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Using Textual Clues to Understand A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol offers students a chance to practice their close reading skills. Using the provided worksheets, readers examine context clues to determine the meanings of words, direct and indirect characterization...
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Geometry Unit 12: Probability
The "Geometry Unit 12: Probability" series contains three video lessons designed for the flipped classroom. Learners watch as videos demonstrate several types of problems highlighting probability concepts, and then work through a series...
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TeachEngineering: Next-Generation Surgical Tools in the Body
Designed for high schoolers, the 11 lessons and activities in the “TeachEngineering: Next-Generation Surgical Tools in the Body” unit module prepare STEM teams to design prototypes of laparoscopic surgical robots. After an introduction...
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Teaching Podcasting: A Curriculum Guide for Educators
The six lessons in the "Teaching Podcasting: A Curriculum Guide for Educators" unit module are designed to teach future podcasters everything they need to know to create a successful podcast. They learn how to select and narrow a topic,...
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Digital Literacy Library: Security
Password safety, the risks of using public Wi-Fi networks, and cybersecurity are the focus of the three lessons in the "Digital Literacy Library: Security" unit module. Middle and high school cyber scholars learn how to make strong...
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Digital Literacy Library: Privacy and Reputation
Four lessons in the "Digital Literacy Library: Privacy and Reputation" unit underscore the importance of carefully considering what social media users share online. Pupils take a survey about their use, play a privacy game, learn how to...
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Digital Literacy Library: Positive Behavior
Make cyberbullying a thing of the past with a two-lesson unit about online behavior. Scholars learn about setting boundaries and creating respectful, healthy online relationships.
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Digital Literacy Library: Identity Exploration
The three lessons in the "Digital Literacy Library: Identity Exploration" unit module are designed to educate middle and high school pupils about the possible advantages and dangers of using social media. They learn about responsible...
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Theodore Roosevelt Association Lesson Plans
Four resources make up the Theodore Roosevelt Association Lesson Plans unit module. Scholars create a timeline, research Roosevelt's goals and determine if they were met, build an edible map, and examine the former president's tactics to...
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Geometry Unit 9: Area of Polygons
Six lessons make up the Geometry Unit 9: Area of Polygons unit module. Pupils review the formulas for finding the area of parallelograms and triangles. They apply previous learning of trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to...
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TeachEngineering: Next-Generation Surgical Tools in the Body
Young engineers design laparoscopic surgical tools in an 11-lesson unit aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. The first lesson introduces the class to the abdominopelvic cavity. Teams learn what it is like to perform...
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Geometry Unit 10: Surface Area and Volume
Geometry Unit 10 contains six resources that cover surface area and volume. Scholars first watch a video explaining the basic terminology of three-dimensional figures, such as prisms, lateral edges, bases, and faces. They then learn how...
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Geometry Unit 8: Transformations
Four resources make up the Geometry 8 Unit Module. To begin, scholars review the different types of transformations. They work in more detail with translations by drawing the transformations and writing the algebraic rule. In the second...
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NewseumED: News Reporting
Three lessons comprise the NewseumEd unit module. For the first lesson, young reporters have an opportunity to craft a news story about a topic that interests them. They select a topic, research it, and write their story for a class...
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Kindred
Four resources comprise a unit module designed for Octavia E. Butler's Kindred instructors to use in their classes. The first resource in the series, a packet designed for instructors, includes an overview of the unit, a day-to-day...
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Latinx Rights in 1960s California
The two lessons in the Latinx Rights in 1960s California unit module examine two protests: The East LA school walkouts and the California grape workers strike of 1965-66. The East LA School walkouts lesson plan looks at the importance of...
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NewseumED: Civil Rights
As part of a social, economic, and legal/political civil rights study, class members brainstorm a list of current civil rights issues that affect their community and then select one issue that they think they could work to change as a...
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The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1949
Scholars research the falling out between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945-1946 in the first instructional activity of a three-part series. Using primary source materials, group work, and interactive mapping, class...
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Geometry Unit 7: Right Triangles
Six lessons comprise the Geometry Unit 7: Right Triangles unit module. In the first lesson, pupils review the Pythagorean Theorem and determine how to use the converse to determine whether a triangle is right, obtuse, or acute. Next,...
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Lord of the Flies
Packed with activities, presentations, projects, and assessments, first-time instructors and seasoned veterans will find much to like in this unit based on William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. An 18-slide presentation includes...
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Geometry Unit 6: Similar Figures
Similar figures are the topic of Geometry Unit 6. Each of the four resources in the unit module contains a video, teacher reference, practice packets, solutions, and corrective assignments. In the first lesson, pupils learn the...
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Geometry Unit 5: Quadrilaterals and Polygons
One's knowledge of angles should measure up to expectations. Scholars watch a video to learn about angles in polygons. They first see how to partition a polygon into triangles to find the sum of the interior angle measures. They then...
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Geometry Unit 4: Triangle Congruence
The Geometry Unit 4: Triangle Congruence unit module contains five lessons—each with a video, teacher reference, practice packets, solutions, and corrective assignments. To begin, scholars review the types of triangles, then investigate...