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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Charlotte's Web

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars compare the differences in insects and spiders and design a worksheet that teaches the differences. Students record on chart organizing the information about the pet, its food, habitat, exercise, and other ways to care...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Boarding Schools And Native American Culture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson that focuses on the influence of American values placed upon the Indians. Students use primary and secondary documents in order to explore the indoctrination. They create a project that reflects adequate...
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Article
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Loosening Lips: The Art of the Interview

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get excellent tips from Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Eric Nalder about how to conduct an interview successfully, even with the most reluctant of interviewees.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: See Our Progress [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"See Our Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students planting a prairie garden in a vacant lot close to the school. TV reporters interviewed the students and took pictures of the garden for the news that evening....
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Oral Histories

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support elementary students' reading comprehension, students will learn about jobs that require them to conduct interviews to collect oral histories. Questions that assess multiple reading...