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Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Lessons (Across the Hall)

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 1st - Undergraduate

This collection features a professional learning session alongside several 5E lessons that connect to standards across different content areas. Explore how to create and implement multidisciplinary lessons in "Across the Hall: Multidisciplinary Lessons," then browse lessons that investigate connections... Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: January 23rd, 2025

Lesson Collection
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Lessons (Across the Hall)

Tag Target Audience

  • All Staff or Teachers, Teachers

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year, Planning/Collaboration/Conference Time, Summer Session

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class

Tag Related

  • ACT Prep, Civil Rights Movement, Games, Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP), OETT Team

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 1st - Undergraduate

Subject Subject

  • English/Language Arts, Financial Literacy, Mathematics, Music History, Performing Arts, Science, Social Studies, Visual Arts, music

Course Course

  • A.P. Language and Composition, AP US History, American Literature, Biology I, Composition, Creative Writing, Drama, Economics, Geometry, Journalism, Music, Oklahoma History, Oklahoma Young Scholars/Javits, Personal Financial Literacy, Physics, Psychology, U.S. History, Visual Arts, World Geography, World Literature

Tag Sponsor

  • Javits

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • E.7.2, 4.3.2A, 4.3.2B, M.PR.3 , N.M.PR.3 , M.PR.5 , N.M.PR.5 , M.CN.2 , I.M.CN.2 , 1.GM.1.2, 4.W, 1.4.W.1, 1.4.W.2, 3.6.R.2, 4.7.R.2, 5.3.R.7, 8.1.R.3, 8.3.W.4, 8.6.W.2, 9.3.R.1, 9.3.R.7, 9.3.W.3, 9.3.W.5, 9.6.W.2, 10.3.W.3, 3.W, 11.3.W.1, 11.3.W.3, 4, 4.W, 11.4.W.2, 12.3.W.3, 12.3.W.4, 12.6.R.2, 7.1, 7.1.4, 7.3.1, 4.VA.CP.1.2 , 4.VA.CP.2.2 , 4.VA.P.3.1 , OKH.5.2, OKH.5.2E, OKH.5.2F, CP, VA.CP.1 , II.VA.CP.1.1 , II.VA.CP.1.2 , II.VA.CP.1.3 , AD.M.CN.2 , DT.CR.2 , II.CR.2.2 , USH.4.1E, USH.7.1, USH.7.1B, USH.7.1B1, USH.7.1B3, PS.3, PS.3.3, PFL.3.1, MS-LS4-5, HS-LS3-2, HS-ETS1-4, M.5, 4.PS3.2.1, 4.PS3.2.2, 4.PS4, LS4, PH.PS4.3 , PH.PS4.3.DCI.1, B.LS2.6.3, ISTE3c, 8.6.R.1, 8.6.W.3, 8.6.W.4, 8.7.W, 9.3.R.1, 9.3.R.2, 9.3.R.5, 9.3.W.2, 9.4.W.2, 11.3.R.4, G.2D.1.11, CLR302, IDT301, SYN301, IOD202, IOD403, EMI501
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Chrome Canvas

Chrome Canvas is a browser-based sketching application that allows users to create simple images, which can be saved to the cloud or shared with others. It is ideal for quick drawing activities or sketch-notes. Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

October 10th, 2024

Tech Tool
Chrome Canvas
Strategy Instructional Strategy
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Human Bingo

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 2nd - Secondary

A quick icebreaker activity where students move around the room, share conversations, and work to identify traits in others. Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

July 26th, 2024

Strategy Instructional Strategy
Human Bingo

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Engage/Opening, Explore/Learning Activity

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • Less Than 10 Minutes, 10 - 20 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Collaborate, Conversation Starter, Critical Thinking, Infer, Physical Movement, Problem Solving, Recognize, Speak & Listen

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 2nd - Secondary
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Shaping Soundscapes: ADSR in Ensemble Performance

The basics of envelopes and applying the concepts to musical performance

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 8th - 12th

In this lesson for band classes, students will discuss what “attack” and “release” mean in a musical context. Students will participate in a “30-Second Expert” activity in pairs, in which one student reads about ADSR (attack, decay, sustain, and release) envelopes on synths and the other reads about... Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: May 7th, 2024

