Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
This activity models authentic, inquiry-based strategies and connects research to the benefits of student engagement. Participants will discuss the strategies they use to engage their students and then document these strategies for future faculty reference and collaboration. Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: July 24th, 2023
This professional development session reinforces authentic instructional practices and authentic technology integration that is aligned to Oklahoma math standards. Participants will experience an authentic activity that integrates technology and reflect on this experience to determine relevant components... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: August 7th, 2023
This professional development session focuses on insights and strategies for creating a college- and career-going culture in schools. Participants will be asked to: (1) analyze the significance of a college- and career-going culture, (2) assess the current college- and career-going culture at their... Read more »
Created by: Lacy Pennington
Date Updated: December 15th, 2023
Participants will use provided data to construct a viable argument using mathematical reasoning. Participants will also explore ways to incorporate math strategies in other content areas to support math achievement. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: March 11th, 2024
The "Reading Realities: Using E-Readers to Engage and Support Students' Critical Reading Skills" professional development focuses on using Kindle e-readers and Google Expeditions to support student reading engagement. Research suggests that students are more eager to read when using an e-reader or mobile... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: July 5th, 2024
The Simulations and Models in Math and Science Conversations professional development session enables participants to apply research-based practices to support the use of simulations and models in the curriculum. Participants learn how to use simulations and models in classroom instruction and design... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: March 4th, 2024
Productive student conversations are a vital part of deep, flexible understanding of content. During this session, participants will increase their awareness of productive and scaffolded student conversations in the classroom or within a synchronous online learning platform, such as Summit or Odyssey. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: February 22nd, 2024
This Authenticity and Chromebooks professional development session focuses on the relationship of authentic instruction and technology implementation in the classroom. Participants will identify, analyze, and apply components of authenticity in lessons and activities to further their pedagogical knowledge. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: May 30th, 2024
This activity will dive deep into encouraging inquiry and implementing inquiry-focused instructional strategies in the classroom. Participants will be actively engaged in a variety of strategies as facilitators model the implementation of these strategies. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: March 8th, 2024
This professional development session focuses on instilling an understanding of the framework of authentic learning through multiple tools, such as the 5E Model and LEARN Strategies, while keeping in mind the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics. The interactive session will give participants... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: June 26th, 2024
Participants will actively engage in formative assessments that are in lessons on Learn and reflect on how those assessment strategies can be used in their specific content area and with their students. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: June 4th, 2024
Research indicates that teachers will likely bear additional duties and responsibilities outside the classroom. These added hours can potentially lead to stress and strain. This session is designed to bridge the two roles of coaching and teaching by understanding their similarities. Participants will... Read more »
Created by: Kim Press
Date Updated: June 26th, 2024
During this interactive professional development session, participants will explore what makes an instructional strategy effective and student-centered. The instructional strategies highlighted in this session promote authentic learning by encouraging student ownership of the learning process. Participants... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: May 2nd, 2023
How can we place students in the role of being active rather than passive learners? How do we allow students to have choices in their learning while at the same time creating a diverse learning environment? The answer is learning stations. In this professional learning session, participants will discuss... Read more »
Created by: Mary Braggs
Date Updated: May 4th, 2023
This professional learning activity asks participants to reflect on meaningful learning experiences through the question, "What makes learning meaningful?" Participants build up a definition of meaningful learning as they progress through the activities. Participants will experience a lesson that models... Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: August 6th, 2024
In this professional learning activity, participants explore what characterizes effective communication and productive discourse through several strategies, including drawing, norms setting, a silent debate, collaborative concept mapping, and collaborative goal setting. Read more »
Created by: Jared Whaley
Date Updated: May 30th, 2024
This session dives into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential to revolutionize student success. It is designed to explore how various AI tools can extend educators' and counselors' reach beyond the classroom, providing personalized support and streamlining administrative tasks.... Read more »
Created by: Allie Bishop
Date Updated: September 13th, 2024
In this session, participants reflect on how they can partner with families to help students succeed in postsecondary education. Participants start with a reflection survey on family engagement, then work through family scenarios that focus on discovering each family's strengths and looking for opportunities... Read more »
Created by: Laura Buxton
Date Updated: August 22nd, 2024
This activity is a classroom version of the GEAR UP Student Kickoff assembly which can be found on this site at: Gear UP Student Kickoff-Assembly Version. The link can be found below. School sites participating in the GEAR UP grant can choose how they share the grant information to students. Both... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: January 23rd, 2024
In this lesson, students learn the history, culture, and importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Students begin by becoming familiar with some of the many famous and successful people who attended HBCUs. Then, after reading a short article about the history of HBCUs, they perform... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: October 29th, 2024
Surprises and roadblocks can keep us from accomplishing our goals on time. In this lesson, students will learn how to consider what could become roadblocks to completing a task and how to build a calendar to stay on track and to minimize surprises. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: June 25th, 2024
In this lesson, students will learn about the rise of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and the important role they play in postsecondary education. Students will begin by familiarizing themselves with some of the famous and successful people who have attended an HSI. After reading a short article... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Students will learn to evaluate and prioritize tasks by making personal timelines. Students will then use the Eisenhower Matrix to categorize tasks by importance and timeliness. Then, they will revise their timelines and reflect on what they learned about priorities and task management. Read more »
Created by: Sherry Franklin
Date Updated: June 25th, 2024
