This module is designed to help participants plan effective an appropriate professional development based on research, data, and best practices. This module will increase understanding of the necessary considerations for developing a...

Read the complete text of the Virginia Plan that proposed a strong central government consisting of three branches. You can also view images of the original drafts.

"Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan" is a one page, nonfiction passage about Daniel Burnham, an architect and city planner for Chicago. He planned the layout of the city including Navy Pier, railroads, streets, and public buildings. It is...

The Utah Education Network provides a variety of lesson plans specifically targeting the Utah educator. Content is organized by subject area and grade level.

This lesson plan will help students understand that taxes can have different effects on different income groups.

Teachers will find detailed lesson plans covering varying aspects of railroad safety. Connections to curriculum subject standards, such as physics, are provided. Various data and activity sheets, as well as grading rubrics, can be easily...

To aid teachers in incorporating technology into their classrooms, Microsoft provides technology-rich lesson plans searchable by grade level, theme, learning area, and Microsoft product. Each lesson plan is user-friendly (often with...

Have you ever wondered what came before Photoshop? After the First World War, artists in Germany and the Soviet Union began to experiment with photomontage, the process of making a composite image by juxtaposing or mounting two or more...

Lesson plan videos, images, activities for students to General William Henry Harrison's involvement in the War of 1812.

Explore color distribution of M&M candies using this detailed lesson plan. An engaging integrated lesson that requires understanding of spreadsheets and formulas, and logical reasoning. Links to related websites.

In this lesson, students create future-self plans. When presented with the idea of future possible selves, students have the opportunity to identify who they want to be.

Before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln was already making plans for Reconstruction in the South. Read about his plan and the plan of the Radical Republicans. See the reasoning behind each plan.

Lesson plan for Shakespeare's "Othello" that introduces students to the play's themes and language.

In this lesson plan, students learn to read and act out the shipwreck scene in Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

PBS Online NewsHour provides lesson plans to help students become informed about the 2008 presidential election.

This site provides a sketch of the floor plan of the Parthenon. Includes pictures of the Parthenon and other ancient Greek Temples.

Read about President Truman's two-pronged foreign policy for Europe. Find out about his containment policy and the Truman Doctrine, which was manifested in the Marshall Plan.

PBS's NewsHour Extra presents a lesson plan where students explore the economic downturn occurring in America. Provides detailed lesson plan with leading questions to help guide students during their research over the current state of...

President Obama addresses Congress with his plan for the economy following his signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Teachers and leaders can utilize the discussion questions provided. February 25, 2009

A lesson plan in which younger learners draw on prior experiences that made them happy or sad, build two-sided masks, work with Venn diagrams, and connect personally with the emotions conveyed by poems in The Way I Feel by Janan Cain...

Because of recession and the costs of gas on the decline, many worry that the search for new forms of energy will be put on hold. Read and discuss as a class these concerns. October 24, 2008

This unit plan can be used as a whole, or any of its three parts. Plenty of resources for the context of the novel, and the literary concepts of realism and regionalism are provided.

As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site goes over several tips involved with the planning part of the writing process. The tips are arranged in the form of a plan to follow.

Teachers deepen students' understanding of the first Thanksgiving as they discuss the Mayflower voyage, life in the colonies, the Wampanoag traditions, and an extensive look into this time period.