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- All About ME: Likenesses & Differences
- This lesson will help to enhance the self-esteem of students by focusing on each child's individual differences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Guidance, Healthful Living, and Social Studies)
- By Crystal Sigmon.
- A friend, starting with you!
- This lesson helps students learn about themselves and how good a friend they are to others. It helps children identify their own special talents and characteristics while showing the importance of good self-esteem in making new friends.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance)
- By Sara Smith.
- Bio-Poem introductions
- Bio-Poems can be used at the beginning of school as an opening activity for the first week of school. They can also be used anytime throughout the year when introductions are necessary (e.g. change of semester class, new students, etc.). In this lesson students will use the writing process as well as computer word processing skills. This activity ensures success and builds self-esteem.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Linda Taylor.
- The importance of recess
- How classroom elementary teachers can promote physical education.
- By Timothy Meyler and Sarah Banks.
- Communities In Schools of Wake County: “Just passing isn’t good enough!”
- The educators of Communities In Schools (CIS) of Wake County, after ascertaining that the average grade of their middle school students was low D to F, determined to change their program drastically. They researched programs across the country that demonstrated success with students with profiles similar to those of CIS students, hired an education consulting company to help them establish measurement matrices, and instituted a range of new policies and activities. As a result, CIS students’ grades improved to C in just six months.
- Format: article
- By Susan B. Hansell.
- Socratic method
- This article explains the history and theory of the Socratic method of teaching, which emphasizes teacher-student dialogue. The article offers suggestions for creating Socratic circles and Socratic seminars and provides resources for further reading.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- The Binational Migrant Education Program
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 3.1
- The Binational Migrant Education Program helps students, teachers, school administration, and parents manage the education of students who move between the United States and Mexico.
- By Jennifer Whytock.
- Reading for relevance in literature
- A unit-length instructional plan for using graphic organizers to promote active reading of novels, using The Count of Monte Cristo as an example.
- By Suzanne Micallef.
Resources on the web
- Exploring language and identity: Amy Tan's Mother Tongue and beyond
- Students examine Amy Tan's “Mother Tongue” and produce personal narratives that examine language and identity issues. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: IRA/NCTE
- Comic makeovers: Examining race, class, ethnicity, and gender in the media
- In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore representations of race, class, ethnicity, and gender by analyzing comics over a two-week period and then re-envisioning them with a “comic character makeover.” (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: IRA/NCTE
- My family traditions: A class book and a potluck lunch
- In this lesson, after a read aloud and analysis of Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia, by Carmen Lomas Garza, students describe the book's pictures and discuss family traditions. Students will: appreciate... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
- Help students of all ages find their own entrepreneurial opportunities with the opportunities, lessons and resources on this site. (Learn more)
- Format: website/lesson plan
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- KidsHealth
- Health and wellness articles and animations for kids, teens, and parents. (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: Nemours Foundation
