In this unit, students will be reading and writing myths following the structure of short stories and eventually publishing their own work.

The 7th grade poetry unit gives an in-depth approach to poetry. Included are worksheets, rubrics, and answers keys where applicable along with CCSS literature examples.

In this 14 day unit plan students read, research, draw conclusions, and write beginning level argumentative essays comparing/contrasting major world religions.

In this lesson, students will discover a policy within their school or district that is important to them and that they'd like to change. They will conduct an investigation of the policy in question and write a letter with their claim, results, and recommendation to the appropriate audience.

This resource challenges students to focus and strategize to find the hidden labor related vocabulary words in this interactive word search puzzle. Words disappear from the list once they are located and students can click on a word from the list to locate it if they are stumped. Attention to detail and strategizing are the skills practiced.

This resource provides information about important points concerning birth control including how birth control works.

In this set of lessons, students read excerpts from "The Death of Benny Paret" by Norman Mailer and "The Fight" by William Hazlitt. Students annotate the text, specifically looking for metaphor and simile, tone, and syntax. Working with a partner, students write three paragraphs, analyzing metaphor or simile, tone, and syntax in "The Death of Benny Paret." Working independently, students write one paragraph, choosing to analyze metaphor or simile, tone, or syntax in "The Fight."

This resource provides information about bullying including the effects of bullying, what to do if you are being bullied, what to do if you are bullying others, and what to do if you see others being bullied.

In this resource students are asked, "What are you interested in?" A variety of subjects are listed for them to select and a menu of associated careers in order for students to make connections between their interests and employment opportunities. Once a students clicks on their career choice the Occupational Outlook Handbook page for that occupation appears providing them with details about pay, education requirements, number of jobs, etc.

This resource provides an overview of different types of careers for music lovers. The first section profiles several occupations that involve music. The second section describes how you can prepare for a music-related career. The third section details some of the highs and lows of working in music. Employment, wages, and outlook are also reviewed.

This article provides information to help students understand how chemicals such as medicines and household products can be poisonous, as well as, who to contact in a poison emergency.

This resource provides information to help students learn about having a strong character including showing compassion and caring about people around them in their community.

In this lesson, students use the Cornell notes tool to do close reading of informational text.

This interactive crossword puzzle challenges students to recognize and/or identify vocabulary words associated with the workplace.

This resource provides information about why some teens want to hurt themselves and how to recognize the signs of self- injury.

This resource provides information to help students learn about dating and how to maintain healthy relationships.

This resource provides information to help students understand how to deal with conflict including examples of how to react to certain situations.

This lesson plan is designed as an educational component of the Documented Rights Online Exhibit. It is designed to be a unit plan that requires students to research, analyze, and create a finished product using documents from the exhibit. The essential question guiding activites is, "What are our unalienable rights as humans?" Students will break into teams and research the struggles of different groups of people. Each team will make a presentation to the class.

This resource provides an illustration of an employability framework that is interactive. The framework is comprised of nine key skills, organized in three broad categories: applied knowledge, effective relationships, and workplace skills. Students can click on pieces of the framework to learn more about the skills required for employment.