Meet Narcissus, a handsome and self-centered demi-god who stars in his own tragic Greek myth.

Read up on the real-life Saint Nicholas, a man who did some good deeds way back in the day, and see what similarities he shares with Santa.

Encourage students to turn vacations into educational experiences. This activity asks students to research a famous destination, pull key information, and plug that information into a travel brochure.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

As your students read the nonfiction text in this travel brochure activity, they will learn about the many cultures that have enriched the diverse city of Lisbon.

Students will pick their favorite facts about the city of Prague and create their own travel brochure, complete with a map.

Challenge your student's knowledge of the U.S. presidents with this series of match-up games.

This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sentence Parts and Making Predictions.

Learn about Carl Sagan, an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, and author.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Fiction.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading The Great Fire.

Language is fascinating and confusing! Learn some words in other languages that don't translate to English with this great linguistics worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences with Sentence Stems.

What do you in Ancient Greece when you have more money than you need? You build a giant tomb structure, of course!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What Was the Problem?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Fiction.

In this thoughtful culture and writing activity, children will read about each of the tenets of Kwanzaa, then reflect on what these mean to them.

Learn about one of the world's most mysterious pieces of written text, the Voynich manuscript, which has never been deciphered.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Evidence as a Statement.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.

Ready for Halloween? Here's Noppera Bo, a terrifying folk tale from Japan, to help you celebrate.

This graphic organizer helps your students examine descriptive adjectives and nouns.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring Character Motivation.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences and Introductory Phrases.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Nonfiction Details.

You may not know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but your life has certainly been affected by him! This famous scientist created the polio vaccine.