Contains plans for five lessons that teach students how to write feature news stories and the difference between feature and hard news articles. Students interview each other as prewriting for writing their own human interest stories. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

NARA provides full coverage on the executive orders of the Federal Register at this site, which includes explanations, disposition tables, text of orders, and subject order. Resources include: The Federal Register, Regulations.gov, Presidential Documents - Executive Orders.

An online publication on banking basics. It explains what a bank is, what the different types of banks are, how to choose a bank, and how banks work. It also explains about checks, electronic banking, credit cards, debit cards, and the Federal Reserve.

With this resource, you can search by keyword for particular subjects within the Federalist Papers, or you can access by number each of the Papers. Also available are links to four related documents: The Annapolis Convention, Articles of Confederation, Madison Debates and U.S. Constitution.

A clickable index of the 85 Federalist Papers. The text of each letter (paper) sent to New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788 is easily accessed.

This is a copy of Federalist Paper No. 41, authored by James Madison, in which he clearly defines the need to identify and restrain the power of the general government and then addresses the need to distribute that power among the branches.

This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated limerick, which exemplifies the kind of wordplay that prepares children for early reading and spelling. Uses popups and Adobe Flash.

This video describes the role of the brain in regulating body temperature and how sometimes fever is employed to fight off infection.

Useful information about the history of the postal system and about the changes in postal and transportation technologies that have made the U.S. Postal Service what it is today.

Students will find patterns in fractals through this lesson and describe them mathematically. Students will use their prior knowledge of arithmetic with rational numbers in this lesson.

Contains plans for three lessons about love poetry that ask students to review the genre before writing their own. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities. RL.11-12.7 Multi Interpretations

This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how the sprinkler revolutionized fire safety and also features developments in fire-safety design for high-rise buildings.

A comprehensive look at energy ranging from types of energy to the exploration of electricity. Learning puzzles and games are included.

Text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first Inaugural address. In this speech, he outlines the world crisis facing the country in 1933. He also outlines the aims of government programs and his primary goal, which was to relieve unemployment by putting Americans back to work. He also addresses foreign policy and preparations of the military to protect Americans at home. His famous quote, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" can be found in the first part of the speech.

This resource provides information about the Pacific Northwest and the cultures of people who inhabited the area.

In this activity, students fit a linear least-square regression line to population data. They explore various functions to model the given data.

"Dooley Takes the Fall", a mystery novel by Canadian author Norah McClintock for grade nine and up, is about a boy who has made some mistakes in the past. He becomes a suspect after he witnesses a boy jumping off a bridge and has to prove his innocence to clear his name. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries with accompanying discussion questions and novel activities, and cross-curricular connections. Also included are blackline masters and an interview with the author.

Contains plans for a vocabulary lesson that uses an activity called Flip-a-Chip to teach about affixes. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lesson as well as assessment and reflection activities.

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists investigate how farming along the Mississippi River impacts floods and what can be done about it.

In this lesson plan, younger students wrap up a bird unit by making a bird mobile and then write facts on their display.