Students will listen to an engaging speech and record their thoughts. Students will then choose a topic of their interest and write down all they know about the topic in a two-minute paper. Students will learn more about preparing a speech and discuss their learning with their peers. They will create... Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
When you have a big task ahead of you, you need a plan. Why? Because when you have setbacks, a solid plan and manageable goals can help. In this activity, students learn about using micro-goals to break apart large tasks into smaller pieces, how to make big projects more manageable, and how to handle... Read more »
Created by: Sherry Franklin
Date Updated: June 25th, 2024
In this lesson, students learn about the history of assimilation in the education system and how it led to the rise of Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). Students begin by becoming familiar with some of the many famous and successful people who attended TCUs. Then, after reading a short article... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: May 30th, 2023
In this second science ACT prep activity, students learn about key vocabulary in the science test and strategies for when they are unfamiliar with the content in the science passages. First, students view a science passage that contains scrambled words to practice still finding a correct answer when... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: September 18th, 2024
In this reading ACT prep activity, students examine how to approach the paired passages portion of the ACT reading test. This is the fourth activity in a 10-week "Power Up" series for ACT Prep. Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: February 20th, 2024
In this fourth science ACT prep activity, students explore the TestNav online platform which they will use to take the ACT. They will become familiar with the program's embedded tools which are available to students during the test. Students will reflect on their preferences as they evaluate the usefulness... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: January 12th, 2024
This resource gives students real-world content knowledge and information needed to be successful when navigating the interview process. These activities will prepare students to make a good first impression and to answer interview questions, regardless of the desired goal (applying for a job or trying... Read more »
Created by: Will Markham
Date Updated: April 25th, 2024
Students will analyze President Lyndon B. Johnson's speech on voting rights. Students will also do a quick write regarding the current condition of voting rights in the United States using content from the speech and current events to substantiate their claims. Read more »
Created by: Milton Bowens
Date Updated: September 20th, 2022
Voting Rights
Where is the best place to go on vacation? The worst? What are ways that your students could answer these questions descriptively? In this engaging lesson, students will practice descriptive writing skills by creating uniquely individual "Best/Worst of" lists in e-book format. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: March 11th, 2024
Writing to Engage and Entertain
Students will work with conflict and theme as they engage with Maupassant's "The Necklace." Students will start by charting a video to look at how the different types of conflict are present. They then participate in a debate that encompasses the central theme of the story. After the debate, they will... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: October 4th, 2024
Engaging with "The Necklace"
America’s Industrial Transformation
In this lesson, students will investigate the careers of four major business leaders from the late 19th century to discover how their actions and ideas transformed the U.S. economy. Students will consider the distinction between “Robber Barons” and “Captains of Industry,” two terms that historians have... Read more »
Created by: Roger Jackson
Date Updated: November 14th, 2022
America’s Industrial Transformation
In this lesson, students connect to the essential question, "What do the effects of life events look like?" through the skill of summarizing. To answer that question, students summarize a slam poem, a short story, and a recent Presidential speech. To make a personal connection to the skill of summarizing,... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 13th, 2024
Summarizing
Annotating a text allows students to process information about an author’s purpose and point of view. In this lesson, students will learn techniques for analyzing a text to create an argumentative paragraph related to an author’s style. This lesson may be adapted to fit any text with a particular style... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 20th, 2024
Style and Syntax
This lesson is designed to take place after completion of another K20 lesson, "Arguing With Evidence." Students will read an article from the New York Times and integrate knowledge of key terms to construct an argument based on a claim, evidence, and reasoning. Read more »
Created by: Keristy Nieto
Date Updated: June 28th, 2023
Part 2: Constructing Arguments
In this lesson, students will explore various types of expository writing. Students will experience the expository forms of description, sequence, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution writing through engaging tasks and collaborative activities and create an expository writing reference sheet... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 25th, 2024
Expository Writing
In this lesson, students will be introduced to general types of chemical reactions. They will look for patterns to group similar reactions together, then use that as a way to put academic language to those groups. A basic understanding of chemical reactions and notation is necessary to complete this... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 28th, 2023
Classifying Chemical Reactions
This grammar lesson will engage students in recognizing, identifying, and creating active or passive voice in their writing. The use of active and passive voice is demonstrated through the short story, "The Monkey's Paw," although any piece of literature could be substituted. This lesson includes optional... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: March 15th, 2024
Grammar/Language Usage
Students will investigate multiple viewpoints from primary source documents of American imperialism. The texts will cover the United States' acquisition of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: March 6th, 2024
"The White Man’s Burden" by Rudyard Kipling
Students will use a graphing calculator to explore function transformations on polynomial (quadratic and cubic), radical (square root and cube root), and transcendental (exponential and logarithmic) functions. Students then generalize these transformations using function notation. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: April 5th, 2024
Function Transformations
In this lesson, students will use an investigation to explore rational functions. Students will formalize their understanding of a rational function and continue to investigate the relationship between the equation of a simple rational function and its graph. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: February 15th, 2024
Investigating Graphs of Rational Functions
In this lesson, students will listen to a song while completing a painting activity. Students will collaborate to paint a list of descriptive words on their canvases based on the song. Considering the song lyrics as poetry, students will analyze the song, focusing on descriptive language and sensory... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: October 8th, 2024
Communication: Using Descriptive Language
Students will gain information about the Green Revolution and its impact on the world's food supply. Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: June 22nd, 2023
The Green Revolution
In this lesson on Greek and Latin roots, guide students to explore word origins by discovering root words and applying them to their writing. Have students work in groups to recognize Latin and Greek roots using learning strategies. Lead them through a reading and annotation activity to identify English... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: October 3rd, 2024
Greek and Latin Roots
Modern presidents are expected to wear different hats; i.e., play different roles in their jobs. This lesson explores the roles and examples of how presidents carry out the responsibilities of their jobs. Read more »
