Edgar Allan Poe Archivist Activity – 7810
Summary The students will complete a Performance Task about Edgar Allan Poe’s life using primary sources. A Performance Task requires the students to use critical thinking, …
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R.S.V.P.: Collaborating on English 8 SOL writing prompts – 7881
This assignment used six (6) of the 42 SOL Writing prompts provided for the English 8 Spring short paper assessment. The lesson was designed to allow …
Causing a Commotion With Our Virtual Motion Houses – 7091
Summary After learning about force and motion, students worked together to find examples of items they would find in their homes and described the motions …
Monster Book Trailers – 8323
Summary This New York Times bestselling novel and National Book Award nominee from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a …
Pick Me! Election 2013 – Tailoring Campaign Advertisements with Surveys — 8406
Summary Students in Government classes were learning about political campaigning and opinion polls, while students in English 12 classes were learning about persuasive appeals. After …
Secession Investigation – 7812
Summary In this lesson, students use Voyant, a digital textual analysis tool, to analyze the Declaration of Secession for one of four Confederate States (South …
Technology in the Middle – 7721
Summary Lesson Website: All Lesson Materials You and your group members will be assigned a scenario involving someone you know who is experiencing some form …
Critique of the Creative
Summary Students were assigned to groups and each student in the group chose a work of art from an on-line fine arts museum. In a …
Putting My Best Note Forward
Summary Some art is meant to be observed, some art is meant to be performed! Some art is BOTH! In this lesson, students created their …
Famous American Palooza – 7282
Summary The students will learn about citizens who worked to defend the basic principles that formed the foundation of a republican form of government. The …