PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Minute to Win It Lesson Plan
This lesson is based on the popular game show, Minute to Win It. Students work as a whole class to perform various exercises for one minute in order to gain points.
Other
Zut!: Interactive French Activities
This site provides activities for teaching and learning French organized by level. Basic lessons include learning to talk about oneself and numbers; more advanced lessons cover contemporary France, immigration, the distribution of wealth...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Recognizing Numerals and Numbers
This instructional activity engages students in listening comprehension strategies related to Trisha Callella Jones' book, Numbers All Around Me. As a post-reading activity, students will participate a series of hands-on math games.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Rumor Has It!
Lesson plan showing how rumors can get started. Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna is read and discussed. Students participate in game of relaying messages by whispering into the ear of the student next to them and seeing what the resulting...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Are Idioms?
After listening to More Parts by Tedd Arnold read aloud, intermediate school students distinguish between literal and figurative meaning by using a graphic organizer, playing an online game, and incorporating an idiom into their writing.
California State University
Csu: Arts Education K 6 Music Lessons
Several wonderful lesson plans for teachers seeking to incorporate music into the curriculum.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The American Family in Literature
What is the objective of this "American Family in Literature" unit? This site uses "Farmer Boy" and "Nobody's Family Can Change" to explore differences in families. The resource includes rationale and activities to help get this point to...
Other
Story Arts Online: Storytelling Lesson Plans & Activities
"This collection of story-related activities, projects and games-developed by storyteller/author Heather Forest for her storytelling workshops with young scholars, teachers, and librarians-can be used by educators in a school setting to...