Halloween Lessons These one-hour activities will quickly bring some Halloween spirit to your classroom! Try just...		Journal Writing Introduce students to autobiographical journal writing with this lesson plan.
Jackie Robinson and Civil Rights Students think critically about the Civil Rights movement and its key players as they explore a...		Tessellations Discover a geometry lesson that is integrated with history and art to engage even the most math...
The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 Learn more about the flu epidemic that killed more Americans than all wars of the twentieth...		Write a Letter to the President Students will write a letter to the president with details of their ideas for goals to be met...
Discovering the Magical Pi Students will use data on the circumference and diameter of various objects to calculate pi.		American Indians Today Read an article about modern American Indians. This is a great resource for American Indian...
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address The text of Lincoln's second inaugural address, given on Saturday, March 4, 1865. This is a...		The Price of Cigarettes By tallying the cost of buying cigarettes, students will be better able to decide whether to...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Third Inaugural Address The text of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second inaugural address, given on Monday, January 20,...		Closest Presidential Races An article comparing close presidential races in U.S. history.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Inaugural Address The text of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's inaugural address, given on Friday, January 20, 1961.		Weightlessness and Gravity This hands-on activity explores the concept of gravity.
George Washington's First Inaugural Address The text of George Washington's first inaugural address, given on Thursday, April 30, 1789.		Comparing Martian Dust Storms to Earth's Cyclones This science investigation gives students hands-on experience with some principles about air...
Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address The text of Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address, given on Tuesday, January 20, 1981.		Bringing the Solar System Down to Earth Students create a scaled-down model of the solar system by calculating the planets' diameters...
William Jefferson Clinton's First Inaugural Address The text of William Jefferson Clinton's first inaugural address, given on January 20, 1993.		Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...