Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exploring the Culture of Europe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this technology-based lesson, students will create a slideshow presentation or a travel brochure to highlight attractions in a chosen country and the historical significance of each attraction. Students will present their created...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Systems Every "Body" Needs to Know

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson is designed to allow students to explore the human body through a WebQuest with Internet and multimedia resources provided for research. Students will create a cell diagram, write a letter, and create a slideshow presentation...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Clifford's Class Trip by Norman Bridwell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
During this lesson young scholars learn new vocabulary words through an enjoyable children's book. Students use knowledge of the new words to create a slideshow and original story.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Our Trip Around the Biomes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson plan, students travel to the biomes by way of the Internet. They learn the characteristics of biomes, including animals, plants, temperatures, etc. Students then use this information to create a slideshow presentation...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, students will learn about energy. Students will have the opportunity to navigate the Internet to locate information about energy. They will also have the opportunity to create a slideshow to demonstrate their new...
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Tour of South America

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Familiarize your middle schoolers with South America by having them create a slideshow of a "Tour of South America" that focuses on its culture, geography, and history. This will help the students learn more about South America's people...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: From Tyranny to Freedom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this instructional activity students will have the opportunity to research famous battles of the American Revolution and document these battles in a timeline, which they will construct. Students will also create a slideshow...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Researching Mark Twain's Early Life and Experiences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson requires students to use the Internet to research the early life of Mark Twain and the influence of his childhood experiences on his writing. The lesson includes letter writing, reading, role playing, and working in a group...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exploring Customs and Cultures Part 2

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students meet both language arts and social studies objectives in this interdisciplinary unit on customs and cultures. In part 1 of the unit students practice research and writing skills to create a slideshow. In part 2 of the unit...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exploring Customs and Cultures Part 1

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students meet both language arts and social studies objectives in this interdisciplinary unit on customs and cultures. In part 1 of the unit students practice research and writing skills to create a slideshow. In part 2 of the unit...
Activity
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: School or Club Multimedia Presentation Project

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Boast about your school or a club you belong to by creating a video or slideshow. Guidelines for creation are offered.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: All About Us: Writing and Presenting Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In this lesson learners write a poem about their class and classmates. Students then transfer their poems to individual presentation slides which are combined with their classmates' slides to create a class slideshow presentation. This...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Movie Madness

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
This language arts projects motivates students through being a movie-based project. This lesson will have a duration of five days. The students will view a movie of their choice and analyze the movie to complete a chart listing literary...
Lesson Plan
Tech4Learning

Tech4 Learning: Creative Educator: Not Your Average Portfolio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As the agent for a famous person you are studying, it is your job to develop a portfolio for him or her that will help them showcase specific skills and accomplishments to potential employers. This project sets the stage for...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Spine Labels

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a first or second grade library skills unit, conducted by the librarian with help from the art, computer, and homeroom teachers. Young scholars will create: their own book cover and title page containing title, author &...
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Finding My Media Balance

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Helping kids learn what makes different media choices healthy or not is a good start. But how do we help them actually make responsible choices in the real world? Help your students create a personalized media plan. Students will reflect...
Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Water Recycling

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS and the Online NewsHour have created this multimedia website about water recycling. You can see how this process is different than other waste water treatments by reading interviews, watching a slideshow or investigating a map of...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pickle Ball

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan where students first learn about pickle-ball through a provided slideshow presentation. Next, students create a newsletter about the sport. Meanwhile, students will learn how to play pickle-ball and end with a singles and...
Website
BBC

Bbc: The Industrial Revolution

For Students 4th - 6th
The Industrial Revolution brought the United Kingdom into an era of technology and productivity. It created wealth for many but social problems and poverty for others. It includes a slideshow of some of the most famous inventions and...
PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Shot Framing: Review of Basic Camera Composition and Framing

For Students 9th - 10th
A slideshow aimed at journalists to teach them the basic principles of framing a field of view and composing a shot.
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Other

Animoto

For Students 9th - 10th
Tired of slideshows? This powerful site will turn your photos, music and video clips into "beautifully orchestrated videos" in less than a minute! You will be able to narrate your pictures with text, send messages, and create event...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Adverb Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow focuses on adverb clauses; it reviews adverbs. It defines adverb clauses, explains how to create them using examples, and provides a list of subordinate conjunctions that often begin adverb clauses.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 4: 2 D Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This fourth unit of a course on Art Appreciation looks at different forms of two-dimensional art. Students learn about the invention of paper, early perceptions of drawing, how hatching and cross-hatching were used by Michelangelo,...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Outlines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on outlining; it defines outlining and the two types, topic and sentence. It provides two slideshows: the first focuses on creating the outline including the 4 steps, structure, and importance of flexibility; the...