Students, in groups, examine plans to make the world a beter place. They evaluate the plans based on feasibility, practicality, and do-ability by students their own age.

Young scholars create artistic renditions of two random adjectives and one noun in this game-like Art lesson for the elementary and middle school classroom. The cross-curricular lesson includes a vocabulary list and a short resource list.

Students participate in a cross-age reading program. In this language arts lesson, students choose a class of younger children and read them the book The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Students reflect upon their service project in a journal.

Students create a drawing of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" and draw items that make them want to scream in this creative Art lesson for the Middle or High School classroom. The lesson includes resource links for artwork and background...

Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance lesson, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and compound...

A viewing of Disney’s 1993 film of The Adventures of Huck Finn launches an examination of the events in and themes of Mark Twain’s story. Viewers respond to prompts on a film story worksheet, engage in full-class discussions, and select...

Students examine reasons that led people to explore, identify "West" as defined following Revolutionary War, explain importance of finding natural resources, develop time line of dates and events leading up to Lewis and Clark Expedition,...

Sixth graders make connections between art and literature studying about Medieval imagery and beliefs.

Learners study imperialism in Africa. For this Imperialism lesson, students consider how democratic revolutions around the world led to imperialism in Africa. 

Join the newspaper business with a series of lessons and exercises focused on elements of journalism. The packet focuses on distinguishing fact from opinion, writing effective headlines, sequencing events, and editing and...

Sixth graders study Gothic architecture on the Internet and create a mug with a gargoyle figure on it.

Seventh graders research European Explorers lives. They create a Word Document, or slide show based on their research.

In this Industrialization world history worksheet, students answer 10 questions about how industrialization changed the way people lived and worked.

Students compare and contrast the four main religions of Asia (Buddhism Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto). This instructional activity is intended for use in the middle school Social Studies classroom.

Students create checkerboards using paints, glue, rulers, and masking tape in this upper-elementary/middle level Art lesson. The lesson emphasizes the history of checkerboards, strategies and rules, and the checkerboard as an example of...

Write short answers or fill in the blank to the following questions and statements. Use complete sentences when answering questions. Questions included are, but not limiterd to Why should raw and cooked foods be stored separately in the...

What makes a good life? What makes life hard? Get your class thinking about the global picture with this extensive packet. They read quotes from around the world, analyze statistical data from every continent, then read and answer...

From the setting to the tone of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, this PowerPoint provides a great review of the book for the classroom. It outlines key elements, describes important characters, and gives a brief review of the...

What a wonderful way to explore motion and forces! Learners design a catapult, after watching a video and discussing types of catapults. This is a comprehensive and complete instructional activity with links to supplementary resources.

Students study the reasons so many immigrants returned to the South following the Civil Rights Movement. They examine how the former slaves influenced the cultural life in the Northern cities.

Learners perform an original piece in the style of a Medieval troubadour.  In this troubadour lesson, students discuss the role of the troubadour and identify facts from a story that a troubadour might share.  Learners listen...

In this Medieval Law and Order instructional activity, students read and see visuals of the different types of punishments given to people who committed crimes. Students then answer three questions about what they read.

Writers light up their manuscripts by embellishing the first letter in their text. The two-page assignment sheet includes colorful samples from twelfth and thirteenth century texts.

Young scholars examine the work of artist Emily Carr.  In this watercolor lesson, students observe how to draw trees and to use crayon resistance.  Young scholars also create a watercolor tree.