Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....

Find out more about the Little Blue Heron through this educational resource. The content of this source includes information on behavior, characteristics, life cycle, diet, habitat and range.

Explore the lifestyle of the Pied-Billed Grebe when you check out this educational site. The content of this site features information on characteristics, range, life cycle, diet, habitat, and behavior of this aquatic bird.

An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...

As part of the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Art Project's goal was to provide employment to artists who would be educators and creators of public art. Read about the legacy of the Federal Art Project in Oklahoma during the...

This site shares a collection of expert and peer-vetted teacher resources that are searchable for teachers and students. Searching can be achieved via a subject, grade, audience, and/or type. Curricula standards for the following subjets...

Read about how the fabric of the nation was changed during the Great Depression. See how the institutions of life--marriage, birth rates, education, public health--all saw disruption because of the compromised economy.

In 1859, John Brown collected a small body of men, white and black, in the mountains of Maryland. He made a sudden attack upon Harper's Ferry, where there was a United States arsenal, which he seized and held for a few hours. The attack...

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) elected to the Committee of Public Safety

An influential figure in the Committee of Public Safety of France and was instrumental in the period of the Reign of Terror. He was executed in 1794.

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist,...

Amelia Bloomer was a prominent advocate of women's rights in the 19th century. She invented bloomers to replace the skirt hoop, in an effort to free women from much of their cumbersome apparel. She later used her newspaper, The Lily, to...

[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will determining the top three flavors of ice cream bars that an ice cream truck should serve. Students must work in cooperative groups as they work to...

[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will be preparing for a move to another state. Students must work in cooperative groups as they determine which moving company will be the best for...

In this fifth module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about how to take photographs that reflect a personal aesthetic, they learn how to use Surrealist techniques, they manipulate their images to create new material,...

In this fourth module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about training for a career in photography and different types of photography specializations. They look at several types in more depth, including commercial,...

In this first module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about the history of photography, different styles and movements, photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries, tools photographers use for expression, and how...

In this second module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about photographic attributes, composition, lenses, how to handle a camera, and digital exposure. Includes embedded links to external resources and interactive...

In this third module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about subjects and context, portraits in photography, and studying landscapes. Includes embedded links to external resources, learning exercises, and a glossary of...

During the 2014-2015 school year, American public schools are projected to have more students than ever of non-white ethnicities, and Caucasians will be in the minority for the first time.

Outdoor air pollution poses a major threat to human health and threatens the ozone layer. Students will examine real time weather data in this extensive unit to learn how air quality is measured, its health impact on at-risk populations,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will be deciding which type of bike will be best for a company to sell in their community. Students must work in cooperative groups as they determine...

From this introductory page of a monthly series of nine articles about IDEA's requirements in specific disciplinary areas relating to students with special needs. While these brief introductions provide some information, membership is...

In this tenth unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about transportation systems in Spanish-speaking countries and how people travel. They will listen, speak, and write about traveling using related vocabulary. They will...