Created by: Kristen Sublett
Date Updated: May 22nd, 2023
Different Roles of Modern Presidents
Language, Character Motivation, and Theme
In this lesson, students will interactively explore Acts 3 and 4 of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Students will engage in various strategies, focusing on thematic elements of the play in consideration of language and character motivation. Students will engage in during-reading strategies designed... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: February 21st, 2024
Language, Character Motivation, and Theme
Students will analyze and summarize the philosophical and political principles of ancient and classical societies. Students will work independently and in groups using discussion, text, handouts, and video to identify the impact of Greek and Roman philosophy on the modern world. Read more »
Created by: Cheryl Dezell
Date Updated: May 18th, 2023
Ancient Philosophy
Students will read both fiction and nonfiction to analyze arguments. They will practice annotating, writing for a variety of purposes, and working collaboratively with their peers. Students will understand argumentative structure and use that knowledge to construct arguments both as a class, within... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 16th, 2022
Argumentative Writing
In this lesson, students explore strategies that they can use to identify the main idea and key details in an informational text. Students identify main ideas, supporting details, and nonessential details in visual advertisements, paragraphs, and full texts. At the end of lesson, students reflect on... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: October 29th, 2024
Identifying the Main Idea
Banned Books, Censorship Part 1
Through conversation and close reading, students will begin the study of a controversial work of literature by examining the pros and cons of trigger warnings in our society. Students will choose two published opinion pieces (one from both sides of the free-speech debate) and deconstruct the arguments... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Banned Books, Censorship Part 1
Students will be introduced to Shakespeare's language through a hands-on approach. First, students will read the prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" and translate the text into their own words. Then, students will connect with Shakespeare's words in the prologue by thinking of present-day examples of art... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 5th, 2023
Making Shakespeare Accessible
Students will discover the three different types of x-intercepts that happen on polynomial functions. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: July 23rd, 2024
Polynomial Graphs
Whether they realize it or not, many students love poetry and use it every day. Introducing poetry in a relevant way can positively engage students in the composition of poetry. In this lesson, students will explore song lyrics as they engage in the analysis and creation of poetry. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 13th, 2024
Poetry and Poetic Devices
This lesson encourages students to analyze immigration patterns and policies in the United States and explore some of the experiences of Asian immigrants. Students will analyze statements about immigration and decide whether they are always, sometimes, or never true, delve into the history of immigration... Read more »
Created by: David Paulson
Date Updated: September 7th, 2022
Teaching With Technology
Students will explore the cultural characteristics that appear in various versions of the story "Little Red Riding Hood." Additionally, students will compare and contrast how the cultural characteristics appear in each story and how American authors have revamped the story to mirror popular culture... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: September 10th, 2024
Cultural Characteristics
In this lesson, students will relate the distributive property to ordering a combo meal at a fast-food restaurant. Then they will apply this property to simplify algebraic expressions and explain their steps. Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: October 16th, 2024
Distributive Property
This lesson will break down the components of a function and the relationship it has to real-world contexts. Students will recall their knowledge of inputs and outputs with a function machine. Students will simplify functions and then evaluate the functions. Students will practice simplifying polynomials... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: June 12th, 2024
Function Notation
Using pictures related to pop culture as mentor texts, students identify the archetypal figures represented. They then are broken into small groups where they choose a figure not previously identified to represent the archetype assigned to them and are asked to justify this choice to the whole group.... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 6th, 2024
This multiple-day collaborative group lesson uses dice to explore probability of simple events similar to those in the book "Jumanji" by Chris Van Allsburg. Students will examine sample space, theoretical probability, and experimental probability and make predictions using outcomes of probability. (NOTE:... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: May 31st, 2022
Probability
This lesson invites students to explore scientific models and simulations to learn about climate and weather phenomena. Students will learn from a meteorologist about how those in the field of climatology use math and science in their careers, as well as the details of this job and career path. By the... Read more »
Created by: Cacey Wells
Date Updated: October 10th, 2024
ICAP Science: Weather
This lesson engages students in the concept of rounding numbers. Students participate in a hands-on exploration that allows them to visualize and master the concept. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Rounding Numbers
In this lesson, students will distinguish between indicative, imperative, and interrogative sentences. Students will act out different types of sentences and write their own sentences in indicative, imperative, and interrogative mood. While this lesson is currently aligned only to 8th grade standards,... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: June 22nd, 2023
Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative Mood
In this lesson on conditional and subjunctive mood, students will learn the difference between these two types of sentences, discover the clues to identify each, and create their own sentences applying each mood. Using popular song lyrics, students will partner to sort sentences into conditional and... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: August 30th, 2022
Conditional and Subjunctive Sentences
This lesson focuses on eliminating the emotional fear of mathematics by allowing students to evaluate where they are on the math spectrum and identify their goals moving forward. Students explore math concepts taught in past years and analyze their math knowledge to assess their relationship with mathematics.... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
A Mathematical Growth Mindset
In this lesson, students will compose haiku inspired by an analysis of the connection between smell and memory in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby." Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: February 22nd, 2024
The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Smell
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
Students will identify metaphors and similes in text and understand why these literary devices are important. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to write a paragraph and include sentences using both similes and metaphors. This lesson includes optional modifications for distance learning.... Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: September 25th, 2024
Similes and Metaphors
Students will implement a close reading strategy to annotate and summarize an informational text about Generation Alpha slang. They will use context clues to infer the meaning of slang words. With the knowledge gained from reading, students will create their own Gen Alpha dictionary of definitions. Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: November 20th, 2024
