Available Lessons
"Diary of Anne Frank:" A Podcast
Grade: 8
Language Arts
Students create a podcast surrounding historical events of Anne Frank and the Secret Annex.
Acting Styles and Their Practitioners: Research and Presentation
Grade: 12
Theater
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.
Advertising Influence
Grade: 7
Language Arts
Students will view multiple advertisements. After a brief lesson, students will be able to categorize the techniques used to influence consumers to make a purchase. In addition, students will create a magazine advertisement utilizing one of the techniques.
Ain't I a Woman - Sojourner Truth
Grade: 8
Language Arts
This lesson works to compare the struggles of the Abolition movement with those of the Women's Reform movement by studying Ain't I A Woman by the prominant abolitionist of her time - Sojourner Truth.
All About Me: Journalism Ice Breaker
Grade: 7
Language Arts
In the lesson, students are asked to create a presentation (PowerPoint or Keynote) introducing themselves and their roles in the Journalism class to other students. This lesson can be used at the beginning of the course as a culture-building activity.
Alphabet Mystery
Grade: K
Language Arts
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.
Bench Press Math: Mean, Median and Mode
Grade: 10
Mathematics
Using reps and max of weightlifting, students will create a frequency table and compute the mean, median and mode.
Data Analysis of a Survey
Grade: 6
Mathematics
This lesson is a 3.5-day culminating lesson for a chapter on Data Analysis. Students will collect, organize, display, and interpret data in order to solve a problem.
Dream Vacation: A Math Analysis
Grade: 6
Mathematics
Students are given the opportunity to select a dream vacation and are give a set amount of money and must plan and execute their trip without going over their allotted funds.
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart:" A different perspective
Grade: 8
Language Arts
After planning using storyboards, students will act out the action of the story from different characters' points of view. Students must be sure to include the element of mood in their actions to show the audience the feeling the story portrays during the action. Students will film their portrayals so that they are viewed by other students.
Florida During the Civil War
Grade: 8
Language Arts
Students will explore the role Florida played during the Civil War. Students will explore a document detailing Florida's role and be able to identify key battles that took place on Florida soil. Students will be able to explain how Florida helped the Confederacy during the war.
History Through Words: Frederick Douglass
Grade: 11
Language Arts
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.
Mollie Gabe: A Former Slave's Perspective
Grade: 8
Language Arts
This short, stand-alone lesson seeks to give students a perspective of life as a slave from a former slave's perspective. Although this is but one view, it is a view nonetheless. Students will also be asked to use and improve their reading skills by the associated worksheet.
Money ESE grades 9-12
Grade: 9
Mathematics
In this lesson, the student will learn to compare and contrast between different coins. Using hands-on examples, a document camera to review as a class and presentation software (PowerPoint or Keynote) or video editing software (iMovie or Movie Maker).
Reflective Writing: "How I felt on the first day of school"
Grade: K
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.