Idealism Lesson Plans

Learners write about their ideal mate.  In this ideal mate writing lesson, students listen and then help the teacher describe the characteristics of an ideal mate.  Learners write about their ideal mate and share with a partner. Students prepare an oral presentation about their ideal mate.

Students examine the significance of city planning. They analyze maps, develop a crossword puzzle using vocabulary terms, and create a diagram of an ideal city and describe the features that make it healthy for the economy, the environment, and the people.

Students use 3-D modeling techniques to observe the characteristic signature of the stall condition apparent on an airfoil at high angles of attack. They use FoilSim to compare the above with ideal airflow.

Students discover how Shaker values and ideology shaped their way of life, and how the artifacts they produced continue to influence our ideals of beauty. Students apply the Shaker designs to their own inventions.

Learners create an image symbolic of their ideal world. In this lesson inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird and the artwork of Edward Hicks, students use Adobe Photoshop to create an image symbolic of their personal utopia.

Students investigate their body-mass index and ideal weight. In this body-mass index lesson, students learn to define, calculate, and record the index by accessing the Internet. They use an assigned web site to find their ideal weight, create an electronic portfolio using Word, and make a bar graph of their final BMI recordings.

Students listen to a comtemporary song by a Jewish hip-hop artist to explore the ideal of "never again". They brainstorm steps that have been taken since WWII to prevent another genocide. They reflect on their own feelings and actions.

Students explore the societal stigma that accompanies people who are overweight. In addition, students research current medical thinking on "ideal weight" and identify how the perception of body image can lead to eating disorders.

Students investigate the concept of how an ideal government should work. They work together to brainstorm about how the best form of it should work. Students also define key vocabulary and find information about some of the various types of political parties.

Fifth graders design their ideal home.  In this ideal home lesson, 5th graders illustrate and describe their ideal home.  Students present visuals to their classmates. Lesson is part of a unit.