Lesson 5E Lesson
Shaping Soundscapes: ADSR in Ensemble Performance

The basics of envelopes and applying the concepts to musical performance

Tag Related

  • ICAP, Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP)

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 8th - 12th

Course Course

  • Band, Music

Subject Subject

  • Performing Arts, music

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • M.PR.5 , I.M.PR.5
More 2-3 Class Periods
Time Frame 80-95 Minutes
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Electives Lessons with ICAP Components

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - Secondary

This collection features lessons for electives classes with integrated career components. Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: February 15th, 2024

Lesson Collection
Electives Lessons with ICAP Components

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - Secondary

Subject Subject

  • English/Language Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

Course Course

  • Music, Visual Arts, World Language

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 11.1.W.1, 11.5.W.3, 11.7.W.1, CP, VA.CP.1 , II.VA.CP.1.1 , II.VA.CP.1.2 , II.VA.CP.1.3 , VA.CP.2 , II.VA.CP.2.1 , VA.P.1 , VA.P.2 , I.VA.P.2.1 , CHP, VA.CHP.1 , I.VA.CHP.1.1 , I.VA.CHP.1.2 , CR, M.CR.1 , AC.M.CR.1 , M.CR.2 , AC.M.CR.2 , M.CR.3 , AC.M.CR.3 , M.CR.4 , AC.M.CR.4 , 1, 1.3
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Strategy Instructional Strategy
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Detective Board

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - Secondary

This instructional strategy turns the classic corkboard and string into a tangled, three-dimensional visualization of connections across multiple topics. Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

February 14th, 2024

Strategy Instructional Strategy
Detective Board

User Group Group Size

  • Medium Group (at least 10), Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Explore/Learning Activity, Extend/Additional Learning Activity

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • 10 - 20 Minutes, 20 - 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Active Engagement, Analyze, Collaborate, College-Going Culture, Compare & Contrast, Critical Thinking, Reason, Speak & Listen, Synthesize

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - Secondary
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Stick to the Script!

Screenwriting and other careers in the film industry

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th - 12th

In this lesson, students will learn the basic formatting guidelines needed to follow for writing a script. They will also listen to a film professor talk about careers in television and movies. This is also adaptable for ELA using books that are commonly assigned. Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: January 11th, 2024

Lesson 5E Lesson
Stick to the Script!

Screenwriting and other careers in the film industry

Tag Related

  • Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP)

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th - 12th

Course Course

  • American Literature, Drama

Subject Subject

  • Performing Arts

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 3.W, 11.3.W.1, 4, 4.W, 11.4.W.2, DT.CR.2 , II.CR.2.2
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The Keys to Success, Part 1

The History and Technique of the Piano

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th - 12th

Students will participate in a shared piano experience. Following this, they will read about the history of the piano, and learn some basic piano technique. Students will use this knowledge to make a song in BandLab and then share and react to each other's songs on SoundCloud. Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: November 3rd, 2023

Lesson 5E Lesson
The Keys to Success, Part 1

The History and Technique of the Piano

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th - 12th

Course Course

  • Music

Subject Subject

  • Performing Arts, music

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • M.CR.2 , P.M.CR.2 , M.PR.5 , P.M.PR.5
More 2-3 Periods
Time Frame 105-120 Minutes
Tech Tool
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SoundCloud

SoundCloud is a platform for sharing music tracks that you have created. Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

October 17th, 2023

Tech Tool
SoundCloud
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Estereotipos de la Comida Hispana

Examining Stereotypes in Hispanic Cuisine

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th - 12th

Students will define “stereotype.” After doing so, they will share stereotypes they have regarding Hispanic food, watch a few videos that will explain or dispel those stereotypes, and come to a consensus on whether stereotypes are useful. When they have finished the discussion, they will construct a... Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: September 22nd, 2023

Lesson 5E Lesson
Estereotipos de la Comida Hispana

Examining Stereotypes in Hispanic Cuisine

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th - 12th

Tag Related

  • Culture, Food

Course Course

  • World Language

Subject Subject

  • Spanish

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 1, 1.2, 2, 2.1, 2.2
More 2-3 period
Time Frame 120 minutes