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- Formation of a stream valley
- This is a class of 12 Learning Disabled students taking Earth Science. It is a sophomore class. There are two attention deficit students. They all are good readers but have trouble with comprehension of science vocabulary.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.
- "Forward" to the great escape
- In this lesson, students will read a primary source document from Documenting the American South and examine a painting by Jacob Lawrence to understand the conditions of the underground railroad before the Civil War. Students will then create a painting and a narrative related to the underground railroad.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- By Jamie Lathan.
- From social drinking to dependence
- In this lesson for high school healthful living, students categorize behaviors into social drinking, problem drinking, and alcoholism. They then discuss the signs of early and late stage alcoholism.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Healthful Living)
- By Allison Buckner and John Janowiak.
- Fueling the future: Evaluating the sustainability of biofuels
- In recent years, there has been a surge in the interest of the manufacturing of biofuels as a replacement for fossil fuels in automobiles. This lesson plan for grades 9-12 requires students to consider the impact and sustainability of using biofuels on the economy, the environment, and society.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Dana Haine.
- Fugitive Slave Law simulation
- Students face the critical issue of the Fugitive Slave Law that gave Southerners the right to regain their runaway slaves and return them to bondage. It is also considered by many to have contributed to growing sectionalism in the U.S. and eventually the Civil War. In order to take on the roles of historical actors, students will examine primary source documents from the Documenting the American South collection and critique arguments in favor and opposed to the law.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- g: A pendulum
- Students will time the periods of pendulums to determine if length or mass affects them. Students can then use a pendulum to calculate the acceleration of gravity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Bill Sowell.
- Generating electricity: Evaluating the sustainability of today's and tomorrow's energy sources
- Students will learn about the energy sources used by their local utility provider to generate electricity and will work in small groups to evaluate the sustainability of either a renewable or non-renewable energy source used to generate electricity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 )
- By Dana Haine.
- George Washington and Frederick Douglass letters: Recognizing point of view and bias
- In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 4
- This lesson uses two letters written by famous individuals. Frederick Douglass, a well-known former slave who became a leader of the American abolition movement, escaped from slavery in Maryland to freedom in New York in 1838. George Washington was a large slaveholder in Virginia (as well as the first president of the United States).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., NBCT.
- The germination of a tree
- In this lesson students will attempt to germinate tree seeds and observe the interior of a seed under a microscope.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 and 9–12 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Harold Mackin.
- Graphing quadratic equations
- This lesson will help students quickly graph a quadratic equation. It will also help them to understand the purpose of completing the square.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
- By Kathy Schadt.
- The Great Chaucer Challenge: A cooperative learning game to review the Prologue
- This game employs the cooperative learning group format to review thoroughly Chaucer's Prologue to The Canterbury Tales and "The Pardoner's Tale" and "The Nun's Priest's Tale."
- Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts)
- By Julie Shaw.
- Half-life
- In Integrating Chemistry and Algebra II, page 5
- This activity integrates Chemistry and Algebra II by using the concepts of half-life and exponential decay. Half-life is a way for students to see a real-life use of exponential decay functions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics and Science)
- By Jennifer Elmo.
- Heaven or Groundhog Day?
- This unit is designed to appeal to adolescents with its non-print text base, the movie Groundhog Day. The pre-viewing activities prepare students for the allusions in the movie and include cultural literacy. The teacher can pick and choose from the activities to apply the concept of personal growth. The teacher may select from activities for science, workplace ethics, music, computer competency, and English language arts. The teacher may modify any of the attachments to suit the students' needs and interests.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By David Melton and Julia Millush.
- The hero connection: From Beowulf to Batman
- After reading Beowulf,students will identify Beowulf's heroic traits, generalize from these traits a list of typical traits for heroes, and then use these traits to compare Beowulf with contemporary heroes. As a culminating activity, students will define their concept of hero and then create a booklet of personal heroes from various areas.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
- By Hilda Caldwell.
- Hidden stories: A three-part lesson in African American history, research, and children’s literature
- In this high school lesson plan, students will create a timeline of African American history, review a work of children's literature, and then create their own works of children's literature drawing on a primary source document pertaining to the life of an ordinary African American.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Edie McDowell.
- History of astronomy scavenger hunt
- A unit on astronomy inevitably and rightfully begins with a look at the history of astronomy. This activity provides students with an opportunity to learn the basic facts of the history of astronomy by using the internet.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science and Social Studies)
- By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.
- History of atomic theory
- This lesson is developed for a regular low level physical science class. In small groups, students will use media and written script to learn and teach each other about major contributions to the development of the atomic theory.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development and Science)
- By Anya Childs and Rhonda Garrett.
- Homerun hoopla
- This lesson is designed for students to gather and analyze data about baseball figures. The student will use the Internet or other resources to collect statistical data on the top five home run hitters for the current season as well as their career home run totals. The students will graph the data and determine if it is linear or non-linear.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Mathematics)
- By Anne Walters.
- How do chemists measure?
- In Why does chemistry matter in my life?, page 2
- In this lesson, students learn about metric conversion and scientific notation by completing a lab in which they mix a gold solution with a sodium citrate solution and observe the subsequent chemical changes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Lisa Hibler.
- How do we help the American chestnut tree?
- In Restoring the American chestnut, page 4
- In this lesson, students learn about biotechnology techniques necessary to create a transgenic organism from start to finish. Students will create a poster that illustrates processes such as DNA extraction, gel electrophoresis, and gene splicing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Shelley Casey.
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