Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring Enhance reading comprehension with a lesson that is centered around a biography about...		The Rights of Bike Riders Students will write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in reaction to the bicycle helmet...
Modified Orienteering Students use a variety of skills while learning about orienteering.		Describing Drum Beats in Native American Music Work with students to perform a Native American song and dance, Owl Dance. Allow them to...
Can Cloning Make a Better Plant? Teach your students about cloning with this hands-on science activity. Students clone plants...		Chinese Opera Introduce your class to the artistic characters, vocal music, and instruments of Chinese opera.
Vocabulary Building Games Modify these vocabulary games for any seasonal event, unit of study, or theme.		Indian Ragas Explore Indian ragas and learn the differences between an Indian raga and the Western scale.
Team Teaching Spanish Students become the "teacher" to help themselves and others learn.		Making Eggs That Bounce Teach students about acetic acid with this hands-on science project. Students make bounceable...
Country of Origin Comparison Students will compare data on immigrants and be able to draw some conclusions.		The First Winter - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 4 of 7) The first winter that the Pilgrims spent in Plymouth was extremely difficult. This lesson will...
Aboard the Mayflower - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 2 of 7) Present this lesson plan to help students understand the hardships endured by the Pilgrims and...		Pilgrim Children - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 7 of 7) Students will learn about Colonial times as they compare present-day children with Pilgrim...
Harry Potter Haiku Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.		William Bradford's Mayflower Passenger List A list of the passengers on the Mayflower and a brief history of the sail.
Election Vocabulary Brainstorm In this lesson students will be asked to generate vocabulary related to elections. They will...		The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 Learn more about the flu epidemic that killed more Americans than all wars of the twentieth...
Reading and Defining Poetry By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.		Dynamics and Timbre of "Amani Utupe" Students will perform with appropriate musical dynamics and accompany the music using...