Students use flip video cameras to film a speech about the 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this poetry and speech lesson plan, students listen to the speech from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students memorize part of the speech.

Sixth graders practice using adjectives in writing. In this grammar lesson, 6th graders take pictures of items they can describe. Students write sentences with adjectives to describe the item in the photo.

Second graders create a Reader's Theater script. In this reader's theater activity, 2nd graders create their own script of a story in groups. They make props and act them out on FlipVideo and voice thread. 

Second graders create a story and role-play the story using edible items to create a final story-video project. For this edible story lesson, 2nd graders write their own stories using literary format and elements. Students then create a...

Students write a story about robots. In this creative writing lesson, students read a story about robots, make their own robot, and write a story about their robot. In addition, the lesson plan suggests taking photos of the robots to add...

Students investigate animals. In this animal research activity, students choose an animal to research online and record facts from at least 3 types of resources. Students complete a webbing tool, write a paragraph, and use MS word or...

Students become bloggers. In this technology lesson, students use video and image editing to add to an online school announcement blog that they maintain.

Students make a video. In this citizen lesson, students discuss what a good citizen is. Students define what rights Americans have and write paragraphs about our rights and responsibilities. Students videotape their partner as they read...

Students perform monologues about bullying and cyber-bullying. For this bullying and drama lesson, students write scenes while improvising before word processing the scenes. They put their work in order to present a show about bullying...

Learners investigate racism by completing a writing assignment.  In this civil rights lesson plan, students research facts about Rosa Parks in order to write a newspaper article about her.  Learners utilize the Internet for...

Students create and share movies using multimedia tools and the Windows Movie Maker software in this middle-level technology lesson. The lesson suggests the use of an Interactive Whiteboard, laptops, and digital cameras to create the...

Students read text that is color coded to make it more exciting to read. In this reading lesson plan, students read text that is in different colors or highlighted differently in order to be inspired to read in front of the class.

Young scholars create vocabulary puzzles using the computer. For this vocabulary puzzle lesson, students create vocabulary puzzles using computer software. Young scholars include synonyms of the words and illustrations. Students trade...

Learners explore the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World. In this ancient civilizations lesson, students use interactive whiteboards to complete activities based on the 7 wonders.

Students 'travel' around the world gathering Christmas traditions. For this Christmas tradition lesson students sing songs, listen to stories and legends, and make crafts associated with different Christmas traditions around the world....

Students practice spelling their names.  In this technology and early emergent literacy activity, students locate the letters in their name among a cluster of letters on the Smart board, then click and drag each letter to the other...

Young scholars select a personal photo for an experience to write about. In this personal experience instructional activity, students find a photo of themselves that contains a 'small moment.' Young scholars write about the personal...

First graders participate in reader's theatre. In this drama lesson, 1st graders choose a Scholastic play and use stick masks to perform the story. The students are videotaped and analyze their performance

Students explore the economy of Louisiana. In this economics lesson, students examine the roles of farmers, processors, and distributors in food production and consumption. Students use flip cameras to record how selected products are made.

Students investigate life on the trail West. In this Oregon Trail lesson, students collaborate to research the pioneer life and then role play a family's life on the trail. Students author an essay regarding their research finding and...

Students investigate famous Americans. In this American history and research instructional activity, students choose a famous American to research, collect information from a variety of sources, and create a related PowerPoint presentation.

Students explore new ways to communicate through technology by utilizing an internet program.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students utilize the website voicethread.com to share their thoughts and notes about reading...

Students practice identifying the meanings of unknown words using context clues. In this vocabulary lesson, students read sentences which contain an unknown words. They will use the context of the sentence to determine the meaning. 

Students conduct interviews. In this Olympic lesson, students play the parts of Olympic athletes and sports announcers. Students take part in interviews practicing both parts and create podcasts of the interviews.