Students read about the Geneva Convention, Paris peace treaties, and Kyoto protocol. After discussing the importance of each event, students choose vocabulary words from their readings and answer questions dealing with the topic.

Students write an autobiographical essay. In this writing lesson plan students read a narrative, Panic in Paris, and review the elements of a narrative as a class discussion. Well-known stories are used as examples for writing their own...

A series of maps depicts pre-WWI to post-WWII Europe for your geographers. They use reference materials to help them correctly fill in the countries and the borders as they changed through time. A great resource for a history lesson, or...

Agnes Varda’s autobiographical “The Beaches of Agnes,” models for young filmmakers the cinematic self-portrait. Far from “old and plump,” Varda is a giant of filmmaking and will inspire your pupils. After watching a clip of this famous...

A New Order in Europe calls for a new lesson plan! This third plan in a series of four sequential lessons encourages high schoolers to read primary sources about the development of the New Order and follow up their knowledge with a...

Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...

It was the hardest quiz, it was the easiest quiz - but really, it shouldn't be too difficult. Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is the focus of these ten multiple-choice questions. See how well your readers are paying attention!

See how carefully your pupils are doing their assigned reading. This challenging 15-question quiz on Charles Dickens' classic novel A Tale of Two Cities, tests the reader's ability to recall important information about the plot and...

Using Claude Monet's On the Bank of the Seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. During the lesson, learners discuss the techniques used in Monet's painting, as well as the woman in the painting, and...

Kill two birds with one stone with a worksheet that not only gives practice using idioms but also has a technology link as well. Learners answer the 10 multiple choice questions of an online interactive quiz about the meaning of idioms...

Are you working on a Charles Dickens unit? Ten multiple-choice questions from A Tale of Two Cities will do the job checking reading comprehension. Use this resource as a quick diagnostic tool after reading the novel as a class.

Young scholars develop an understanding of the journalistic concept of the "news angle," by examining the newspaper coverage of an airplane disaster.

Seventh graders complete a unit of lessons on the American Revolution based on the novel, 'Johnny Tremain.' They define key vocabulary terms, develop a timeline, write a report on a colonial craft, make a colonial flag, and create a...

Students study Nutrition Facts labels. For this life science lesson, students explore Nutrition Facts labels, then determine and analyze the nutrients found in a variety of foods. Additionally students construct bug boxes used to collect...

How well do your readers know the characters in Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities? They can test their expertise with this detailed interactive online quiz. Pre-screen for accuracy and content value as anyone can create quizzes on Fun Trivia.

Hand out student worksheets. Discuss and review the meaning of the vocabulary words found at the top of the worksheet. Ask students for general definitions, then share the background material. 2. Have students read the information on the...

Young scholars review the meaning and application of primary and secondary sources in research. They determine how researchers locate primary source documents before looking at signatures as a validating factor on many primary sources....

In these comprehension worksheets, students complete activities after reading "Romeo and Juliet," "Macbeth," and "King Lear." Activities include matching characters with descriptions, short answer and true/false questions. Activities are...

In this idioms instructional activity, students complete the ten questions about idioms. This is an interactive, multiple choice instructional activity.

In this online/interactive recognizing idioms worksheet, students read idioms in isolation and phrases and choose the best explanations of them. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers and click on the buttons "Click for answer" and...

In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions based on The Return of the Native. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on The Sun Also Rises. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

After your readers complete A Tale of Two Cities, test their basic reading comprehension with this short quiz.

In this verb tense instructional activity, students read 4 sentences and then discuss with a partner the differences between the sentences. There are 8 groups of sentences to discuss.