This video and support materials focus on using what you know about place value to determine what each digit represents in a number that extends to the hundredths place. Find the value of digits by exploring the number 342.98.

In this lesson, students learn about the draft lottery during the Vietnam War, and how it affected the lives of young men during that time. Students are introduced to the Selective Service’s lottery system through a bell-ringer that asks them to locate their “number” and then segregates the class into the drafted and undrafted. They then read a short description of the Selective Service’s lottery system. The key points from the reading are summarized through a teacher-directed discussion. Finally, students view the oral histories of veterans who discuss the ways the draft impacted their perspectives on the Vietnam War.

This is an interactive resource where students will examine how health issues are treated in the media, using examples from TV, movies, advertising and other formats. Select an activity designed to further expand your knowledge of the treatment and how it impacts public awareness.

Students will examine and compare several examples of offensive expression protected by the First Ammendment and evaluate whether or not such protections should be upheld. Additionally, students will conduct a case study connected to these same issues.

In this lesson from PBS NewsHour Extra, students will examine and compare several examples of offensive expression protected by the First Ammendment and evaluate whether or not such protections should be upheld. Additionally, students will conduct a case study connected to these same issues.

In this lesson, students will learn to recognize an editorial point of view in journalism and understand how this contributes to the West's understanding of events in the Middle East.

Students will identify and explain factors that contributed to ethnic tensions and conflicts in Sri Lanka. They will watch a video clip related to the conflict in Sri Lanka and critically analyze texts to determine the characteristics of the author. Students will also use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the war in Sri Lanka with another conflict previously studied.

In this video, algebra tiles are used to generate equivalent expressions using the distributive property.

Students design and conduct research to discover firsthand what type of fish is being sold in their community, where this fish comes from, and whether that fish is an overfished species. This lesson gives students a chance to do their own market research and discover first-hand what type of fish is being sold to the public. It also provides an introduction to fish as an important food source and as an industry controlled partly by supply and demand. The results that emerge from this lesson will likely lead your students to question the role of public education in seafood choices for sustainable fisheries.

Students will use dominoes to learn how to represent a graphical model for adding unlike fractions.

In this lesson students will be given a list of Drug Information Web sites and a blank "Drug Abuse Crossword". They are to complete the crossword by finding the answers within the various websites. The information they glean from the Web search will be used to plan an informational brochure to be distributed to all students in school.

Students will work in teams to complete a "drugonym"-- an acronym where each letter in a drug name begins a new sentence or short paragraph describing properties of the drug.

In this grammar resource from PBS Learning Media, students will recognize the difference between formal language and informal language and analyze examples of each. They will then complete an activity in which they rewrite informal sentences to use formal language.

In this resource from PBS Learning Media, students will learn about nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements and how they function in sentences. They will learn how to use commas, dashes, and parentheses to separate these elements from the rest of the sentence. Students will complete an activity to enclose nonrestrictive elements in sentences using punctuation.

In this grammar resource from PBS Learning Media, students will learn the difference between coordinating and cumulative adjectives and when to use commas between adjectives.

In this resource from PBS Learning Media, students will learn how to use ellipses to indicate omitted portions from a quoted text.

In this grammar resource from PBS Learning Media, students will interpret information presented in diverse media and formats by analyzing an essay and a video about the same topic. Students will then complete activities in which they analyze information presented in an article and a map.

In this mission-based lesson, students learn basic concepts about epidemiology in the context of the current outbreak and apply what they have learned to design a strategy to control the epidemic. A digital student guide is offered in conjunction with the lesson at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons-plans/ebola-outbreak-mission-instructions-and-resources-digital-student-guide/

In this lesson, students will learn about seven of Egypt's most famous pharaohs. They will discuss leadership styles and draw conclusions about the success of each of these pharaohs. After learning about the personality and life of each pharaoh, students will break into groups to create in-depth projects about one of the seven pharaohs they have learned about and will teach others in the class about this leader. *This lesson is #4 in Egypt's Golden Empire.