WORKSHEETS
Use this illustrated reading passage to teach pupils about the liver. After reading about the human body's largest…
TEACHING RESOURCE
The Harry Potter series has been banned from some schools in the United States and the United Kingdom. Find out why some…
Learn how to be a good role model in this excerpt from Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.
Rafe Esquith, gives advice on being dependable in your classroom, in this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.…
REFERENCE
Share the story of Maurice Sendak with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Students learn about life in medieval towns, as they read and complete the activities provided in this packet.…
Explore late eighteenth-century life in America with the discussion topics and cross-curricular activities in this…
BOOK GUIDES
Use the discussion questions in this guide to engage pupils in a conversation about Kate DiCamillo's The Magician's…
The remarkably preserved body of Lady Dai of Mawangdui provides many clues about daily life in ancient China. Use this…
Host a Ruby Redfort event in your classroom or school library. Get your master code-crackers warmed up with some…
Familiarize students with the scientific names of muscles in the human body through this activity. Students will use an…
Take students on an adventure with these activities for Peak by Roland Smith. Students will research Mt. Everest, study…
The excerpted chapters three and four of the The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn can be used to entice students into reading…
ACTIVITIES
This collection of poems from three highly regarded and important African American poets focuses on groundbreaking poems…
Activities and resources to teach Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz.
Students learn about Miep Gies, a friend to Anne Frank's family, and then answer questions about her life.
Learn about Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist and parenting expert.
GAMES AND APPS
This article depicts the story of Alice Parker, an African-American woman who invented a gas furnace for central heating…
Jeff Kinney answers questions about his very funny online journal, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal.
Our Teacher Discussion Guide for Librarian of Auschwitz, a novel about a young girl in Auschwitz during the Holocaust,…
ASSESSMENT
Self-Assessments Packet Self-assessments are an effective way to help your students grow as learners. When they are…
LESSON PLANS
Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers tried and true techniques for bringing poetry into the lives of…
Enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance teaching Shadow of a Bull, by Maia Wojciechowska.
Students use a web resource to explore the perspective of left-handed people coping in a right-handed society. They…
