World History

Literature Guide

Based on true events, Is It Night or Day? is a novel about one girl's escape from Hitler's Germany and her struggle to fit into American culture. This... read more

Based on true events, Is It Night or Day? is a novel about one girl's escap... read more

Worksheet

Share a reading passage about Día de los Muertos with your students. After reading about Day of the Dead celebrations, students will use a dictionary ... read more

Share a reading passage about Día de los Muertos with your students. After ... read more

Quiz

How much do you know about Diá de los Muertos? After reading The Day of the Dead article, test students' reading comprehension with this multiple-choi... read more

How much do you know about Diá de los Muertos? After reading The Day of the... read more

Literature Guide

This printable teacher's guide for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight offers information and activities designed to spark interest in the poem and activa... read more

This printable teacher's guide for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight offers i... read more

Literature Guide

Give students a glimpse of life as a child in Soviet Russia through literature. These discussion questions and activities for Arcady's Goal, by Newber... read more

Give students a glimpse of life as a child in Soviet Russia through literat... read more

Worksheet

Engage in an in-depth study of We the Living. This work is Ayn Rand's first attempt at fiction with an explicit philosophic theme, that collectivism i... read more

Engage in an in-depth study of We the Living. This work is Ayn Rand's first... read more

Teacher Discussion Guide

The Ghost Map tells the story of the 1854 London cholera epidemic, and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world. Use these discussion ques... read more

The Ghost Map tells the story of the 1854 London cholera epidemic, and how ... read more

Literature Guide

Connect language arts, social studies, and biology through an engaging history of cod fishery. This educator's guide to Mark Kurlansky's Cod: A Biogra... read more

Connect language arts, social studies, and biology through an engaging hist... read more

Worksheet

Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain is a compelling story of Chinese immigration to America. The nonfiction text by Russell Freedman examines the c... read more

Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain is a compelling story of Chinese imm... read more

Worksheet

Study the effects of war through the eyes of a child. This teacher's guide for Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne contains pre- and post-... read more

Study the effects of war through the eyes of a child. This teacher's guide ... read more

Worksheet

Our Hero travels to Africa in 1387 to visit the Mali Empire in Timbuktu. Have students imagine they are taking a trip to Africa tomorrow and staying a... read more

Our Hero travels to Africa in 1387 to visit the Mali Empire in Timbuktu. Ha... read more

Worksheet

Throughout history, people have been fascinated by the prospect of flight. Leonardo Da Vinci drew diagrams and built models of a glider-like flying ma... read more

Throughout history, people have been fascinated by the prospect of flight. ... read more

Worksheet

There are many gods and goddesses on Poptropica's Mythology Island, all with a different realm of power. Match the Greek gods and goddesses with their... read more

There are many gods and goddesses on Poptropica's Mythology Island, all wit... read more

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Study the Holocaust through literature. These chapter-by-chapter discussion questions for Once by Morris Gleitzman use quotes from the text to support... read more

Study the Holocaust through literature. These chapter-by-chapter discussion... read more

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Introduce Romeo and Juliet to high school students through performance-based teaching strategies. The lesson plans in this curriculum guide give stude... read more

Introduce Romeo and Juliet to high school students through performance-base... read more

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Use performance-based teaching techniques to unlock the language of Shakespeare's romantic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. This curriculum guide inc... read more

Use performance-based teaching techniques to unlock the language of Shakesp... read more

Worksheet

Actively engage students in the text of Shakespeare's Hamlet with the resources in this curriculum guide for teachers and students. This printable pac... read more

Actively engage students in the text of Shakespeare's Hamlet with the resou... read more

Teacher Discussion Guide

Use literature to study the Soviet Union during Stalin's dictatorial regime. This discussion guide to Breaking Stalin's Nose, a 2012 Newbery Honor Boo... read more

Use literature to study the Soviet Union during Stalin's dictatorial regime... read more

Worksheet

Review castle vocabulary and research famous castles throughout history to further students' learning after reading Castle: How It Works (My Readers: ... read more

Review castle vocabulary and research famous castles throughout history to ... read more

Worksheet

In this classroom guide, you'll find a variety of cross-curricular activities, discussion points, and projects to enrich Built to Last by David Macaul... read more

In this classroom guide, you'll find a variety of cross-curricular activiti... read more