After reading a short memoir and reviewing the genre, students choose how to create a memoir of a family member who is at least a generation older. Students first select a family member to interview, and then craft a set of interview. Students create written memoirs, focusing on one or two unifying themes, and can be presented as a photographic collage, a series of panels telling a story, a painting, a video, a musical composition, a sculpture, or another creative way. Students accompany their work with an artist̍s journal, explaining why they have chosen the particular method of presentation and analyzing their own successes and shortcomings.

This lesson discusses sibling rivalry, birth order and negative and positive aspects of relationships. This is part of the Family Unit (Fam).

Family Storytelling Bingo will include a range of thematic learning opportunities for children to choose their own learning adventure. Students can use storytelling cards and sentence starters to develop personal narratives.

As the final project after learning about family traits students will make an Adobe Spark video highlighting some of the traits they have inherited. 

As the final project after learning about family traits students will make an Adobe Spark video highlighting some of the traits they have inherited. 

Near the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, a safe haven provides refuge for children who have been temporarily separated from their parents. A House Made of Splinters chronicles three displaced kids who, despite the perils surrounding them, find moments of joy and friendship, with the aid of dedicated social workers who work tirelessly to protect them from harm.

In this lesson, students will explore how people define a family and a home in the aftermath of war?

This lesson asks students to delve into the contributions of historical mathemticians.  Students will use a variety of Mac tools such as pages, keynote, imovie, and garageband to prepare their presentation.

Research project and presentation based on the novel The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom. 

This is a 3rd grade research project.  The final product will be a 5-pargraph essay and a digital presentation.  

The theme of this unit is the sights and customs of Beijing. In this unit, we will learn about high-speed rail, hutongs, courtyard houses, Wangfujing, the Great Wall, Peking Opera, teahouses, Beijing snacks, and other content with Beijing characteristics. By learning the content of this unit, students will have a more detailed understanding of Beijing. This is also very helpful for them to take AP exams in the future.

The aim of this video lesson is to introduce the concept of factorials, and to show students that everyday events in their lives have so much to do with factorials - even if they do not realize it! During this video, students will learn about the large number of ways to arrange people and objects using the mathematical concept of factorials. This video lesson will begin with a story of a family vacation to Pulau Pinang, an island located 330 km from the city of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. In this video, lessons about using factorials are demonstrated through several challenges this family encounters during their vacation. A prerequisite for this lesson is knowledge of the multiplication rule of counting. During the classroom activities, students are asked to carry out collaborative learning challenges in groups of 6. These activities require students to arrange cards to show different factorial arrangements that can be made. The materials needed for this activity are very simple. We only need to provide a few pieces of blank or colored paper for each student. The lesson will take about 40 – 50 minutes to complete.

This lesson is designed to help middle school students understand the Fantasy Genre in literature.  What makes fantasy different than realistic fiction or historical fiction.  They will learn the elements of fantasy and then act out a short 5 minute fantasy using those elements.  

This lesson is on a Fantasy Vacation. It utilizes Google Earth. This assignment allows student flexibility to learn about a new location of their choice, conduct some basic research and provide information on what they learned after they explore pre-selected locations. This lesson is designed for students to work individually, however, depending on the need of your students, you could assign this assignment to a pair of students or a group. 

This PE Game is one of many quick and easy physical education games that teachers can use in their own PE class. It's all about the best games for exercise, skills, activities, games, learning, fitness, and FUN. Simple school games in just minutes. Far Away is a super easy and effective game to explore spatial awareness. Players will move around and try to be FAR AWAY from others, teaching safety in numbers and moving to open spaces. (Thanks James Barton for this game idea)

Play with a bar magnet and coils to learn about Faraday's law. Move a bar magnet near one or two coils to make a light bulb glow. View the magnetic field lines. A meter shows the direction and magnitude of the current. View the magnetic field lines or use a meter to show the direction and magnitude of the current. You can also play with electromagnets, generators and transformers!

Investigate Faraday's law and how a changing magnetic flux can produce a flow of electricity! Best used as a demonstration and not a full lesson.

Light a light bulb by waving a magnet. This demonstration of Faraday's Law shows you how to reduce your power bill at the expense of your grocery bill.

Resource contains activity prompts, essay topics and ideas, and other lesson activities that coincide with reading Farewell to Manzanar and learning about Japanese Internment

Civil war in Syria has contributed to an unprecedented global refugee crisis. The response from varying countries has been inconsistent, calling into question how our world community responds to the most basic human needs for safety, shelter, and security. Lesson plan with photo essay. (English and Spanish)