The New Deal: High School History Lesson
This lesson plan is activity-based and is designed to make students responsible for mastering important facts and concepts surrounding the New Deal.
Continue ReadingCauses of the Great Depression: Stock Market Crash & Fallout - High School Lesson Plan
This lesson will promote student understanding of the economic causes of the Depression. It simulates the rollercoaster of emotions that investors …
Continue ReadingThe Vicious Cycle of the Great Depression: FDR & More - High School History Lesson
This lesson clearly illustrates some of the differences between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt in dealing with different problems caused by the …
Continue ReadingAll About Maps: Two-Day Kindergarten Lesson on Maps & Compasses
Is a compass rose a flower? Can a map key unlock a door? Students will learn basic facts about maps and then have fun creating a map of the classroom.
Continue ReadingComparing LOST with "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon": Themes of Fear
How do you deal with fear? What tactics can you use to control fear? Explore this theme using the first episode of LOST as well as sections from …
Continue ReadingCharacter Comparison: Trisha vs Snow White - Lesson for "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon"
At first glance, it may seem like a Disney cartoon and a Stephen King novel could have little in common. However, there are some striking similarities …
Continue ReadingTeaching All About Graphs: Three-Day Kindergarten Lesson Plan
Begin the year by teaching your students about the many ways to present the data they have collected. Then continue using the information throughout …
Continue ReadingTeaching "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon": 9 Innings of Wandering in the Woods
After the previous lesson on baseball rules and terminology, it’s time to start delving into the book! This lesson includes an overview of the …
Continue ReadingBaseball Terms & Rules for Understanding "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon": High School Lesson
“The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” can be a surprising but effective choice to teach in your high school classroom. Begin the series by …
Continue ReadingThe Conditional Mood / Le Conditionnel - French Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will walk you through teaching the conditional mood in French, or Le Conditionnel. This lesson is appropriate for grades 7 through …
Continue ReadingThe First Earth Today & How We Celebrate It Now!
April 22, 1970, marked the beginning of the modern environmentalist movement. Senator Gaylord Nelson led 20 million Americans across the country into …
Continue ReadingFour Tactics to Protect Your Child from Cyber Bullying
If there is one word that evokes emotion with your child it would be the word bully. Everybody deals with bullying at some point in life. In this day …
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