This lesson focuses on the importance of geographic features and the abundance of natural resources that helped ancient Egypt become the world's first superpower. Students will learn about the geography and resources available to the ancient Egyptians and create a multimedia tour that demonstrates this learning to others.

In this lesson, students will use the poem, "The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven" written by Jack Prelutsky to explore verbs, synonyms, and poetry.

In this lesson, students will write a short autobiographical sketch and produce an author page to be used with their writing throughout the year.

Students will choose a topic to research that relates to their career path and write paper on that career in Microsoft Word using MLA formatting for the report.

This unit will serve as an exploration of the creation myth across cultures, an introduction to the major Greek gods and goddesses, and an opportunity to link mythology to today's world. Students will research and create a newsletter on a creation myth and the culture from which it came. They will also plan and present a slideshow presentation about a major god or goddess of ancient Greece, including allusions to him/her in today's world.

In this lesson, students identify and analyze folktales. They learn the characteristics of folktales and use them to evaluate existing tales and to create original tales of their own. Students apply the writing process to strengthen writing skills and to develop creativity.