Summarizing Informational Texts
Students will examine various forms of earthquake data, ranging from intensity, magnitude, and first-person accounts, to explore which factors contribute to earthquake damage and how geologists use this information to pinpoint the epicenter and focus of an earthquake. Students will look at USGS data... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 26th, 2024
Earthquakes
In this lesson, students explore proportions by comparing their own measurements to those of dolls and action figures. Students determine if they are proportional to small toys and figurines then calculate the dimensions of an accurate toy version of themselves. Throughout the lesson, students analyze... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 21st, 2024
Proportional Reasoning
Students will examine evidence for glacial theory and other competing theories of the early 1800s. Students will read field journal excerpts from geologists as well as analyze the data collected from early Alpine expeditions. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 13th, 2023
Glacial Theory
This is a quick and simple twist or extension of the lesson "Sweet and Savory Writing" that can be found in the K20 LEARN lesson repository. In this lesson, students will apply knowledge of the five senses to enhance descriptive writing. Students review the five senses, utilize that practice to rewrite... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Descriptive Writing
In collaborative groups, students will work to understand and create point-of-view statements, such as tweets for a mock Twitter debate, for both Federalists' and Anti-Federalists' viewpoints on ratifying the U.S. Constitution. Then, students will identify important issues currently being debated on... Read more »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: July 29th, 2024
Ratification of the Constitution Debate
Students will rely on prior knowledge and experiences as they discuss literary elements and their importance in a story. After watching a video, students will discover characteristics of modern-day superheroes. Bringing literary elements and superhero traits together, students will read and analyze... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 20th, 2024
Literary Elements and Narrative Writing
In this lesson, students will estimate population data leading them to discover the midpoint formula. They will then apply the formula they created to various other real-world applications. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: October 2nd, 2023
Discovering Midpoint Formula Through Estimations
This lesson is designed to shift students' attitude towards writing by guiding them to use descriptive and sensory language. Students begin exploring descriptive language by describing objects and brainstorming adjectives. Students then discuss examples and non-examples of descriptive writing and improve... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 11th, 2024
Descriptive Writing
Students will use an example problem about the Three Sisters to complete a Strategy Harvest and develop a conceptual understanding of multiplying. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Multiplication
In this lesson on the importance of clean water as a natural resource, students will begin by observing a polluted water source within a United States community. Next, students will explore the significance of the Ganges River and the political and religious issues that impact the ongoing struggle to... Read more »
Created by: Kristen Sublett
Date Updated: September 10th, 2024
Ganges River Pollution
In this lesson, students will learn to compare anatomical similarities and differences between organisms and explain the relationship between organisms based on homologous structures. They begin by reading a recent research article on either parrots or penguins. Then, students learn about the ancient... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Randall
Date Updated: January 11th, 2024
Homologous Structures
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
This short, introductory lesson is a great way to begin the year in any history class from 8th-12th grade. Each student will create their own definition of history then compare it to quotes about history and the term's dictionary definition. Students then will reexamine their own definitions, modify... Read more »
Created by: Kristen Sublett
Date Updated: September 3rd, 2024
Intro to History
In this lesson, students will use questions, a book, and their favorite foods to explore multi-digit division with tools and strategies they already know. Students will also practice making conjectures (or reasonable estimated solutions). After students find a solution to the main problem, the teacher... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: February 20th, 2024
Partial Quotients
The Benefits of Earning a Post-Secondary Degree
This lesson is a classroom version of the GEAR UP Student Kickoff assembly which can be found on this site at: Gear UP Student Kickoff-Assembly Version. The link can be found below. School sites participating in the GEAR UP grant can choose how they share the grant information to students. Both... Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: January 11th, 2024
The Benefits of Earning a Post-Secondary Degree
This lesson introduces students to career clusters and their usefulness for exploring a variety of careers. Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: November 3rd, 2022
College and Career Connections
Using a graphic organizer, students record what they know about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Then, collaborating with partners, students expand their knowledge with group discussion and research. Students then create a Venn diagram to examine and compare the three monotheistic religions as a final... Read more »
Created by: Kristen Sublett
Date Updated: May 31st, 2022
Monotheistic Religions
In this lesson, students discover what tax dollars are used for and evaluate which tax-funded community services they feel are important. These services include libraries, police and fire departments, roads, water/sanitation services, and schools. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 21st, 2020
Taxes and the Community Services They Provide
Once students have foundational knowledge of rhetorical analysis and persuasion, this lesson allows students to evaluate the use of rhetorical elements in modern product commercials and political campaign ads. This lesson can be used to make connections to rhetorical devices used in American or British... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: February 21st, 2024
Rhetorical Analysis of Media and Text
This lesson is an extension of the Memes > GIFs lesson, adding a second variable to the equation. The goal is to understand and find possible solutions for two-variable inequalities. Students will translate real-life problems into linear inequalities and make the connection between the two. They will... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Inequalities With Two Variables
In this lesson, students will make observations and inferences about policies leading to a history of native peoples being dispossessed of their land. Students will explore the policy of allotment by participating in a simulation activity and completing an article analysis. To extend their learning,... Read more »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: September 26th, 2024
Land Openings in Indian Territory
While Shakespeare is the king of the British play, Shakespearean language is often difficult for students to understand. In this lesson, students employ music and critical thinking strategies as they learn to better understand the language of the Bard. It would be best to teach this lesson when starting... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Understanding Shakespeare
Setting and Conflict
In this lesson, students experiment with changing the settings in well-known fairy tales and examine how conflict might change in a different setting. Students explore the Prologue from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and analyze how the setting affects the conflict. After analyzing and comparing different... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: September 13th, 2024
Setting and Conflict
