write back to the first graders Santa letters.
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Our Own Postal System
First graders address an envelope, write a letter, and perform the duties of the postal worker in a classroom post office.
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Thank you!
Students type a personal business letter to their elementary principal, teacher or pastor to thank them.
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Environmental Quality in Our Own Backyard
Learners research an environmental issue and decide on a course of action. They write a reseach paper and present an oral presentation based on the research.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) (Grades K-3)
Students examine the Brown v. Board of Education case in Topeka, Kansas. They re-enact the courtroom and discuss how school would be different today if this case never existed. They discuss how public education has been affected by this...
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Email, Part 2: Addresses
Young scholars investigate the symbols utilized to form an email address. The lesson was originally written for librarians who have had little or no net experience.
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As We See It: Little Rock Central High School
Students investigate the events of the 1950's, 60's, and 70's that occurred at Little Rock High School. They identify turning points in the progress of the school while relating them to the events of their own school experience.
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Organization and Study Skills
Learners with special needs utilize organizational skills such as what supplies to bring to class, how to use an assignment notebook, and how long it takes to complete an assignment. They become more independent students, become more...
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Business Letters: Writing a Letter of Complaint
Students analyze the language features and layout of a letter and discuss the language used to describe the features. They write a letter of complaint, requesting that the problem be fixed, using the appropriate language and layout.
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Tree Chart
students identify questions about trees and plants to include their importance, parts, and systems. They list the things they know, want to know, and how they are going to study it.