Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
In this first ACT prep reading activity, students focus on setting a goal for a future ACT. First, students review and reflect on the ACT process of superscoring. Then students review their existing reading scores before setting a goal to reach on the ACT and the reading test when they take the test... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: August 26th, 2024
In this lesson, students recall their prior knowledge about how the economy functions. Next, students predict how the federal budget is spent before reading an Infogram about fiscal policy. To extend their learning, students play a game with partners that requires them to cut or fund programs. Students... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: March 14th, 2024
The Economic Impact of Fiscal Policy
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This professional learning session looks at K20's CAN DO resources. CAN DO stands for College Application Necessities for Different Opportunities. At the beginning of this session, participants will review common college vocabulary and application data. They will then explore the different resources... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: January 19th, 2024
In this lesson, students first consider what they already know about the stages of human development. Next, they work in groups to create a poster about one of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. As a class, they review the posters and take notes over each of the stages. Students then... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: December 13th, 2023
Human Development
Texas v. Johnson
In this lesson, students first analyze a quote about free speech before discussing whether the right to free speech is important. Next, students summarize the Texas v. Johnson Supreme Court case before debating whether a constitutional amendment banning flag burning is necessary. Students reflect on... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: December 8th, 2023
Texas v. Johnson
In this culminating reading ACT prep activity, students use the skills they have learned during the ACT prep series. Students practice responding to an ACT-style reading passage and question set then reflect on how well they expect to do on the real ACT. This is the tenth activity in a 10-week "Power... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: February 26th, 2024
In this reading ACT prep activity, students review how to look for tone, context, inferences, and the use of paraphrasing in an ACT-style reading passage. Students first review the meanings of these key terms before answering questions. They rate their level of confidence on their answers before reviewing... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: May 16th, 2024
In this reading ACT prep activity, students practice pacing and using TestNav as they take an online practice ACT. This is the ninth activity in a 10-week "Power Up" series for ACT prep. Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: March 4th, 2024
In this collaborative strategy, students use their prior knowledge to review vocabulary terms, people, events, places, and more. Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
November 13th, 2023
