Make a Harry Potter Board Game Students improve their reading comprehension by making and creating a board game based upon the...		Ocean Currents Students learn about ocean currents by exploring two activities and then mapping the major...
Create a Hogwarts Floor Plan Students learn about the concept of scale and other mapping skills by creating a floor plan of...		Conflict Resolution Activities Promote positive community building with these activities. These lessons are appropriate for...
Who Are My Representatives? Students learn who their state and U.S. representatives are, discuss major political issues,...		Pedro's Journal Literature Guide The literature guide for Pedro's Journal, a story about Columbus' travels, includes...
Election Vocabulary Bingo Play bingo with election vocabulary to have fun and assess your students' knowledge of the...		The Very Hungry Caterpillar Enrichment activities and Web resources for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, plus a...
Vocabulary Bingo Play bingo with your class to assess their vocabulary knowledge and have fun!...		Brainstorming for Consensus Employ this activity when you want to teach younger students how to brainstorm ideas.
Anasazi and Plains Indians Quiz Students are asked to recall important facts about the Anasaszi and the Plains Indians.		What's So Bad or Good About Conflict? Students discuss the meaning of the word "conflict" and give examples of positive and negative...
Early America Quiz This multiple choice quiz asks students about Pilgrims, Jamestown, and Colonial times.		What About Fighting? In this conflict-resolution lesson, students discuss the use of violence, the reasons people...
American Colonies Quiz Test students' knowledge of Colonial times with this quiz.		Dried-Pepper Hangings Instruction Sheet Students learn how to make bouquets out of dried peppers or flowers, as the Pilgrims did during...
Historical Sites Project Students will research an historically important site and make a project explaining its...		Learning About Voice Through Photographs Finding one's voice is a challenge for many writers. In this exercise, students use classic...
Timeline of U.S. Women's Rights Movement A timeline of the major events in the women's rights movement, from 1848 to the present.		Learning About Voice Through Photographs Assessment Assessment that aligns with the "Learning About Voice Through Photographs" lesson.