In this lesson, students learn about the literary elements of character, setting, and plot while reading and exploring several stories: "Love Monster" by Rachel Bright, "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, "I Need My Monster" by Amanda Noll, and "How To Catch a Monster" by Adam Wallace and... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: October 19th, 2020
Literary Elements
This lesson builds on the inquiry questions that students developed in the lesson "Hall of Injustice, Part 1." Students will use their inquiry questions based on the Tulsa Race Massacre to write an informative research paper that focuses on how remembering history impacts the present. Students will... Read more »
Created by: Polly Base
Date Updated: November 8th, 2024
Guided Inquiry Research
In this lesson, students explore the patterns of rhyme and syllables in Shakespearean sonnets in order to understand iambic pentameter. Students compose their own original sonnets. Read more »
Created by: Jordin Carmichael
Date Updated: December 8th, 2020
Shakespearean Sonnets and Iambic Pentameter
In this lesson, students will observe the colors in emission spectra for different excited gases. They will compare the specific emitted wavelengths and explain how these specific emitted wavelengths are the result of energetic and physical transitions by electrons in excited atoms. They will then apply... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: September 25th, 2024
Light Emission Energetics and Spectra
Comparing and Contrasting Today’s Classrooms with Classrooms from the Past
Students will explore and explain how primary sources can help us learn about history. The class will use photos from approximately 100 years ago to discover how past classrooms compare with today’s classrooms. Students will then explore possibilities for future classrooms and draw their vision of how... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: February 10th, 2021
Comparing and Contrasting Today’s Classrooms with Classrooms from the Past
In this lesson, students will learn how to characterize Newton's First Law of Motion as a cause-and-effect relationship and use these relationships to make predictions about how the natural world functions. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Randall
Date Updated: September 7th, 2022
Newton's First Law of Motion
During this interactive science lesson, students will learn about the patterns of the moon and lunar phases. Over the course of one month, students will observe the moon, look for patterns, and make predictions about the changes in the moon each night. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: May 5th, 2023
Phases of the Moon
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
This lesson asks students to analyze the motivations of Montresor in Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" and engages students by placing them in the role of a forensic psychologist. In this role, having students will answer questions in a clinical evaluation. Students will analyze... Read more »
Created by: Brandy Hackett
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
Irony and Characterization in "The Cask of Amontillado"
In this lesson, students analyze the physiological and psychological factors that promote mental health in teens. They brainstorm potential sources of stress and identify strategies to manage stress. Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: June 13th, 2023
Mental Health of Teens
Do words matter? Does our choice of words affect the attitudes of others? In this lesson, students will explore the denotation and connotation of different words from Romeo and Juliet and how word choice affects understanding and perception of an author’s writing. This is a multimodality lesson, which... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: September 17th, 2024
Connotation and Denotation in Romeo and Juliet
This is the second lesson in a series called, "Survival." In an effort to understand animal characteristics and adaptations, this lesson invites students to make observations about a variety of animals, participate in a modified four corners activity, and create a class Anchor Chart. Learning is extended... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Animal Adaptations
This lesson is part of a series, titled "Woman Crush Wednesday" in which we look at how female scientists have shaped our view of science. In this biology lesson, students will explore the contributions of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the interconnectedness of an ecosystem, and endangered species. Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: November 22nd, 2022
This lesson is part of a series, titled "Woman Crush Wednesday" in which we look at how female scientists have shaped our view of science. In this biology lesson, students will explore the contributions of Rachel Carson, the impact of human activity on our ecosystem, and how organisms develop resistance... Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: April 18th, 2023
Biological Unity and Diversity
In this lesson, students learn about the effects of a high population density and what it would be like to live in one of the world's most densely populated areas—Tokyo, Japan—and its suburbs. Students will analyze pictures, population density maps, and a short article to build their understanding of... Read more »
Created by: Kristen Sublett
Date Updated: February 15th, 2024
Population Density of Japan
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
Students will explore natural and man-made resources by using a Card Sort to make observations about resources. Students will develop and create class definitions for the terms in the Card Sort by creating a class T-Chart. After the Card Sort exercise, students listen and interact with a book about... Read more »
Created by: Makala Foley
Date Updated: April 26th, 2021
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
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
Students will sort 14 star spectra and create a star classification system to develop science classification skills. Through analysis of figures that describe the OBAFGKM classification system and temperature effects on element absorption in stars, students will learn that star spectra can be used to... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: July 9th, 2024
Light, Stars, and Blackbody Radiation
Electromagnetic Radiation, Astronomy, and the Inverse Square Law
Students will establish the relationship between radiation intensity and the distance of a radiating source using a simple flashlight model. Students will learn to apply the inverse square relationship to consider the effects of a planet’s distance from the Sun on its ability to be colonized and adapt... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: May 23rd, 2022
Electromagnetic Radiation, Astronomy, and the Inverse Square Law
This lesson has students connect the theme of regret across poems, songs, nonfiction, and short stories to explore how social-emotional factors can affect character development and theme. Students work independently to write their own apology note as well as write an apology from the perspective of... Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: September 13th, 2024
Character Development and Theme in "The Scarlet Ibis"
What does it mean to have a plan for a postsecondary college or career? This lesson encourages students to explore their career choices and develop a plan to achieve their career goals. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: January 10th, 2024
College and Career Readiness
In this lesson, students will explore different research methods used by sociologists. Students will work in groups to analyze different readings and summarize what they have read. To extend their learning, students will create visual representations of the different research methods to display across... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: September 1st, 2022
The Foundations of Sociology
Students love learning about animals. In this lesson, students will use research and data to study farm animals. Students will explore farm animals at various learning stations and use the information they gathered to compose a class book about farm animals. Included is an optional STEAM activity where... Read more »
Created by: Katie Miller
Date Updated: August 30th, 2023
What Do Animals on the Farm Need to Survive?
