Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Journey to Language Arts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore events of the Lewis & Clark expedition. Students observe a PowerPoint presentation. They demonstrate journal writing using first person point of view. Young scholars describe life in North America during the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Punctuating Dialogue

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use narrative strategies (e.g., dialogue and action) to develop characters, plot and setting and maintain a consistent point of view. They create and accurately punctuate dialogue necessary to help the plot progress,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Story Scrapbook

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students develop a comparison worksheet using one non fiction book and one fiction book they have read to be put into a class scrapbook. In their comparison students must have title, author, point of view, setting, characters, and other...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measure for Measure: Are You Talkin' to Me?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers rehearse and perform an exchange from act three, scene two of the play, Measure for Measure, in pairs. They read the lines from the point of view of a different character in the play, and perform for the class.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

War, Peace and Judaism 1

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students describe the conflict discussed in class, identify the groups involved in the conflict and their various interests, and define the term ethics. They analyze a current news story from an ethical point of view.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trail of Discovery

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners collaborate on a research-based documentation of their town's founding, written from the point of view of a fictional person who lived there long ago
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Feudal System: Castles At War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a first person account of life in the middle ages from the perspective of a king, noble, knight or peasant. They view and discuss a Discovery Channel video then research the roles and responsibilities of their class...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX)

Whales, Whales, Whales!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
The title says it all! Help your pupils learn all about whales. Class members research different species of whales and share the information via video conferences with kids from another school. They conduct research on a selected species...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Defining Economics Visually

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon about the economic concept of debt and equity and respond to 3 talking point questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Environmental Harmony

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use information from a variety of media to evaluate different artists' views on the human relationship to nature. From these sources, class discussion, and personal experience, students will synthesize a thoughtful,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating and Destroying Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the types of symmetry that appear in different basketball symbols. They point out changes that rotate symmetry from one type to another.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Keep Current Through a Cartoonist's Commentary

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about the Middle East and American domestic issues. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

America's Involvement in World War I

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate online websites on German U-boat naval warfare, conditions in the trenches and the effects of poisonous gases. They write three entries in a diary from different perspectives.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Write Persuasively (Grades 3-5)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice persuasive writing. In this writing lesson plan, students understand that there are different ways to write. Students build a list of words that can be used for persuasion. Students develop statements to use for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Goals, Interactions and Outcomes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize both sides of a dilemma through use of a Human Interaction Outline.  In this Goals, Interactions and Outcome lesson plan, students create a diagram to show opposing views of fishermen and oil companies. ...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Days of Jane Eyre's Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch the movie Jane Eyre and complete a viewing log. They take a test on their findings.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kicking It Around

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the recent boom in women's sports, focusing on the Women's World Cup Soccer tournament to examine various people's views about women athletes. They write a newspaper article summarizing what they learned in their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Voices of the American Revolution - Primary Documents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use primary documents to examine the attitudes and positions of several factions leading up to the American Revolutionary War. They read documents, debate differing perspectives and write an essay exploring the reasons for revolt.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Tooning into the Cosmos

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons that feature space science. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Loyalist Vs. Revolutionary Ideology

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students understand some causes of the American Revolution. Students learn the viewpoints of the loyalists and the American Revolutionaries. Students learn a timeline of facts which they use to compare and contrast the views of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Debating Responsibility

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the concept of responsibility. In this debating responsibility lesson, 8th graders view scenarios with differing perspectives to debate avoiding or taking responsibility.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Activating Students

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners view and analyze one example of student activism in the 1960's and then apply their learning to their own situations. They work cooperatively to develop and implement their own "activist" or community service learning plan.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Saying it Without Words

For Students 8th - 12th
For this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon that requires them to consider the power of symbols in cartoons and respond to 4 talking point questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons in the Classroom: Visual Clichés

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze political cartoons featuring the use of clichés. Students respond to 2 talking point questions.