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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Free Speech and Persuasion with Nothing But the Truth
   Students read Avi's Nothing But the Truth and examine the First Amendment and student rights, and then decide whether the rights of the novel's protagonist, Philip, are violated.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Irony in the Conclusion of All Quiet on the Western Front
   After reading All Quiet on the Western Front, students discuss the novel's ironic ending, then compose alternate titles and endings for the book, and design new book covers.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Graphing Plot and Character in a Novel
   In this graphical mapping project, students assign a value to the events, characters, and themes in a novel and think about how the elements of the story are all interconnected.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Mail Time! An Integrated Postcard and Geography Study
   Children write and receive postcards from friends and family, and then chart where all those postcards come from on a classroom map.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 13
   The first English printer, William Caxton, was born on this day in 1422.
   Students consider how the printing press affects their world by completing a printing inventory, comparing lists, and developing a "super" list of all printed materials that they interact with.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Voting! What's It All About?
   Students explore a variety of sources for information about voting. They evaluate the information to determine if it is fact or opinion, and then create a graffiti wall about voting.