American Indians Today Read an article about modern American Indians. This is a great resource for American Indian...		Harriet Brent Jacobs Harriet Brent Jacobs was a slave who wrote an autobiography. Students read an excerpt and react...
The Price of Cigarettes By tallying the cost of buying cigarettes, students will be better able to decide whether to...		A Play about Sacagawea Sacagawea is one of the most famous Native American women of the 19th century. Her life story...
Closest Presidential Races An article comparing close presidential races in U.S. history.		Indentured Servants Use a lesson that helps students to compare and contrast European American indentured servitude...
An Overview of Kwanzaa An article defining and explaining Kwanzaa, the African-American holiday of culture.		Indentured Servants' Experiences 1600-1700 Read descriptions from indentured servants of the 1600s-1700s. These fascinating tales are an...
Weightlessness and Gravity This hands-on activity explores the concept of gravity.		Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl The full text of the autobiography of Harriet Brent Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave...
Comparing Martian Dust Storms to Earth's Cyclones This science investigation gives students hands-on experience with some principles about air...		Remembering the Day of Infamy Read a historical account of what occurred on the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, December 7,...
Bringing the Solar System Down to Earth Students create a scaled-down model of the solar system by calculating the planets' diameters...		Kwanzaa Symbols & Celebration Reference an article that outlines the symbols of Kwanzaa and celebrations for each day. This...
Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...		Latitude and Longitude Students will understand how latitude and longitude are used to identify places on a map.
Glacial Pressure A hands-on science activity will help students to understand the effects of pressure exerted on...		Rhythm and Melodic Phrase in Little Birch Tree Students will listen to and describe the variations of a theme in a classical selection, The...
Senufo Painting Students can make Senufo paintings, which are stylized representations of animals or people....		Dynamics and Timbre of "Amani Utupe" Students will perform with appropriate musical dynamics and accompany the music using...