Available Lessons
Acting Styles and Their Practitioners: Research and Presentation
Grade: 12
Theater, Technology
The purpose of this project will be for students to research acting styles and their practitioners. Using this research, they will create a video (iMovie or MovieMaker) or traditional presentation (Keynote / PowerPoint) and present this to the class.
Alphabet Mystery
Grade: K
Language Arts, Technology
In this lesson, the student will prove whether a text is fact or fiction, discuss the main idea in the story Alphabet Mystery by Audrey Wood and complete a snake alphabet worksheet.
Animal Classification
Grade: 3
Technology
Students will learn to classify animals through research and reference presentations. Students will work in collaborative groups, present findings and self-correct.
History Through Words: Frederick Douglass
Grade: 11
Language Arts, Social Studies
Students will perform a picture analysis. Afterwards, a passage will be read from a narrative in Frederick Douglass’ My Bondage and My Freedom and then complete the Pick-a-Pair worksheet.
Political Cartoon Analysis
Grade: 11
Social Studies
Students will perform research for political cartoons and analyze their features and significance. Web browsing will be implemented as well as spiral-question analysis in order to complete the first segment of the activity. Further assessment includes a brief writing assignment.
Reflective Writing: "How I felt on the first day of school"
Grade: K
Health, Language Arts
Students will complete a writing activity based on the prompt: "How I felt on the first day of school" using photos of different emotions.
Skittles Fractions
Grade: 3
Technology
This is a review lesson after the students have already learned about representing fractions. The student will find the fraction of colors in a bite size bag of skittles. They will then predict and discover what color there is the most of in the whole class.
Tulsa Riots of 1921: History Uncovered
Grade: 11
Social Studies, Technology
Students will perform a webquest on the Tulsa Riots of 1921 and other historic tragedies as well as perform comparisons. Critical thinking will allow students to develop a deeper understanding of tragedies and consider approaches to societal problems through discussion and presentation.