Top 10 Multimedia Units: Plan Your Year

Hook student interest with our top 10 teacher-tested multimedia units that include interactives, audio, and online publishing resources for students, plus lesson plans and free printables for you.

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1. Writing With Writers

Grade 1–12
Work with authors, editors, and illustrators to develop writing skills in eight genres — biography, descriptive, folktale, mystery, myth, news, poetry, speech, and book review writing. Publish your work online.

Writing With Writers Teacher's Guide

 

2. Clifford Interactive Storybooks

Grade PreK–2
Read along with Clifford in English and Spanish. Practice phonics skills as you listen and select words to include in your Clifford Interactive Storybook.

Clifford Interactive Storybooks Teacher's Guide

 

3. The First Thanksgiving

Grade PreK–12
Take a voyage on the Mayflower. Experience daily life in the early settlement of the Pilgrims. Discover facts related to the Thanksgiving Feast. Explore timelines, interviews, and "The Thanksgiving Web Hunt."

The First Thanksgiving Teacher's Guide

 

4. Research Starters

Grade 6–12
Find the research you need. Fast. From project ideas to encyclopedia articles to writing tips, Research Starters is your entry point to a world of knowledge. Topics include: World War II, Confucianism, Rainforests, and more.

 

5. Culture & Change: Black History in America

Grade 3–12
Study the Civil Rights movement and the concept of racism. Explore the history of jazz music with audio. Meet African Americans who have made a difference. Follow their life stories and share your opinions.

Culture & Change: Black History in America Teacher's Guide

 

6. Weather Watch

Grade K–8
Come face to face with extreme weather conditions. Track daily weather patterns. Build an operational weather station, then collect and compare data. Write reports from the eye of the storm.

Weather Watch Teacher's Guide

 

7. Building Language for Literacy

Grade PreK–K
Prepare today for reading success tomorrow. Develop language skills with Nina the Naming Newt, Reggie the Rhyming Rhino, and Leo the Letter-Loving Lobster as they explore a firehouse, a supermarket, and a zoo.

Building Language for Literacy Teacher's Guide

 

8. Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today

Grade K–8
Find out what it means to come to the United States as an immigrant from the early 20th century through the early 21st century. Explore the halls of Ellis Island, the main immigration port of the early 1900s, with video.

Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Teacher's Guide

 

9. Flashlight Readers

Grade 3–8
Join the free club for kids who love books. Get exclusive author info, including photos, audio, and notes from the authors themselves. Play fun learning games that take you into your favorite books.

Flashlight Readers Teacher's Guide

 

10. The Underground Railroad: Escape From Slavery

Grade 4–12
Travel back to the year 1860 and follow a young slave as he flees a Kentucky plantation for Canada along the Underground Railroad. This unit includes audio and photo resources.

Underground Railroad Teacher's Guide

Teacher Activity Guide: Milly and the Macy's Parade
Find quick learning activities and thought-provoking printables to enhance the experience of reading Milly and the Macy's Parade with your class.

Becoming Biographers
Help your students turn the life stories of their classmates into books.

Activities: Journalism, Newspapers & Solving Mysteries
Printable activities including a mystery activity that students can bring home and solve with their familiy.

LESSON PLAN	We're Zoologists! Students will learn about the characteristics of zoo animals through Internet research, picture books, and non-fiction books.
UNIT PLAN	Women's Suffrage Students read about the suffrage movement , research and answer dicussion questions, and write essays.