Middle School Resource Primary Sources and Personal Artifacts by Library of Congress This lesson plan introduces the practice of using primary sources; where to find primary sources, what they are, how to examine them, and how to construct a context to tell more of the story. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.SSP.3.1.7, SS.SSP.4.1.7, SS.SSP.5.1.2 and […]

  High School Resource Worries of a Winter Walk This short story is a delightful tale of a writer with a deadline who is on a winter walk. This story epitomizes an example of the creative path that a writer may take while viewing a normal everyday scene and formulating a cohesive story line from […]

Elementary School Resource Clean Up Time After the students have become acquainted with the centers and objects that belong there, they will practice putting things in their proper places at clean-up time. Children will discuss what would happen if things were not put back in their proper places and how they would feel. The children […]

High School Resource Writing Short Stories: The Fun Way by ECSDM All students have great creative short stories implanted in their minds, however, many of them lack the confidence to write the story down. Here is a fun approach to engage students in the creative writing of original short stories that involves the entire class […]