Social studies
A Tour of the Brain: Regions and Their Jobs
Students read a short passage on the brain, complete fill-in sentences with a word bank, and apply what they learned to everyday situations.
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Communications & media
Active Listening and Scoring a Speech with a Rubric
Students practice active listening on an original speech excerpt, then score two excerpts with a rubric and write kind, specific feedback.
Business & personal finance
Ad Detective: What Is This Ad Really Saying?
Students analyze six original, fictional ad descriptions, name the persuasion technique in each, separate claims from facts, and write their own ad concept.
Science
Adaptations: Match the Trait to the Job
Students match animal and plant features to how they help survival, sort adaptations as structural or behavioral, and design a creature for a desert habitat.
Social studies
Age of Exploration Timeline: Five Voyages That Changed the World
Students read about five voyages from 1405 to 1522, place them on a timeline, calculate years between events, and discuss effects on the peoples involved.
English language arts
Anatomy of an Editorial: Claim, Counterargument and Rebuttal
Students take apart an original editorial about a graduation requirement, label its claim, reasons, counterargument and rebuttal, and evaluate how convincing it is.
Mathematics
Angle Pairs: Complementary, Supplementary, Vertical
Students learn the four basic angle-pair relationships, then write and solve equations to find missing angle measures and catch mistakes in sample work.
English language arts
Any Novel: Character Map and Evidence Chart
Students build a character profile and relationship chart for a main character in any novel they are reading, with evidence from the text.
Mathematics
Area and Perimeter: Fences, Floors and Fixing Mistakes
Students find area and perimeter of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms and an L-shaped room, then correct sample mistakes.
Social studies
Be the Justice: Reasoning Through Made-Up Supreme Court Cases
Students learn how the Supreme Court decides cases, then analyze two made-up First Amendment cases, weigh both sides, and write their own short decisions.
Social studies
Bill of Rights Scenarios: Which Right Is at Stake?
Students read about five Bill of Rights amendments, match seven made-up scenarios to the right involved, and discuss why rights have limits.
Science
Body Systems Teamwork: Match the System to Its Job
Students match eight body systems to their jobs, sort organs into systems, and explain how systems cooperate during a jog.