Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
History courses are filled with people who have "made" history. In this lesson, students will analyze historical figures and make connections about their place in history. Students will research an early American historical figure of their choice and examine their impact during their historical period,... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: October 24th, 2024
Analyzing History
Students will begin by discussing what clocks do and using prior knowledge to compare analog, digital, and written time in a matching game. They will then work as a class to learn how to tell time using the different clocks and create a visual guide of their routines. Differentiation and parent extension... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 30th, 2020
Telling Time
This lesson is intended to introduce the unit circle, leading into the concept of radians as a unit rather than degrees. This lesson is intended to introduce the concept at the beginning of the unit, but it could also work as remediation if students are just not getting it. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: February 15th, 2024
The Unit Circle / Trigonometry
In this lesson, students investigate how to determine how much time has passed (by five-minute intervals). Prerequisites for this lesson are knowledge that time passes, that a clock measures time, and how to read a clock by five-minute intervals. Skip counting by fives is also needed for this lesson. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 14th, 2020
Elapsed Time
History courses are filled with people who have "made" history. In this lesson, students will analyze historical figures and make connections about their places in history. Students will research an American historical figure and examine that person's impact during the period in which they lived, as... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: October 24th, 2024
Analyzing History
History courses are filled with people who have "made" history. In this lesson, students will analyze historical figures and make connections about their places in history. Students will research an Oklahoma historical figure of their choice and examine their impact during their historical period, as... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: November 16th, 2023
Analyzing History
The main cause of the French Revolution is still debated by historians today. In this lesson, students will begin by activating prior knowledge as they complete a Tell Me Everything activity on revolutions. They will sort conditions in a society that can lead to revolution into categories of political,... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: August 19th, 2024
Exploring Causes of the French Revolution
Sometimes, students have an aversion to writing because they lack a sense of purpose. In this lesson, students learn that letters can be an important way to communicate and can be fun to write. First, students brainstorm what they already know about letters and then explore letters written by a variety... Read more »
Created by: Makala Foley
Date Updated: September 10th, 2024
Writing Letters
In this lesson, students will learn about China’s Civil War from 1945-1949. Participating in a discussion about why people rebel against their governments, they will analyze an excerpt from an article about the life of peasants in China prior to the conflict under the Kuomintang rule and an article... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
China's Civil War
In this lesson, students are introduced to maps and globes as models of the Earth. They will begin this lesson by thinking and sharing with their classmates what they already know about globes and maps. Each student will explore a tiled map of the Hawaiian Islands (or another state or region) to find... Read more »
Created by: Makala Foley
Date Updated: May 5th, 2023
Introduction to Latitude and Longitude
Understanding the contributions of sociological theorists can provide insight into the field of sociology. This lesson explores the contributions of eight key figures and enables students to dive deep into research to learn more. This lesson should be taught after students have a working knowledge of... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: August 17th, 2023
The Foundations of Sociology
In this geometry lesson, students will recall vocabulary about a circle, use their knowledge of midpoint and distance formulas to write the equation of a circle, and explore the connection between the equation of a circle and the Pythagorean Theorem. This is a multimodality lesson, which means it includes... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: July 10th, 2024
Writing the Equation of a Circle
This lesson focuses on how to analyze and solve systems of linear equations by using the substitution and elimination methods. Students will use their prior knowledge of the components of a system to solve problems algebraically. Students will identify, solve, and write equations using substitution... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Systems of Linear Equations: Substitution and Elimination
There is a special kind of magic in hearing the words you have written spoken out loud. Spoken word poetry is meant to be heard and performed rather than read silently from a page. In this lesson, students analyze the techniques spoken word poets use to engage an audience and examine the devices they... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
Techniques in Spoken Word Poetry
Students will learn how tornadoes form, information about tornado safety, and how engineers use models to create weather safe structures. Students will design, build, and revise a structure that will withstand strong winds simulated by a fan. They will use this information to make connections to their... Read more »
Created by: Beth Pierce
Date Updated: June 9th, 2021
Tornado Safety and Engineering/STEM
Swimming in your local lake, you feel what you think is seaweed. But is it? When there's something strange in your local habitat, who ya gonna call? Mulder & Scully! In this third lesson of the Monster Monday series, students examine informational texts for examples to model and craft their own informative... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: October 4th, 2023
Writing with Water Cryptids
Escher's Terrific Tessellations: The Art of Tile Transformations
In this follow-up lesson to "Diamonds, Not Just a Girl's Best Friend," students explore an app that creates Escher-like drawings. Students discuss the principles of design in the drawings. Students discuss Escher and then discuss similarities of the Plains tribes art that precede Escher. Students reflect... Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: May 20th, 2024
Escher's Terrific Tessellations: The Art of Tile Transformations
This lesson invites students to analyze historical figures in the field of psychology and to make connections regarding their impact in their field of study. Students will research a historical figure and examine that person's impact during the period in which they lived, as well as their long lasting... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: August 9th, 2024
Analyzing Historical Figures
In this lesson, students leverage their prior knowledge of numerical long division, factoring, and graphing as a foundation for exploring polynomial division. The lesson formalizes student knowledge of polynomial long division, covering both scenarios with and without remainders. Through active practice... Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: March 4th, 2024
Polynomial Division
In this lesson, students will learn about the rise of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISi) and the important role they play in postsecondary education. Students will begin by becoming familiar with some of the many famous and successful people who attended... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: June 12th, 2023
In this lesson, students will learn about the history of Ivy League institutions and their role in postsecondary education. They will begin by becoming familiar with some of the many famous and successful people who attended Ivy League schools. Students will explore and conduct their own research on... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: November 14th, 2024