In this introductory lesson to the Connecting Social Issues and Human Health Inequities unit, students will explore asthma through a variety of station activities, videos, readings, and charts. In doing so, students will better understand what occurs in the respiratory system before, during, and after... Read more »
Created by: Alonna Smith
Date Updated: July 12th, 2023
Understanding Asthma
During this fourth lesson in the Connecting Social Issues and Health Inequities unit, students will view Oklahoma's life expectancy map, identify environmental threats that contribute to these life expectancies, and discuss what these threats mean with regard to air quality and society. Students then... Read more »
Created by: Alonna Smith
Date Updated: July 13th, 2023
Comparing Communities
In this lesson, students will build on their knowledge of parallel lines by incorporating perpendicular, vertical, and horizontal lines. The goal is for students to understand the characteristics of different types of lines and then apply their knowledge to design a structure as an architect might.... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
Parallel, Perpendicular, Vertical, and Horizontal Lines
This lesson focuses on how to analyze and solve systems of linear equations by using the graphing method. The goal is for students to use prior knowledge to expand their understanding of equations and how they connect to real-world scenarios. Students will be able to identify, solve, and write equations... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Systems of Linear Equations: Graphing
Truth is a powerful thing. Sometimes it hurts, and sometimes it is hard to deliver. In this multi-genre lesson, students will analyze and compare three texts written on the subject of honesty. Students will determine the claim a text is arguing and the evidence and reasoning that is used to support... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: September 11th, 2024
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
This is the first lesson in the "What Is a Wave?" unit. Students will begin by recalling information they already know about waves. They will explore movement with springs to learn about and identify types of waves. In groups, students will create anchor charts with key concepts and examples of waves.... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: June 5th, 2023
London Bridge Is Falling Down
Students will model their writing using mentor sentences and use the mentor sentences to understand how and why authors use commas to make their sentences clear and grammatically correct. Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: August 29th, 2024
Avoiding Comma Blunders
In this lesson, students evaluate the historical and cultural perspectives behind spoken word poetry. Students review several spoken word poems and analyze their historical, cultural, and social connections while studying the history of spoken word poetry. Students then demonstrate and justify their... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
Historical and Cultural Perspectives in Literature
Using Context Clues to Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words
This lesson will enable students to independently use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words within children’s literature and other text. Students will be given the opportunity to explore and discuss context clues within culturally diverse reading material as well as interact with peers... Read more »
Created by: Rachel Brown
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Using Context Clues to Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words
In this lesson, students will explore the meaning of the word "parallel" and analyze how and for what purposes parallel structure is used in speeches. At the end of the lesson, students will compose a tweet to summarize the purpose of parallel structure in writing. This lesson includes optional modifications... Read more »
Created by: Brandy Hackett
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
Parallel Structure
In this third lesson of the "Lord of the Flies" unit, students research the history of masks across cultures. Students then create a mask that represents a character from the story, using textual evidence to support their choices. Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: June 20th, 2023
Behind the Mask
The ability to sequence events in a text is a key comprehension strategy, especially for narrative texts. This lesson will allow students to construct a story by placing events into sequential order, analyze clue words that writers use for sequencing, and create a sequential timeline of the story "Ada... Read more »
Created by: Aimee King
Date Updated: September 4th, 2024
Sequencing of Events
This lesson aims to help students develop an understanding of zoonotic diseases. In this lesson, students will explore how zoonotic diseases spread. Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: March 13th, 2023
Zoonotic Diseases
In this fifth lesson of the "Lord of the Flies" unit, students analyze the word choice the author uses to show characters' thoughts and actions and to compare the evolution of characters in the story to outside characters. Students begin the lesson by comparing words used in an article about Oklahoma's... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: June 20th, 2023
Big Scary Animal
Students begin the lesson by exploring book titles and discussing why authors write the books they do. Students will use a card sort activity and view a video clip to discover three purposes for writing. Students create individual anchor charts in the form of a paper plate Purpose PIE. The Purpose Pies... Read more »
Created by: Michelle Mette
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Author’s Purpose
In this lesson, students will be introduced to analogies by exploring how given words are related to one another. Students will work as a class to create a definition of an analogy, finish given analogies, create new analogies, and be able to explain why an analogy may not make sense. Finally, students... Read more »
Created by: Allison Mitchell-Hill
Date Updated: May 19th, 2022
Analogy RelationSHIP
In this second lesson of the What Is a Wave? unit, students will review key concepts from the first lesson using the Strike Out! strategy. Students will connect prior learning to new content by watching videos that demonstrate the speed of sound waves, and then will be introduced to the Triangle of... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: June 1st, 2023
Not the Bermuda Triangle
Is lettuce interesting? The answer depends on whom you ask. Whether the subject of lettuce is personally captivating or not, a good essay on the subject requires a thesis statement to organize the text and to keep the reader oriented and focused. A strong thesis statement not only helps the reader,... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: June 20th, 2023
Writing a Thesis Statement
In this lesson, students recall their current knowledge about the Supreme Court and then analyze a political cartoon about the branches of government. An infographic and a video about Marbury v. Madison are then summarized in a graphic organizer. Students extend their learning by discussing an argumentative... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: June 22nd, 2023
Marbury v. Madison
In this lesson, students examine the nature and function of international trade agreements in the world economy. Through engaging in an interactive story, students learn many important concepts regarding world trade. In addition, students explore both the benefits and drawbacks of trade agreements through... Read more »
Created by: Cody Sivertsen
