Resources and Ideas for a Shakespeare Webquest for Middle School Students
Teaching Shakespeare involves looking at the writer’s sonnets, plays and biography as well as touching on the Globe Theatre. A Shakespeare …
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Teaching Middle School: Grades 6-8
Showing guides and explainers filed under Teaching Middle School: Grades 6-8.
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Students Explore Ancient Egypt Civilization in This WebQuest
This WebQuest can focus on any number of topics: art, science, history or language, to name a few. Students will enjoy discovering details of the …
Continue ReadingSurrealism Art & Writing Activity: For Middle or High School Art or English Class
These activities would work well in an art class or an English classroom. Surrealism found expression in both the visual arts and literature, making …
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War of the Roses Lesson Plan, Battles and Timeline
The War of the Roses was a struggle for the throne of England that officially began in 1455 and ended in 1485. This lesson plan helps bring the …
Continue ReadingAmerica at War WebQuest
Understand the conflicts of history with this America at war WebQuest. Explore the locations, reasons, and results of the wars America has joined.
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"Granny Torrelli Makes Soup": Middle School Discussion Questions & Teaching Ideas
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup is a tale of a wise grandmother who helps her granddaughter understand the changes in the relationship with her best …
Continue ReadingCreating a One Semester English Syllabus Teaching the Six Traits of Writing for 7th Grade
This article will help you organize a one-semester plan for going through the six traits of writing with a seventh-grade class.
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Experiments Related to the Chemistry of Photosynthesis for Middle Schoolers
Students are introduced to the chemical process of photosynthesis with two easy experiments. They will observe how the introduction of chemicals into …
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Themes in "The Outsiders" for Students in Middle School English Class
This is a brief overview of the major themes in S.E. Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders.” Use these ideas as springboards for discussion …
Continue ReadingThemes of Robinson Crusoe for Middle School English Students
Let your students discover the themes of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe through these cooperative learning ideas.
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