Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Vamos a Viajar
Students will learn about Spanish-speaking countries around the world. They will create brochures or newsletters to illustrate their research.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: El Dinero Y La Bandera De Espana
This plan is a research activity in which foreign language students use technology to discover the currency of a country. This research will lead to an historical scavenger hunt and end with the country's current exchange rate to that of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: French Internet Clothes Shopping
Students practice clothing vocabulary and computer spreadsheet skills by visiting authentic French online clothing catalogs. They choose articles of clothing for purchase for themselves and family members and create a spreadsheet to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Greeting Exchange Auf Deutsch
This is a great "first day of first-year German" activity. Using the melody to "Are You Sleeping" introduce students to a typical exchange of greetings. If taught on the first day of school, students will be able to "speak German"...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Body Parts Auf Deutsch
This lesson is good for first-year learners learning the German words for body parts. Using music and the Internet, students will practice vocabulary and pronunciation.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Health Expressions Auf Deutsch
The lyrics to a song provide help for beginner German students to learn and recall some common German health expressions. Since it to the melody of "This is the Song That Never Ends."
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: German Food and Eating Customs
Working in small groups, students plan and serve a typical German supper, using the studied vocabulary to express their needs and opinions. Presentations of cultural customs, cultural differences, and menus make efficient use of limited...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Oral Presentations on French Impressionism
Students research and present an artist from the period of French Impressionism. Presentations include a biography and examples of the artist's work. After the presentations, students produce sidewalk chalk paintings.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Ein Mann Zu Viel
In this lesson designed for second semester of German 3/4, students will read a short story Ein Mann zu Viel, review vocabulary, discuss chapters and then recreate the story by making a video adaptation of the story. Students may alter...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Bridging Cultural Gaps
In a semester-long project, foreign language students begin a penpal correspondence exchange with a student from another country. Through this exchange, students gain a greater insight into the culture and language of another country,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Reisefieber a German Radio Mini Play
This is an online German Radio program for students studying German. It would work best for German 3 or 4 students. It is also recommended this be read over a semester's time period.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Lesson Plan: Calendar Fun Operations
This lesson allows students to practice evaluating expressions using order of operations. They will create a calendar using symbols, and a PowerPoint presentation to review the order of operations. It also gives an assessment and ideas...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Shape Are You?
This lesson plan walks students through an exploration of two- and three-dimensional shapes. Students will create a PowerPoint and poster of themselves as a chosen shape. It also gives assessment and remediation ideas as well as ways to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Cool Kool Aid Experiment
This lesson allows students to practice writing and solving rates by conducting an experiment to find the best tasting Kool-Aid mixture. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extension as well as ways to manage behavior...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Inquiry on the Internet: Evaluating Web Pgs for Class Collection
A four-session lesson plan that leads to a class collection of resources is a solid introduction to both searching skills and evaluation. Could be used with any number of subject areas.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Adjective/adverb Confusion Quick Guide
This Khan Academy resource is a quick guide/lesson plan about the difference between adjectives and adverbs.
George Mason University
Handmade Manipulative Instructions
At this personal site, you will find pages of math manipulatives and different types of graphing paper to print out and use in your classroom.
NASA
Nasa: Finding the Distances Between Planets
NASA site features a lesson plan that teachers can use to help their students see how far they are from each of the planets.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Projectiles
Lesson plan in which students will observe demonstrations and interact with various objects dealing with projectile motion. Subject matter for intermediate or middle school.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Ww Ii as Seen Through Children's Literature
This interdisciplinary unit plan relies on children's literature about World War II. Bibliographies for both students and teachers are included as well as a rationale for the unit. Includes links to resources.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: A Day in the Life of an Ancient Egyptian (Lesson Plan)
A lesson for exploring the daily lives of ancient Egyptians from every social class. Students select one class and develop a creative class presentation to share their findings.
PBS
Pbs: Queen Victoria's Empire (Lesson Plans)
Four lesson plans for exploring the reign of Queen Victoria, with instructions for introducing learners to the positive and negative impacts of the inventions of the Industrial Revolution, to the leaders of Victorian England, to the role...
PBS
Now With Bill Moyers: u.s. Trade Embargo on Cuba (Lesson Plan)
A lesson that can be used to investigate the historical background and the perspectives for and against the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba. Directs young scholars to develop a position on the embargo and to articulate viewpoints in a public...
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Ato Zteacherstuff: Dramatics With the Teaching of Poetry
This site from atozteacherstuff.com provides a lesson to help students develop an appreciation for poetry. This site will also will help create meaning from poetry.