In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions about the Napoleonic Era in Europe. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.

Young scholars analyze the black-figure painting style of ancient Greece and its influence on Neoclassical artists during the 18th century, as seen in drawing, painting and silhouettes, or shadow portraits. In this ancient art...

Students read and analyze the twelve short stories in the novel "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." They create their own detective that has to solve a new kind of crime, and write and edit a short story with their original detective as...

High schoolers compare and contrast Buddhist sculpture in varying materials through in-class discussions and small cooperative learning groups. This lesson includes possible lesson extensions.

Students examine variety of written pieces of quality fiction, discuss what different story elements are present and how those elements make stories as effective as they are, and create a class story.

Eighth graders complete a six-week unit on character analysis for the play "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare. They conduct research and write a report, participate in a book talk, and create a character analysis assignment to...

Students discuss the conception of beauty by considering and contrasting the appearance and use of Chinese and Japanese ceramics in this instructional activity for the middle or high school classroom.

Students explore the characteristics of a persuasive letter. They label each characteristic and they create a persuasive letter using the correct business letter format. Students recommend a school rule or change of a rule and justify...

Young scholars identify feelings and explore positive ways to handle conflict.  In this mental health lesson students discuss feelings and how to constructively handle them.

Learners explore prospective content for art, then select and use appropriate subjects, symbols, and ideas to make art meaningful in this lesson suited for upper-elementary and middle level classrooms.

Ninth graders respond to films they have seen using literary, dramatic, and cinematic terms. They reevaluate their role as a moviegoer. Students analyze their favorite film in order to discover what good films have in common.

The Enlightenment was a period of time, starting around 1715, when people developed new ideas about human existence, including people's basic rights and the purpose of government. When our Founding Fathers created a government for the...

This lesson focuses on Johnathan Edwards and The Great Awakening, a movement to revival the Puritan religion. It features information about the Great Awakening and why in wasn't successful and a link to the sermon "Sinners in the Hands...

An overview of how the Age of Enlightenment influenced the American colonies in thought, Benjamin Franklin, and the colony of Georgia.

A chapter from a history text that looks at the Northern colonial economy, colonial town life, the immigrant groups who settled there, slavery in the North, the role of women, the Salem witchcraft trials, and the influence of the...

The ideas of the Enlightenment began in Europe, but they were acted upon in the American colonies. See how the philosophies of John Locke and Rousseau influenced the thoughts and actions of Puritan clergy and political figures like...

Discusses the intellectual atmosphere in the 1800s as America struggled to find its identity. The influences of the Enlightenment and Romanticism are described, and the ideas of various writers and philosophers.

An encyclopedia article on feminism that discusses its history in the ancient world, the influence of the Enlightenment, the suffrage movement, contemporary feminism in the West and the globalization of feminism.

A tutorial that looks at the ideas from the Enlightenment that influenced the Founding Fathers, particularly those of John Locke and Montesquieu. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.

This interactive map helps illuminate the relationships among the various composers as well as connections between music and its historical and cultural context. It also illustrates the importance of the physical and cultural...

Essay on the commonalities between the Dutch and U.S. The author points to political ideology and humanistic beliefs that unite the two countries.

Using this PDF lesson plan, students will get a general overview of the historical span of philosophical thought and how it may have been a product or reaction to the time period. Students will research philosophies and time periods...

This is an historical context for the Restoration and Eighteenth Century period in England. It provides a list of dates and titles for sections of the period and discusses the authors and characteristics of each. It provides links to "A...

Francisco Goya created the aquatint series The Disasters of War from 1810 to 1820 using the techniques of etching and drypoint. The images remain shocking today, and even influenced the novel of famous American author Ernest Hemingway,...