Date Updated: August 29th, 2024
International Trade Agreements
Through an examination of demographic data, a timeline, and a first person account interview, students will analyze the impact that apartheid had on the people of South Africa. Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: November 4th, 2022
Apartheid in South Africa
This lesson is meant to be taught after WWI content and introduces your students to WWII. Students will learn how economic and political issues after WWI lit a fuse that exploded into WWII. Using hands-on activities and discussions, students will explore the vocabulary and multiple causes of WWII. Following... Read more »
Created by: Kim Press
Date Updated: June 27th, 2024
Causes of WWII
In the interview with British Vogue, "Ask a Legend: Billie Eilish Answers Questions from Justin Bieber & 22 Other Famous Fans," singer-songwriter Billie Eilish said of her lyric writing process: “It’s good to know the basics of something because then you can take those basics and shift them around.”... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: September 16th, 2024
Writing an Outline
In this lesson, students explore factors leading up to the passage of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and reflect on the impact it had on Asian Americans. Students work in pairs to analyze a document packet and complete a H-chart that synthesizes the documents to answer an overall essential question. Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: June 12th, 2023
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
Students will explore natural and man-made resources by using a Card Sort to make observations about resources. Students will develop and create class definitions for the terms in the Card Sort by creating a class T-Chart. After the Card Sort exercise, students listen and interact with a book about... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
Causes and Effects of the Congress of Vienna
This lesson introduces students to the impact of the Congress of Vienna. This lesson is meant to be taught after the French Revolution and Napoleon content has been introduced to students. Using hands-on activities, discussions, and research, students explore the individuals who helped shape the Congress... Read more »
Created by: Kim Press
Date Updated: July 12th, 2022
Causes and Effects of the Congress of Vienna
Students explore visual artifacts and do research to ascertain what life at Jamestown was like. They research tobacco to discover how it helped make Jamestown successful. Read more »
Created by: Tammy Hawkins
Date Updated: January 3rd, 2024
Artifacts and History
This lesson focuses on engaging students to understand how their academic coursework connects to and affects their futures. Students reflect on their current level of academic performance, learn about the PreACT, take the PreACT, play the game Get a Life!, review and understand their PreACT scores,... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: August 19th, 2024
Connecting Coursework to Future Goals in College and Career
In this lesson, students will explore how to find the surface area of prisms and pyramids. Students will discover the general formulas for finding surface area of prisms and pyramids and are introduced to the surface area of spheres and hemispheres. Students will apply what they learn to create a composite... Read more »
Created by: Samaya Williams
Date Updated: July 5th, 2024
Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids
This lesson will introduce students to the impact of the Cold War within the United States. This lesson is meant to be taught after the WWII content was introduced to students and can be used in tandem with multiple cross-curricular lessons in LEARN. Using hands-on activities, discussions, and research,... Read more »
Created by: Kim Press
Date Updated: May 22nd, 2023
Effects of the Cold War
Using a Growing Pattern to Solve a Problem
Cumulative stories such as "One Duck Stuck" can illustrate mathematical growing patterns. In this lesson, the story shows how the number increases by one as animals come to help rescue the duck from the muck. As the growing pattern is revealed through the story, children get excited because they cannot... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: March 8th, 2022
Using a Growing Pattern to Solve a Problem
In this lesson, students are introduced to the concept of federalism. Students will begin by analyzing statements about governmental power, then reading a short narrative to locate references to the government's role in our daily lives. Students will then watch a video about federalism, complete a graphic... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: May 26th, 2023
An Introduction to Federalism
This lesson introduces the Declaration of Independence in a fun and engaging way. The lesson explores the reason for the document, as well as modern day relevance. It also helps students to see how this document has guided our government, applies to equal rights, and how conflicts are handled. This... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: March 14th, 2022
Declaration of Independence
In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of functions and function notation to perform basic operations on functions. Students will learn how to find domain restrictions caused by function operations. This lesson should be taught after students learn about radical functions, as using notation... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: August 14th, 2023
Basic Operations and Domain Restrictions
In this lesson, students will examine President Hoover's response to the Great Depression and how that affected the presidential election of 1932. Students will analyze videos, Great Depression slang, and a reading to determine the reasons that Hoover did not win reelection for president. Students will... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: September 7th, 2023
The Great Depression and President Hoover
Students will identify a need and engage with wants and needs through a brief activity. They will reflect on the difference between want and need. They will then complete a budgeting activity to understand saving versus spending. Students will recognize that having what you need is important, and be... Read more »
Created by: Brooke Lee
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Understanding Wants vs. Needs
Like building blocks, tangrams and pattern blocks can teach kids about spatial relationships and help them develop problem-solving skills. Students will explore many ways to compose and decompose shapes using pattern blocks and tangrams in this lesson. Students will also acquire an understanding and... Read more »
Created by: Audrey House
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Shape Composition and Decomposition
Students will build, read, and write numbers to 100 using a myriad of math manipulatives. In this lesson, students will learn there are different ways to create the same number. Read more »
Created by: Shelli Cox
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Building and Decomposing Numbers
This lesson engages students in the concept of money and counting money. Students participate in hands-on activities that allow them to visualize and master the skill. Read more »
Created by: Maria Montano
Date Updated: May 23rd, 2022
Counting Money
Students will explore the aspects of visual contour, applying their findings by crafting a custom-designed "cookie cutter" using flexible metal materials. Students then create unique contour cookie designs. Subsequently, students plan and design how to effectively decorate their cookies using a range... Read more »
Created by: Beau Hawkins
Date Updated: August 22nd, 2024
