This library of mini-lessons targets a variety of landmark cases from the United States Supreme Court. Each mini-lesson includes a one-page reading and one page of activities. The mini-lessons are designed for students to complete independently without the need for teacher direction. However, they also make great teacher-directed lessons and class discussion-starters.

Students learn and use the properties of light to solve the following challenge: "A mummified troll was discovered this summer at our school and it has generated lots of interest worldwide. The principal asked us, the technology classes, to design a security system that alerts the police if someone tries to pilfer our prized possession. How can we construct a system that allows visitors to view our artifact during the day, but invisibly protects it at night in a cost-effective way?"

The learning of linear functions is pervasive in most algebra classrooms. Linear functions are vital in laying the foundation for understanding the concept of modeling. This unit gives students the opportunity to make use of linear models in order to make predictions based on real-world data, and see how engineers address incredible and important design challenges through the use of linear modeling. Student groups act as engineering teams by conducting experiments to collect data and model the relationship between the wall thickness of the latex tubes and their corresponding strength under pressure (to the point of explosion). Students learn to graph variables with linear relationships and use collected data from their designed experiment to make important decisions regarding the feasibility of hydraulic systems in hybrid vehicles and the necessary tube size to make it viable.

What are the historical influences on the development of artistic traditions in the Southwest US? This portion of the Latino Art & Culture module explains how the santo tradition reflects past and present cultural values.

What are the historical and cultural sources that inform social content in Latino artworks? This portion of the Latino Art & Culture module examines the Chicano movement in the US.

How can artwork teach us about Latino culture in the United States? This portion of the Latino Art and Culture module takes a close look at the art and culture of Puerto Rican-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Cuban Americans.

What are the historical, social, and cultural sources that inform the work of Latino artists? This portion of the Latino Art & Culture module describes Latino cultural roots from a rich mixture of European, indigenous, and African sources.

This Latinx History curriculum outlines a yearlong course, one which can be taught on its own, but which is being conceived as part of a course that will integrate both African American and Latinx history. The curriculum begins by naming the problematic dominant narratives that one may internalize or reproduce when learning about or teaching Latinx history, along with the counter narratives that tell a more accurate, complete, and political history. The five units covered in this curriculum begin with an analysis of the various terms used for Latinx people, and a history of them, concluding with a debate that asks: Are these terms more helpful or harmful to the community they claim to serve? Following this unit, the course takes on a chronological format, beginning with the history of the indigenous people of Latin America and their resistance to Spanish colonization. Next, the unit follows the independence and revolutionary movements across Latin America in the 1800s and early 1900s, followed by U.S. imperialism and changing borders throughout the second half of the 19th century and into the 20th century. The curriculum concludes with a unit on the intersectional Latinx movements of the 20th century, with an emphasis on culture as a tool of resistance and survival.

Students across the board will get a kick out of researching a historical figure from the American Revolution to create an acrostic poem.

How can we look deeper to get more meaning out of visual images? This basic visual literacy activity takes students through ways to look at selected images with the idea that they can begin to construct meaning from images and artworks.

Students will learn about the structure, function, and powers of the legislative branch of government. They will explore the legislative process, as well as the influence of citizens and political parties.

This is a video entitled United States Buys the Virgin Islands. It is a recording of the transfer documents being signed in 1917.

What apps do you use, how often do you use them, and why? This resource was created as a criterion for a professional development activity where the author created an app using the Code.org platform. The app focus is on the Red Tailed Boa as an invasive species in the U.S. Virgin Islands. That app can be viewed here or via the following link link: https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/ffbcpEOiEX-f0qZevO31O3sIQ-RxEQBG8esxHkfVbIs. Feel free to modify and/or use this lesson resource as a foundation for profesional development and growth and/or as an instructional within your classrooms. It can be used by instructors to introduce students to the exciting world of app development, specifically the development of apps using the app lab on Code.org. The lesson was designed to target students at the 9th - 12th grade levels for a duration of 5 to 8 hours, split into multiple session if needed. The duration can and should be adapted based on the needs of the students. Thank you for your interest. Have fun!

Students learn about organic gardening by developing their own research questions, conducting research, gardening at their school, creating signs about their plants, and presenting their research to the class.

This 5th grade informational, scientific text from CommonLit explains how cells, the smallest unit of a living organism, make up every living thing in the world. To support student's understanding of the informational text, teachers have access to the annotation tool and they can access guiding questions, assessment questions and discussion prompts as well as other informational texts for comparison.

Students get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.

Students will listen to a familiar story with repetitive lines that the children can remember. They will make puppets and retell the story in small groups with an adult volunteer or an older child. Main Curriculum Tie: English Language Arts Kindergarten Reading: Literature Standard 2, With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. All children will participate in retelling a familiar story using puppets. This will help develop oral language and comprehension.

¡Listos! is a series of units for Heritage Spanish learners in grades 6-12. Three lessons aligned to the K12 Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) form four thematic clusters. Relevant scenarios related to personal life, college tasks, career readiness and civic participation frame each lesson and increase student engagement by making learning authentic and relevant to real issues that students face. Each lesson identifies an intermediate or advanced proficiency target that supports language acquisition in the interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes. The project also provides teachers with a replicable approach to lesson design for adapting or creating their own materials.

After reading a work of literature as a class, students will brainstorm "crimes" committed by characters from that text. Groups of students will work together to act as the prosecution or defense for the selected characters, while also acting as the jury for other groups. Students will use several sources to research for their case, including the novel and internet resources. All the while, students will be writing a persuasive piece to complement their trial work.

While this lesson uses Shakespeare's The Tempest, there are several other text options. Handouts (except for the model case handout) are generic so that they can be used with any text.

This lesson leads students to reflect on and respond to literature by creating an online scrapbook. Students view a sample electronic scrapbook and use the project rubric to evaluate it, becoming familiar with the project requirements in the process. They use an online tool to evaluate resources on a topic related to a piece of literature and post their evaluations for class reference. Students then use online resources to capture "scraps" of information about their assigned topic and create a scrapbook using PowerPoint or another presentation software, making sure to cite all their sources. They share their online scrapbook with the class, defending their choice of scrapbook entries: why is the entry important to the understanding of the topic?

This lesson focuses on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, but any piece of literature could be used for the basis of an online scrapbook.