The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the various religions of the ancient river valley civilizations.  Students will read and relate creation narratives or myths to the class, and for a personal experience with history, the students will write a creation myth of their own and share it orally with the class. **Be sure to preview creation myths to ensure the stories are appropriate for your class.

This is a professional learning OER activity developed using Google Sites and various Google Forms and Docs.  The facilitator should be sure to set up the site with their own forms, etc... The objectives for the staff are:Understand the basics of copyright lawUnderstand  fair use guidelinesIdentify the types of CC licenses and termsUnderstand the benefits of  Open AccessUnderstand the benefits of  Open Educational Resources 

This writing task works in conjunction with student-choice reading workshop classroom models. Students will use mentor texts to understand the characteristics of strong critical reviews. ** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.

The student will write a persuasive essay convincing the teacher of who is to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent deaths of innocent people.** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.

This is a virtual learning assignment that could be used in any course to address current events, information literacy skills, and media literacy skills.  Please note that the assignment references a proprietary resource: the Proquest online database.  Teachers may need to modify the referenced resource (particularly in Phase 1) to include one that is available to their students.

How to use this formThis is a two-page activity, the first page the student describe him/herself. The student can write simple sentences such as: “Yo soy alto(a) = I am tall or simply write Alto/alta.  The second page is the same instructions; however the student would choose someone else such as his/her best friend or a family member. There are times where I have built from this small activity into a family project.

This inquiry focuses on the concept of equality as defined by the Declaration of Independence and the rights enumerated within. The questions, tasks, and sources in this inquiry asks students to examine the evolution of our notion of “all men are created equal” and how we have lived up to (or not lived up to) that concept throughout the course of U.S. history.

Students will review denotation and connotation. The teacher will provide examples. Students will then work independently or in pairs to replace the underlined words in the given sentences with synonyms that have either a positive connotation or a negative connotation. Students will share their answers with the class. 

This artifact goes through the process of how to describe images. You can edit this to make the instructions in Spanish, to add or change images, or to add or change activities. 

Essential questions to be used for interpersonal speaking activities that align with Vista Higher Learning Descubre 2 Chapter 2 La tecnologia vocabulary & grammar

Essential questions to be used for interpersonal speaking activities that align with Vista Higher Learning Descubre 2 Chapter 3 La vivienda vocabulary & grammar

Essential questions to be used for interpersonal speaking activities that align with Vista Higher Learning Descubre 2 Chapter 4 La naturaleza vocabulary & grammar

Design Your Own Experiment : a Health & Biology Interdisciplinary Learning Experience The Heart of Scientific Literacy: understanding scientific investigation & experimental design Purpose:The purpose of this activity is for you to explore the process of scientific investigation through a health lens.  You will consider ways in which data is collected to inform your health and well being.  You will create and carry out a valid experimental design in the fitness room or small gym.  Your experimental design must yield reliable data.  You will analyze the  data to make a claim and support it with evidence. In short, you will carry out a scientific investigation from start to finish to grow in scientific literacy and make informed decisions about your health. 

In this activity, you will design a device that will substantially impact our environment. You can write words around your device’s image to help explain your ideas. This device does not have to be realistic. See the example of how to draw a device prototype below. An example of an approach could be to create a sizable water Roomba-like device that cleans the top of a body of water and burns the trash collected. This process turns the trash into oxygen.

How to use this activity:  You need a set of dice for each team or each individual if you are playing it individually. The forms provided here are completely modifiable to fit your needs.  SEE Additional comments

In this activity, students create digital flashcards to review DNA content (guiding study questions and key are provided). Students can use full-screen mode with the document to quiz his/herself with the flashcards.

 Objectives: Students will be able to identify hidden images in visual media. Students will identify themes in images.Students will identify supportive evidence in images.Students will identify if the image is a fact or opinion, persuasive, or informational. Students will be able to identify encoded messages in visual images. Students will be able to identify a creative practice to reflect on hidden meanings in visual images.

Evaluate student ability to complete and analyze a dihybrid cross using a black rhino case study.

This resource uses the song "A DIos Le Pido" by Juanes to draw attention to the use of the present subjunctive. There is also some practice of describing people embedded.

Students practice identifying the types of variation from equations and solving problems of different types of variation.