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Making a video critique of an information source

After finishing their social issues research paper for their English class (or any other type of research paper), students will write and present orally a critique of one information source used in their research papers. Students will work in pairs to videotape each other, and they must also design appropriate backdrops for their oral presentations. Students will watch and evaluate all critiques.

This interdisciplinary assignment combines information skills and language arts skills, and requires collaboration between the media specialist and the English teacher.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)

By Bonnie Snyder.

Car mania: The legacy of the Industrial Revolution

In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.8

In this lesson, students participate in an assembly-line activity and gain an understanding of the role of the assembly line in the Industrial Revolution.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)

By Shea Calloway and Julie McCann.

Romeo! Why do you have to be a doggone Montague?

Students will interpret and comprehend Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Act 2, Scene 2 (the balcony scene) through translating the original text and preparing a dramatic presentation of the scene for the class.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)

By Amanda Rowland.

Automobile parade

This may be the first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 in downtown Manhattan. At least ten different makes and models are seen, including electric and steam powered machines. Only three years earlier, in 1896, Henry Ford, Charles Brady King,...

Format: video/video

India's path to independence

This interdisciplinary plan includes the study of the effects of imperialism and India's struggle for independence through history texts, literary works, and online resources. Activities include a seminar, research, and a news broadcast. Although this unit is designed for integrated English II and World Civilizations, lessons can be adapted to other class structures.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

By Marian Johnson.

Beans and how they grow

The students will incorporate computer skills, math, and literature with books such as: Miss Rumphius and The Reason for a Flower.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science)

By Betty Black.

Small arms in the Civil War

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.2

Article describes the weapons carried by infantry and cavalry soldiers during the U.S. Civil War. Includes video of a Civil War reenactment.

Format: article

"We the People"

Students will gain a better understanding of the U.S. Constitution by exploring the language of the Constitution.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

By Karen Creech, Terri Hodges, Megan Lawson, and Mary Ostwalt.

An introduction to teacher research

Every day, teachers develop lesson plans, evaluate student work, and share outcomes with students, parents, and administrators. Teacher research is simply a more intentional and systematic version of what good teachers already do. This article explains the basic process of teacher research, including formulation of a research question, data collection and analysis, and writing up your findings.

By Amy Anderson.

Resources on the web

The Art of Asia

Uses maps, video, and images to accentuate textual treatments about Asian art in China, Japan, and Tibet. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The NASA SCIence Files

Help NASA plan for a trip to Mars and get the astronauts ready for a long vacation in space! Investigate this problem and lots more by collecting research, interviewing experts, and conducting experiments. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: NASA

Maps in Our Lives

This rich site features a historical exhibit that celebrates the partnership between the Library of Congress and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping through surveys, cartography, geodesy, and geographic information systems (GIS). These maps illustrate... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress