This lesson is designed as a cooperative jigsaw learning experience. Whether used in social studies or ELA, it gets students thinking… more
Creating Newspaper Content Using an interdisciplinary approach, activities were designed to meet not only content, but develop the inferencing and… more
Your students can rub elbows with people in the past through first-person accounts such as diaries, eyewitness reports, autobiographies, travel… more
Time travel books are superb transporters, whisking history-haters to another era, where they can soak up details about politics, economics,… more
This highly engaging lesson will get students thinking, working, and talking about separation of powers and checks and balances. This… more
Effective as an opener to tap into prior knowledge and inspire student interest, this fast paced exercise works best in… more