Credit Card Lesson Plan Ideas to Teach Students About Credit
Credit is sometimes seen as the easy option for dealing with debt. But it can be a trap, especially for young people who are often unlikely to have …
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Lesson Plan on Saving Money vs. Going into Debt
Saving money means we can plan for the future and set goals about what we would like to buy in the longer term. Teach young people the value of saving …
Continue ReadingStarting the New School Year-A Comparison of Scibe Schools to Modern Day Schools
Starting the school year is always tough-both for the students and teacher. The ease of summer is gone and months of homework, lectures and …
Continue ReadingTeach Your Students About Budgeting and Money Skills
Forecloseure rates are climbing. Family budgets are getting tight. The average teen has never seen a recession. Do our students have the skills to …
Continue ReadingTeaching How Animals Adapt to Their Environment: 6th Grade Lesson Plan & Activity
Bring the adventure of animal adaptation into your classroom with this lesson teaching basic evolutionary concepts. This great activity will not only …
Continue ReadingTeaching Students to Review Their Notes: Essential Step in the Note Taking Process
Improve your students comprehension of material taught in class by getting them to review their notes. These tips should help break the norm of any …
Continue ReadingHidden Word Activity to Build Vocabulary: For Older or Middle School Students
A large and varied vocabulary is important to a student’s academic success. Most people know that the easiest and most common way to build a big …
Continue ReadingStarting Your Community Helper Unit: The Origins of Labor Day
This is the first of a series of articles which will include lesson plans for Labor Day. Here we will include the unit learning objectives, resources, …
Continue ReadingFocus Groups Discuss Issues in this Cooperative Learning Activity for Elementary Grade Students
Ditch the boring current events assignments and try this cooperative learning activity instead. You’ll be glad you did.
Continue ReadingOvercoming Music Teaching Challenges: Useful Music Instructional Strategies
Being a traveling teacher and not having a permanent classroom can be quite the challenge for many teachers. Making a few adjustments in your music …
Continue ReadingCool Science: Indoor Rainbow Experiment for Kids
Kids are naturally enamored by nature’s rainbows and the beautiful colors that spread across the sky. This experiment is easy to set up and …
Continue ReadingMake Charts to Track Character Goals in this Character Analysis Lesson Plan
In this simple yet effective lesson plan, students analyze the goals of a character from a novel or historical reference. In addition to helping you …
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