Only the Strong Survive

Objectives and Goals

Essential Question(s)

Lesson Format

This lesson is designed to take approximately 2–3 days, or 150 minutes, and can be completed entirely online. Depending on the format of your course, you will either complete the lesson while following along with your instructor or complete the lesson on your own. Types of interactive activities include a discussion board, a lab simulation, research, presentation of work, and an end-of-lesson summary. 

This week, you will complete the following coursework:

Total Estimated Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Researched Best Practices

Send weekly announcements based on an established pacing guide as a way to encourage students to follow the recommended schedule. It also sets the standard teachers use to measure student progress. Teachers commonly make small adjustments to the pacing guide to account for events unique to their building (Borup & Stimson, 2019).

Virtual courses require more time and commitment than traditional face-to-face courses. Therefore, it is recommended that students dedicate between 6–10 hours per week for each course. A schedule is useful to track when assignments are due. Goal setting also is useful in time management (Lee & Figueroa, 2012).

Procedure