Oceans of Fun Game - The Pearl Party
A physical education lesson plan/game ('Pearl Party') that teaches agility, dodging, and fleeing skills through an ocean-themed tag/relay game, with a stated Science/Biology cross-curricular connection.
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A physical education lesson plan/game ('Pearl Party') that teaches agility, dodging, and fleeing skills through an ocean-themed tag/relay game, with a stated Science/Biology cross-curricular connection.
A teacher lesson-plan and student project package for a culminating (or stand-alone) book report on a mystery, thriller, horror, or suspense novel, analyzing elements of fiction, characterization, conflict, and literary devices.
Seven-day middle/high-school lesson plan (companion to 'Writing Expression') teaching paragraph organization - keeping first and last sentences on-topic, and using varied introduction/conclusion techniques.
Physical education lesson plan for a team-based gym game using scooter boards, in which students build teams to throw balls at opposing teams' target cones while practicing core/lower-body strength, teamwork, and throwing accuracy.
A lesson plan and set of materials teaching middle/high school students to write and publish short 'mini-review' book reviews of a novel or nonfiction book they have read, in the style of online reader reviews (e.g. Goodreads, Amazon).
An editable teacher resource and lesson plan to help middle school ELA teachers structure independent reading through student goal-setting, reading logs, and metacognitive reflection.
A comprehensive genre-study unit teaching narrative nonfiction through multiple lesson plans, a book report project, and related graphic organizers and rubrics.
A set of motivational growth-mindset quote posters with an accompanying lesson plan for high school and adult learners.
A first-day-of-school rotation activity that walks secondary students through stations covering syllabus review, goal setting, and classroom-rule making, offered in both printable and digital (Google Slides / PowerPoint choice board) formats.
A high-school lesson plan and worksheet on how Enlightenment thinkers (John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Baron de Montesquieu, Voltaire, Cesar Beccaria) influenced the American Revolution and the establishment of U.S. government.
A cooperative simulation and lesson plan that has high school students design laws and a leadership structure for a new society to explore concepts of democracy, rule of law, and government legitimacy.
A high-school social studies unit teaching population policies (China, India, Singapore, Japan) via a lesson plan, slide presentation, and skeleton outline for student note-taking.
A structured Socratic-seminar (inner-circle/outer-circle discussion) lesson plan for 'An Inspector Calls' Act 3, with teaching notes for setup plus discussion questions for speakers and observation worksheets for listeners.
Lesson plan and paired worksheet guiding a Think-Pair-Share discussion, small-group study of a U.S. Constitution excerpt (Article I, Sections 2-3, plus the 17th Amendment), and an individual free-response paragraph tied to World History Standard 10.1.3 on how the U.S. Constitution was influenced by Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman…
A follow-up professional-development ebook of additional, more advanced tips for middle school teachers, continuing the author's Middle School 101 series.
Teach students how gerrymandering works and why it makes the political redistricting process imperfect, by having them draw district lines themselves.
A 4-5 day middle-school poetry mini-unit teaching students to analyze, write, revise, and present a rhyming poem using vivid verbs and imagery, modeled on Eve Merriam's 'Catch a Little Rhyme.'
A lesson and worksheet on the strategies and mistakes that led to Napoleon's defeat, focused on the Battle of Trafalgar and the Russian campaign.
A primary-source analysis lesson pack built around 'Tecumseh's Speech to the Osage', teaching students to read and analyze a historical primary-source document using a structured Four-Reads method, then assess their understanding.
A P.E. skill-assessment/game resource for teaching and assessing badminton striking (passing the birdie over the net) through a group game with rotating skill stations.
A 4-station introductory lesson activity to Edgar Allan Poe's life and writing style, used before reading his works, for middle/high-school English/Literature classes.
A PE lesson/game plan card teaching ball-rolling, dodging, and fleeing skills through a team target game ('Girls vs. Boys'), not grade-specific.
A teacher-guided classroom activity using the online game GeoGuessr to teach students to identify physical and human geographic characteristics of a location and infer where in the world it is.
A primary-source analysis lesson pack built around 'Tecumseh- A Warrior's Speech', teaching students to read and analyze a historical primary-source document using a structured Four-Reads method, then assess their understanding.