In this project-based learning assessment, students create music playlists to go along with the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Students choose six songs that align with various aspects of the book, and create a poster with images that go along with each song.
In this lesson, students will summarize information found in the Alabama Driver Manual and share their findings in a multimedia presentation. Students will be responsible for self-scoring and peer scoring the multimedia presentations.
This lesson plan has students do research on the myths surrounding Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. They will engage in reading, writing, and research activities that will have them learn skills in distinguishing truth from fiction as well as developing a deeper understanding about an important American historical document. Links to suggested sites for students to do their research on the myths are provided in the lesson.
In this lesson, students will work in pairs to read and discuss part of the article, "The Flight of Apollo 11" by Kenneth F. Weaver. Students will examine the photographs and discuss the article and photos in their groups.
In this lesson, students discuss the meaning of “A More Perfect Union,†a speech about race made by then-Senator Barack Obama, during the 2008 Democratic primary campaign. Students will also examine and assess how textbooks position groups differently in our national historical narrative — and how this positioning affects our understanding of ourselves.
During this extended unit, students will explore environmental sustainability from a number of different perspectives. They will dive deep into global policies regarding the environment, specifically the dedication of different countries to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Students will review and discuss specific case studies, offering their opinion of certain practices and policies. As a summative assessment, students will create a “Call to Action†project, with the intent of raising awareness and instigating action on environmental sustainability. This unit includes language (objectives, vocabulary, and lesson modifications) that will help the teacher meet the needs of ELL students. These strategies may be helpful for other students, as well.
Students examine the impact of digital technology on print journalism and develop creative ideas for delivering news
In this lesson, students examine the impact of digital technology on print journalism and develop creative ideas for delivering news
This lesson, Nonviolent Resistance, focuses on Dr. Martin Luther King's, “The Sword that Heals,†and asks student to listen to interviews with veterans of the freedom struggle as they discuss the role of nonviolent direct action.
Students will explore the reasons North Carolina Constitution of 1776 needed reform, noting the changes to the NC Constitution that were made in the Constitutional Convention of 1835. Students will then apply what they have learned by assuming the role of North Carolina Governor David L. Swain and delivering a persuasive speech to the NC legislature on why the 1835 Constitutional Convention is necessary.
In this lesson plan, Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is chunked into six reading sections. Each section has guiding questions for class discussion, as well as student notes and short writing assignments. This lesson will encourage deeper exploration of the book, as well as ask students to provide textual evidence for their writing and discussion.
In this activity, students will work in small groups to increase the fluency and complexity of their writing and sentence structure by first modeling the first two paragraphs from Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and then the writing of their classmates. They will focus on "painting with words." Lastly, they will integrate improved sentence structure into an original piece of writing based on their own experience in nature.
In this lesson, students interview people from three different age groups about superstition including what they believe and why they believe it.
In this lesson on Oedipus the King, students will analyze how the order of events help create mystery and tension in the text, as well as how the news of the death of Polybus helps develop the central idea of fate.
This page contains reading questions to help guide students through a reading of The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. It includes powerpoints with background information about the novel, reading questions for chapters of the book, and quizzes about the reading.
The Paragraph Shrinking strategy allows each student to take turns reading, pausing, and summarizing the main points of each paragraph. Students provide each other with feedback as a way to monitor comprehension.
This lesson is designed to assist students with improving their use of punctuation to include: commas, semicolons, colons, and exclamation points. The lesson is designed to encourage students to focus on emotions and their connections with given forms of punctuation. By examining emotions, students gain the ability to better understand the different uses of various punctuation marks. The lesson includes multiple student handouts and examples. There are also pertinent extension activities attached.
This resource provides a lesson designed to follow lessons that ask students to write persuasive essays. After completing their essays, students will be responsible for creating a 5 slide presentation that effectively summarizes their essay. The presentation should include narrations for each slide. Students will share their completed slides with their peers.
This resource provides a lesson that is designed to assist learners with improving their ability to handle a graphic novel. Students will focus on the beginning of the work Persepolis and examine the art used to varying effects. Students will attempt to familiarize themselves with strategies pertaining to making connections to the visual elements presented.
Students will watch and discuss video clips that show how two men in Chile coped with being prisoners in concentration camps during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Each student will then create a non-fiction picture book that tells the story of one of these men and provides historical context.