Designing a Poster to Communicate Information: Yellowstone National Park

While watching a short video segment about Yellowstone National Park, students take notes they later use to create an interesting and infomative poster.

Determining Main Idea and Supporting Details - Wild in the City

Students use a graphic organizer to record important details and determine the main idea of a video segment. They use the organizer to write an informational paragraph about parakeets in the city.

Developing Supporting Ideas - A Garden Grows in Brooklyn

Students design and draw a garden and give reasons to support why their garden is important to the neighborhood.

A Different Kind of Fuel

In this segment from Curious, learn about creating energy from solar rays to meet the growing energy needs of the world.

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The Dogon and the Dama

n this video segment from Africa, learn about the Dama, a rare event and rite of passage for the Dogon in Mali.

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Domesticated Pigeons

This video segment from WILD TV features a man who raises pigeons as a hobby.

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Drawing Conclusions - Miss Navajo

Students watch a video documenting the Navajo language portion of the Miss Navajo Nation beauty contest, determine the main responsibilities of the winner of Miss Navajo Nation and complete graphic organizers to write paragraphs that highlight these details and explain their inferences.

Drawing Conclusions and Comparing/Contrasting - The Everglades

Students take notes to determine the most important information given in a video segment and written text. They compare the information and draw written conclusions about the importance of studying the pig frog and the Everglades.

Energy Transfer in a Roller Coaster

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine energy forms in moving objects and discover how changes from one form to another move cars through a roller coaster ride.

Fact and Opinion: Parents, Teens, and Texting

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore the debate between parents and teens over texting and interpret facts to form and support their opinions.

The Facts About Concussions

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore brain injuries called concussions: what they are, how they occur, the challenges in diagnosing them, and ways to protect yourself from them.

Final Speeches

In this segment from Independent Lens, three candidates for class monitor make a final speech to grab the win.

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Finding Their Voice

African Americans in the 1920's had a new attitude. In this video segment from A Walk Through Harlem, learn about the Harlem Renaissance.

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Florida's Everglades: The River of Grass

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the unique environment of southern Florida's Everglades and gain insights into the interrelatedness of living things, nonliving things, and climate.

Following Directions - Ndakinna Wilderness Project

Students create a diagram with captions and a drawing to communicate information about camouflaging.

Forces of Gravity and Air Resistance

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how the forces of gravity and air resistance affect the motion of falling objects.

Forming an Opinion with Organizational Elements - Cats, Yesterday and Today

Students use a graphic organizer to list facts about the role of cats throughout history. They then write a paragraph stating an informed opinion about cats' most important role.

The Fourteenth Amendment - Part I

This video segment from The Supreme Court introduces viewers to the Fourteenth amendment.

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The Fourteenth Amendment - Part II

In this video segment from The Supreme Court, learn about the 1883 Supreme Court decision that marked the end of federal protections for individuals in states and the beginning of Jim Crow segregation.

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Frankie Quimby of Sapelo Island

In this video segment from EGG: the arts show, resident Frankie Quimby discusses the African slaves' history on Sapelo Island. Singers perform "Swing Low Sweet Chariot."

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