The lesson helps students understand the background and impact of the Columbian Exchange both now and in the past.

To read a review of standards alignment, go to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WFF3rHfOobKe3bBZ8o9_WDJ9FQbT6Wah/edit

This resource is a lesson plan for teaching compare and contrast comprehension stategy using two Cinderella fairy tale stories.

In this lesson you will learn the similarities and differences between bar and picture graphs by creating each graph using the same information.

This lesson was used with a tier 3 fourth grade intervention math group to help students understand how to compare fractions with like and unlike denominators. In addition, this promotes conceptual understanding of equal size wholes.

Students again have a set of fraction cards that they use to compare fractions less than one. There are two sets of cards on set has a visual and the other does not.

This video is a fun interactive way to show students how to compare fractions.  The video uses a scale, weights, and fractions to help understand how to compare fractions and what comparing fractions even means.

This free ESL lesson plan on computers has been designed for adults and young adults at an intermediate (B1/B2) to advanced (C1/C2) level and should last around 45 to 60 minutes for one student.

Game teaches the importance of safeguarding against identity theft and fraud by allowing the user to hack fictitious financial information and accounts and avoid detection

This lesson plan describes a series of activities to take students on a journey through the mathematical modeling process that eventually gets them to answer the question: What item(s) should be sold at the concession stand for us to raise enough money for a celebration? This lesson was created using the Math Modeling Lesson Plan template by EQSTEMM at www.eqstemm.org. Contact Jennifer Suh at jsuh4@gmau.edu. 

This lesson plan introduces students to the pivotal role that Congressional committees play in the legislative process, focusing on how their own Congressional representatives influence legislation through their committee appointments. Students begin by reviewing the stages of the legislative process, then learn how committees and subcommittees help determine the outcome of this process by deciding which bills the full Congress will consider and by shaping the legislation upon which votes are finally cast. With this background, students research the committee and subcommittee assignments of their Congressional representatives, then divide into small groups to prepare class reports on the jurisdictions of these different committees and their representatives' special responsibilities on each one. Finally, students consider why representation on these specific committees might be important to the people of their state or community, and examine how the committee system reflects some of the basic principles of American federalism.
What role do Committees play during the legislative process?
How is Committee membership determined?
What role do Committees play with regard to oversight and checks and balances?
Analyze the legislative process of the United States Congress by focusing on the role of Committees.
Evaluate how Congressional representatives can influence legislation through their specific committee assignments.
Evaluate how Committees uphold the Constitutional responsibilities of the Legislative Branch.

Explore the different conic sections and their graphs. Use the Cone View to manipulate the cone and the plane creating the cross section, and then observe how the Graph View changes.

This website offers a wide variety of ready-to-use lessons related to the Constitution for students K-12. Developed by the Center for Civic Education, the lessons include: matching with the US Constitution (K); the Constitution Rap (1-3); Basic Ideas in the Preamble (3-6); 9/11 & Civil Liberties (3-5, 9-12); Citizenship & the Constitution (9-12); and so many more topics that lend themselves to celebrating Constitution Day or for a more in-depth study of our government & the founding documents.

iCivics presents a comprehensive, short-form video series explaining the text, history, and relevance of the United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, and additional amendments.

"Students will explore the idea of different responsibilities in their community and analyze images that highlight the jobs of the three branches of government as outlined in the Constitution. This Civics for All of US distance learning program is available for groups of 10 or more students free of charge.

Each program will be led by one of our educators located at National Archives sites, the Center for Legislative Archives, and Presidential Libraries across the country. After submitting your program request, you will be connected to an available National Archives educator to confirm your reservation.

We require that the requesting educator or another educator from your institution be present during the student distance learning program to observe the session and support classroom management.

Check out the teacher guide for this program for optional pre- and post program activities.

The Constitution Rules! Teacher Guide Download includes lessons and activities to help students construct their own classroom constitution!

Programs are also offered as regularly scheduled interactive webinars. Registration is required, but there is no minimum attendance prerequisite.

Questions? Please contact civics@nara.gov."

This webquest gives students an overview of our Constitution, its parts, why it was written, what it does, and what changes have been made.

Instructor Notes: Teachers can assign this content to their students in iCivics account and then Clicking the Assign button on this activity. Teachers will then have the option to add a Class into iCivics OR Sync a roster from Google Classroom. This will allow teachers to see student's responses. There are also Downloadable Resources available to support this learning activity.

Website Description:
Magna Carta, Montesquieu, the Mayflower, and more! Follow this WebQuest through history to the events, people, and documents that inspired the writers of the Constitution.
This WebQuest serves as an introduction or review. Students will learn how documents from the Middle Ages and thinkers from the Enlightenment had an impact on the system of government that was formed in the Constitution, and how that has an impact on them today.

Student Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to...
*Identify documents and ideas that shaped the U.S. Constitution
*Compare American and British governing documents
*Explain key constitutional principles and their impacts

This DBQuest activity has students explore and analyze George Washington's cover letter to the Constitution, which served as an introduction and kick off for the nations's Constitution. Washington's cover letter gives background to the process of creating our Constitution but is also persuasive to its intended audience.

Instructor Notes: Teachers can assign this content to their students in iCivics account and then Clicking the Assign button on this activity. Teachers will then have the option to add a Class into iCivics OR Sync a roster from Google Classroom. This will allow teachers to see student's responses. There are also Downloadable Resources available to support this learning activity.

This is an entire unit of activities relating to whole numbers, place value and rounding.  The activity I use is called "Reality Checking" on pages 57-64.  "Reality Checking" provides a real world connection for students to practice and apply the standard algorithm for addition and subtraction.  Students will work either individually, with a partner or group to balance a mock checking account.  Students will add whole number deposits and subtract whole number withdrawals while using estimation to check for reasonableness.

This lesson goes over some basic elements of engineering and the paper making process. We will be using the circumference of a circle and conversions to program motors to make sure the dryer cans are going at the correct RPM's to ensure the paper machine functions correctly. This is a lesson that can be self taught or can be teacher led.

Converts fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions. Observe the relationships between fractions and decimals.