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Licensing Standards
Students examine standards for obtaining a license to run a day care. They study ratios for age groups and answer questions on improving public policy. They identify current childcare licensing standards and laws and what they could...
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Social Studies: Positive Guidance
Students discover the meaning of discipline in this teacher preparation lesson. In addition, they investigate why children misbehave and evaluate solutions to the problem. Next, students explore discipline methods that are acceptable...
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Rocks and Minerals
Students research a rock or mineral on the Internet. They perform the research with a partner to find out properties such as, color, hardness, and opacity. They look for pictures on the Internet in order to prepare for their slideshow...
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How to care for a finished quilt
Students will learn how to care of a quilt. They will work in pairs to create a report and will present it to the class. This information is found on the Internet. The learners will compose a finished report from research for learning...
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Trip To The Quilt Shop
Students and teacher will go on a field trip to a local quilt shop. The teacher will determine the destination, make arrangements for the field trip, and collect all necessary paper work for students to leave school.
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How To Care for a Finished Quilt
Students determine how to care for a quilt. They work in pairs to create a report and present it to the class. They identify bed covers and pillows and discover quilts are expensive and time consuming to make. They also take notes on...
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Studies of the Eastern Worlds: Historical Summaries
Seventh graders interpret their own meaning of the painting, "Christ's Descent into Hell" by Hieronymus Bosch and the song "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel. They focus on the chaos created in both the art and music and discuss...
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Personal Needs and Expections
Students discuss the importance of personal needs and expectations in a marriage. They complete a Marriage Interview with three different couples that have been married 3 different lengths on time. They explore a variety of resources.
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Introduction to Machine Piecing
Students discover how to use the rotary cutter, cutting mat, and ruler to make quilt blocks. They make a 4-patch quilt block and write a paper on their first memories of a quilt. They determine how to sew a 1/4" seam and identify bed...
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I Had To Tell This Story
Tenth graders analyze the video "Berga: Soldiers of Another War." For this World History lesson, 10th graders read a quote and discuss the meaning of the quote. Students read and answer questions based on a video
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Teaching Methodology with Easily Available Resources
Students explore the basic concepts, methods, and terminology in teaching methodology. In this methodology lesson plan, students make a list of topics for their course content. Students choose three topics from a list and present...
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Read To Feed
Students read to accumulate pledge money to purchase a heifer for a needy family. In this reading for the needy lesson, students solicit pledges from family and friends for each book they read. They use the money from the pledges to...
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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Students examine the history and geography of Martinique and Algeria, with an emphasis on broader issues of race and colonialism. They list some reasons that violence is or isn't a legitimate force in the struggle for people's freedom.
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DinoWorks
DinoWorks is a paleontolgy kit that you can order from skullduggery.com. This resource has directions that come with it. Primary paleontolgists examine bone replicas of the Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus, and Triceratops that you prepare...
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Women in the White House
Eleventh graders explore the role and impact of recent First Ladies through research and family interviews, then work in groups to present a documentary portrait to the class.
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Black and White Design
Students are introduced to the four different types of lines. After explaining the basic elements of design, they create their own artwork using white paper and black ink incorporating the different types of lines. To end the lesson,...
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Greeting Card
Students review a presentation to introduce them to correct presentation styles for this activity. Individually, they choose a colored card stock to create their greeting cards and use block lettering after a demonstration on how to...
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Telephone Etiquette & Procedures
Learners are introduced to the proper way to talk on a telephone as an administrative assistant. In groups, they practice with one another in what to do in different situations. To end the lesson, they watch a PowerPoint presentation...
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Heritage Deer
Students trace body parts to create a deer in this excellent Kindergarten lesson that teaches basic Art skills and cultural awareness. The lesson includes a materials list, vocabulary used, a bibliography, and is best suited for use...
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Telling the Stories the Past Tells Us
Students create historical stories based on factual evidence. In this Telling the Stories the Past Tells Us lesson, students write historical stories using strategies such as characters, plot, setting, and voice. Students analyze several...
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Projects
Students write a typed report. In this writing lesson students type a 3 to 5 page report and present it to the class.
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Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt
High schoolers view a film about Franklin D. Roosevelt and his fireside chats. THey identify political inferences in his speeches and how the media played an important role in the war. They answer questions to complete the instructional...
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Accounting -- Forming and Solving Business Organizations
High schoolers review what a proprietorship is and the advantages and disadvantages of it. In groups, they examine the ways to form and dissolve a proprietorship. To end the lesson, they review what a corporation is, its advantages and...
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Entreprenuership
Learners define entrepreneurship and identify examples of those who have succeeded. Using the Internet, they research the lives of Henry Ford, Bill Gates and others. To end the instructional activity, they develop their own financial...