New York State Education Department
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 5
Are video games sports? Pupils investigate this question as well as various nonfiction selections to learn more about claims and the support that defines them. All of the selections mimic the rigor on state tests and encourage close...
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Vermont Department of Education
The home page may mislead you into believing that the site does not house as much information as some other state sites, but don't be fooled. Follow the blue links to a wealth of material on all aspects of the state program from state...
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Finance Authority of Maine: Claim Your Future
This game can be played individually or as a class. Students make adult decisions about spending money, based on income from a particular career. This could help students decide on a career, as well as learning how to budget their...
iCivics
I Civics: West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that it was unconstitutional for a state to force students to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Students learn how the interests of national unity and...
Arizona State University
Art Lesson: Should Art Be for Art's Sake?
A lesson plan where the teacher presents the five traditional theories of art (formalism, instrumentalism, imitationalism expressionism and institutionalism.) Learners review Chicana/o and earlier protest art from an instrumental point...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Research Project: American Heroes
This lesson is designed to help young scholars of all backgrounds learn to work together in groups to complete a research paper assignment. This is a collaborative based lesson plan that challenges students to work together to complete...
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Can It?
Pop artists used consumer products, advertising, and popular culture icons as the major source for subject matter in their art. Between 1962 and 1967, Andy Warhol painted soup cans, both individually and in groups. 100 Cans is one of the...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Discovering a Passion for Poetry W/ Langston Hughes
After analyzing examples of contemporary youth poetry as well as the poetry of Langston Hughes, learners will use the Internet to conduct research on how events in the world have shaped Hughes' work. They will cite specific examples that...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Buddies Create Power Point Stories
Contains plans for five lessons that ask students to create PowerPoint presentations about shared experiences like field trips or other activities. Students take pictures of what happen, and then explain the sequence of events in words...
New Deal Network
New Deal Network: Artists
Click on the name of individual artists listed here for excellent black and white photographs of WPA artists and their work, as well as complete descriptions. A timeline of events of the New Deal era, lesson plans and other resources are...
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Understanding Migration [Pdf]
Why do people move? This curriculum unit tackles the complex questions about the causes of individual versus large-scale migration as well as the global effects of migration. Clear lesson plans and objectives are included.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Where Did All the Money Go? The Great Depression Mystery
Use this lesson plan to have students investigate how the American economy went from boom to bust in the 1920s. Find the resources needed for the lesson as well as important discussion questions for individual and class consideration.
Purdue University
Guide to Critical Theory: Introduction to Postmodernism
Definition, applications, lesson plans and individual theorist modules are all offered on this site. Includes links to other web resources as well.