Independence Day, commonly referred to as the Fourth of July, is a time to remember and appreciate our heritage of a democratic form of government and to reflect on our country's fundamental principles. The following lesson for high school students and youth groups is designed to respond to Jefferson's call to "educate...the whole mass of the people" and Mason's call to refer to fundamental principles. It concludes with an opportunity to add one's signature to those of the Founders of this nation who signed the original documents. We hope you have a pleasant Fourth of July and find this lesson plan useful with your students.

This lesson is intended to teach students digital annotation skills and reinforce their knowledge of rhetorical devices using Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. This resource can be modified to focus on annotating physical copies of a document and with other documents.Cover image: Photo by Mitchell Luo on Unsplash

This lesson is designed to be used as a library orientation generally done in conjunction with Ninth Grade English teachers and their classes.

Credit can be a double-edged sword. It offers us the ability to purchase things we might need and want without spending cash but then ties us to the debt that has been created. Understanding the importance of this trade-off is crucial for playing the credit game. A program designed to reach young earners well before serious credit problems can begin.

Phillis Wheatley was born around the year 1753 in West Africa before she was kidnapped and brought to the West Indies where she was enslaved. In 1773, the same year she became free from enslavement, she became the first African American and first enslaved person in American history to publish a book of poems. In this lesson, students imagine that a possible meeting between George Washington and Wheatley in 1776 actually occurred and compose questions for them both. Access to this resource requires a free educator login.

In this co-taught 80-minute face-to-face lesson (assessment is homework or given time in a second class session) students will rotate through stations to make personal connections with the book, A Long Walk to Water by  Linda Sue Park. (Stations can be removed or customized to allow for time, budget, or supervision constraints.) Please note, this lesson works best when you have several adult volunteers to run stations. This lesson is best co-taught with an ELA teacher who will be reading and discussing the book with their students. (It can be slightly adapted to fit similar stories.) It is also an effective way to deepen understanding and connections after the class has read the book. Thumbnail Image: Woodwayne, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Lorin Hansen grew up in Utah and has spent close to two decades studying Samba- a dance form associated with the Afro-Brazilian religion, culture, and history many centuries old. She started a nonprofit in Salt Lake City, Utah: SambaFogo.org, where she teaches Samba drumming and dance, and brings home the party and the lessons of her Brazilian mentors and teachers, cultivating the growing Utah Samba community.

Learn about the fundamental connections between math and music, in four Acts: "Rhythm," "Frequency," "Harmony," and "Fractals." Concepts presented in the video documentary are reinforced by hands-on experiments using the Google Chrome Music Lab Experiments. Learn the instructional design process used in creation of The Majesty of Music and Math incorporating Universal Design for Learning and the methodology of assessing non-cognitive skills using a combination of gains in Experience Level, Depth of Knowledge, and Performance Quality.

Make a word game for and with your students using Google's Applied Digital Skills!

Students learn to use Google Sheets to make pixel art inspired by Frida Kahlo and Mexico.

This is a comprehensive lesson plan to teach 9-10 grade students about making  inferences and gives them practical practice. It also includes formative and summative assessments. Preview image is "thinking cap" by Joe in DC

Share some great Google Drawing practices with your students through this amazing post from Control Alt Achieve.

This lesson explores the question: Why did the Founders find it necessary to provide protections for slavery in the US Constitution?

Case background and primary source documents concerning the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison. Setting the precedent of Judicial review, this lesson focuses on the question of whether or not the Supreme Court should have the power to overturn unconstitutional federal laws.

Dr. Masha Shukovich is a neurodivergent person with acute synesthesia that she describes as her superpower. Synesthesia essentially means that their brain interprets words and narratives as moving images (similar to videos); numbers as colors; tastes as images, shapes, colors and sounds; and so on. For example, she can taste or smell a recipe before actually making it, simply by reading it or hearing it read out loud, which has greatly enriched their experiences as a chef, an artist, a storyteller and their current fictional/magical realism novel, The Taste of Names. ​

The Coherence Map from AchieveTheCore.org maps out the Common Core mathematics standards in a tree format. Select any math standard and see the prerequisite standards as well as what it is a prerequisite for. Each standard has attached tasks, progressions, and assessments.