Young scholars analyze civil disobedience through history studying Thoreau, Gandhi, and Dr. King. In this civil disobedience lesson, students read and analyze excerpts from Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Young scholars...

Pupils write a character sketch on a television character who they feel is a stereotype.  For this propaganda/stereotype lesson, students discuss the definition of the terms and ways that the media uses both.  Pupils relate the...

Fifth graders investigate the importance of government by conducting a debate.  In this U.S. Government lesson, 5th graders utilize their classroom as the setting for a two sided debate based on whether government is essential to a...

Fourth graders review a variety of information resources and identify parts of a book. They practice brainstorming and practice skimming. They review all the research resources that are found in the library.

Students practice writing skills through using photography to help create a writing prompt. They investigate how images can be used to create new ones that related to each other. This is similar to making a collage except now the images...

Seventh graders examine the contributions and influences of dynasties on Chinese history. They role-play as citizens during selected dynasties and write daily autobiographical entries. Students complete projects on the geography,...

Learners share their opinions about public education by responding to one-question interviews. After reading an article, they discover new recommendations for the No Child Left Behind Act. They prepare a three-part reader response to...

Learners research the Great Migration and answer questions to discover where it took place, when it took place, who were migrating, and why in a 2 page paper. They use a map or atlas to plot out the routes and destinations of those...

Students evaluate the ship of state metaphor in relation to the historical events in America from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War. They synthesize ideas presented in ten different primary source documents and compose an essay...

Students use pictures to help them communicate their ideas. They write personal books or journals using pictures. Students can create daily blogs usig the internet and create a weekly newsletter.

Students explore cooking. They follow safe procedures for food safety hygiene. Students discuss their experiences of cooking at home and school. They discuss what they did to prepare to cook. Students view a video. They create a poster...

Fifth graders find each state and its capital city on a map before memorizing the information. They work in small groups after watching a modeled lesson by the teachers. They write a statement about their assigned states and capital...

In this job matching worksheet, students match up nine colored cards to nine black and white cards to nine title cards for each profession shown.

In this sequencing worksheet, young scholars read a poem about a spider. Students cut out 6 rhyming word cards. They then cut out 2 picture cards and put them in order to show the story events.

In this plural nouns worksheet, students learn rules about plural nouns and then correct noun errors in a three paragraphs through adding 's,' and add apostrophe's to incorrect sentences. Students also read about possessive pronouns and...

In this rhyme worksheet, students read a nursery rhyme about Little Jack Horner. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.

For this diversity worksheet, learners will read a paragraph about multicultural communities. Then learners will select a person from a different culture than their own to interview. There are 6 interview questions. The challenge...

In this language arts worksheet, students will complete an accordion book to summarize a story. Students are provided with the directions to complete the book and prompted to write about the beginning, middle, and end of their selected...

In this social studies worksheet, students investigate the idea that they must set goals for their lives and plan for how to achieve them. Students make a list of 5 goals and write a plan for what steps they can take to succeed. Note:...

In this news stories worksheet, students read a list of four possible headlines. Students choose one and write a news story that might have gotten that headline.

In this quotation marks worksheet, young scholars practice using quotation marks and commas by selecting a sentence from the sentence bank to complete each blank.

In this careers worksheet, students learn the proper format for a resume by examining a sample resume which is correctly written. There are no directions on this page.

In this holiday writing worksheet, students consider community service or being helpful to others. Students read the story starter and write how they could be helpful to others.

In this writing worksheet, young scholars insert descriptive words or phrases into a story to enhance it. Students are given examples of adjectives to use in this story about a family surprising a boy on his birthday.