A teaching idea in which students express their ideas through digital photography or film by choosing a content-related topic, discussing their project with the teacher, and then photograph or film their ideas.

A teaching idea in which alphabet-themed text, created electronically, are filled with comprehensive research related to the content area.

A small-group drama activity in which middle and high school students plan a guest list based on the content area they are studying through questions about guests and who might attend the dinner party. It can be used in all content areas.

A seven-line poetry form with a diamond shape that contrasts two opposite topics. It can be used in all content areas.

A type of poetry used to represent a particular topic and includes nine specific descriptors.

A poetry form which has five lines, and focuses on a word and its synonyms. It can be useful for representing ideas in content areas.

A poetry form in which students write, vertically on a page, a word or phrase that is central to their poem and then use each letter to begin a line of the poem that describes or refers to the topic.

The resulting material from problem-based learning which are, generally, reasoned explanations. Students come up with these solutions based on the information given to them, their responses to the questions they have come up with, as well as subsequent reasoning.

A long-term inquiry-based activity in which teachers and students select an intriguing story from a news source to use as the basis for inquiry and examination.

An inquiry-based research method in content area study that encourages students to go further in their research beyond general knowledge about a person, event, invention, discovery, or topic.