Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

Guide to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, including historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with handouts, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with transcripts,...

For this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will explore simple math activities using the numbers one through ten. Children will represent numbers in different ways, such as drawing quantities; writing numerals; and using number...

Gorillas, groceries, pirate treasure, and aardvark homes: these are just a few of the things children will search for and find in this week's Afterschool Adventure, Lost and Found. Children will use position words like above, below, and...

Learning Adventures from Bensguide summarizes the process of lawmaking outlined in the U.S. Constitution and provides links to a glossary of legislative terms and Congressional Resolution from 2003.

This site features the full text of the short story "An Adventure" by Anton Chekhov.

This site features the full text of the novel The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Margaret Sidney.

This site features the full text of the children's novel Alice's Adventures Under Ground by Lewis Carroll, a precursor to Alice in Wonderland.

This is the full text of the short story "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes.

This is the full text of the short story "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality offers the PDF "The Adventures of Clair & Cam" a K-5 Curriculum & Activity Guide which provides air quality education videos, lessons, activities, and music. Requires Adobe...

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication The Strange Adventures of Billy Trill by Harriet Anna Cheever, a fiction book for children.

This site provides the complete etext to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Cardboard Box.

This fascinating overview of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn discusses the novel in terms of the unique time period in which it was written.

Data comes to the rescue! Children will collect, analyze, and represent data as they try to dodge a series of catastrophes faced by characters from their favorite PBS Kids shows.

Read this fascinating account by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, one of four survivors who traversed Florida and the Southwest for eight years, from 1529-1537.Read the preface which gives a background to this narrative before delving into...

Charles Lamb retells the tale of Ulysses. This is not a translation of Homer's Ulysses, but a modern (19th century) retelling of the story.

After listening to the presented scenario, learners are asked to design, create, and test a prototype of a bag that can carry their belongings and meet certain criteria.

Planning is essential to financial success. In this lesson, young scholars will define the word "budget" and identify the three key components associated with creating a budget, evaluate wants versus needs, and demonstrate an...

The full text of the short "The Extraordinary Adventure of a Chief Mate" by W. Clark Russell. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

The full text of the book The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

The full text of the short story "The Singular Adventure of a Small Free-Trader" by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

A list of books packed with adventure for kids middle school and elementary aged reading levels can be found on this website.

Follow this link to a clearly labeled diagram of an animal cell. Includes written descriptions of all the parts of the cell.