Exploring Basic Principles of Shape and Contour in Art
Students will begin this lesson by establishing their current understanding of diplomacy tactics by discussing Magnetic Statements independently and collaboratively. Students will learn about President Richard Nixon's diplomatic ventures by reading and annotating articles, then filling out a graphic... Read more »
Created by: Cody Sivertsen
Date Updated: January 10th, 2023
Nixon Diplomacy
In this lesson about the labor movement, students will compare and contrast photos of farmworkers that were taken before the start of the movement and in the present day. Students will watch a video and examine an infographic to learn about the injustices faced by farmworkers, the rise of the labor... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: September 7th, 2023
The United Farm Workers Union and the Delano Grape Strike
In this lesson, students are introduced to the life and legacy of Emmett Louis Till. Jim Crow laws had enforced segregation throughout the South for decades, and numerous African-Americans had fallen victim to violent lynchings. Till’s brutal murder was for many Americans the last straw, and it served... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: September 16th, 2022
The Early Struggles Against Jim Crow and Racism
In this lesson, students use an autonomous robot called a BeeBot. Students discover coding is a tool for learning to read and write step-by-step instructions. As students translate by verbalizing step-by-step instructions (sequencing) into real-world tasks, they also make connections to the process... Read more »
Created by: Shelli Cox
Date Updated: November 19th, 2024
Coding and How-to Writing
Identifying the Difference Between Nonfiction and Fiction texts
In this lesson, students will learn to identify the difference between fiction and nonfiction texts and to determine the importance of knowing the difference between the two types. The students use book sorts, videos, and fun activities to come to their own understanding of fiction and nonfiction texts. Read more »
Created by: Alyssa Sexton
Date Updated: August 22nd, 2024
Identifying the Difference Between Nonfiction and Fiction texts
Students will review literary device terms by completing fill-in-the-blank definitions and creating examples of the literary device in use. Read more »
Designing YouTube Content Using World Languages
Students discuss their favorite content creators on YouTube. They explore different content creators on a Wakelet and consider what it is about the video that makes it intriguing. Students learn from a YouTube content creator that creating YouTube videos is "kind of like an octopus"—you need a lot of... Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: August 19th, 2024
Designing YouTube Content Using World Languages
In this lesson, students evaluate the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Students consider the dilemmas presidents faced and learn the motivations behind their diplomatic policies. The use of diplomacy is extended to the modern era through a video of how George... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: July 24th, 2023
Foreign Relations of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
In this lesson, students will use legal, game, and content based methods to understand how to create proofs. Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: August 19th, 2024
Two-Column and Paragraph Proofs
Computer Science and Basics of Creating an Algorithm
Students discover what an algorithm is and the importance of writing clear directions in their algorithms by using a coordinate grid as a guideline. Students test their directions with classmates and then transfer this knowledge to writing codes for autonomous robots. Read more »
Created by: Audrey House
Date Updated: November 19th, 2024
Computer Science and Basics of Creating an Algorithm
In this lesson, students will examine the events leading up to America’s involvement in World War Two as well as how Americans contributed to the war. By analyzing a timeline, political cartoon, the Day Which Will Live in Infamy speech, and participating in a historical mingle activity, students will... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: November 14th, 2022
U.S. Involvement in World War Two
Enter if you dare. This highly spooky lesson will have your students exploring the history, motivation, and global perspectives of vampires through excerpts and videos across time. Make sure when you embark on this adventure with your students that you keep a close eye on them throughout—vampires tend... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: September 22nd, 2023
Vampire Tropes Through History
In this lesson, students will calculate the probability of a discrete random variable and represent the probability distribution as a table and histogram. Then, they will determine the mean and standard deviation using the probability distribution. Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: January 12th, 2023
Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distribution
In this lesson, students evaluate how the media played a role in the presidency and resignation of President Richard Nixon by exploring news articles and watching a video. Students extend their learning by analyzing the history of presidential impeachments. As a reflection to wrap up the lesson, students... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: February 21st, 2023
The Role of the Media in Nixon's Presidency
After the discovery of oil on their land, members of the Osage Nation became millionaires overnight. This made them a target for fortune hunters. In this lesson, students will investigate the events of the “Reign of Terror” that occurred during the 1920s in Osage County. Students will think critically... Read more »
Created by: Patricia McDaniels-Gomez
Date Updated: August 29th, 2024
The Osage Nation
In this lesson, students will explore the culture of the Osage tribe and their ribbonwork. Students will apply what they have learned about math and indigenous cultures to create their own ribbonwork design and demonstrate their understanding of reflections and reflective symmetry. Prerequisite knowledge... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: December 13th, 2023
Reflections: Osage Ribbonwork
In this lesson, students will explore the culture of Native Americans and their beadwork. They will then use patterns to explore dilations and discover the relationship between the center of dilation, the preimage, and the image. Students will apply what they have learned to create their own beadwork... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: December 13th, 2023
Dilations: Beadwork
In this lesson, students begin by considering what items are essential for soldiers to bring with them to war. Students then compare what they read from the novel, "The Things They Carried" by Tim O’Brien, with information about the Vietnam War using an H-Chart. To extend their learning, students research... Read more »
Created by: Tanner Lusher
Date Updated: April 5th, 2023
Vietnam Era
Students will use their knowledge of real world scenarios to graph a situation. After graphing, the students will use prior knowledge to connect vocabulary terms to the graphs that were created before practicing their own scenario to be graphed. This lesson is intended to introduce the basics of quadratics,... Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: August 29th, 2024
Visual Approach to Parabolas
In this lesson, students explore what a Faustian bargain is and examine examples in literature and pop culture. Students read, watch, listen, discuss, and write an argument as they work through the concept and its lasting legacy. Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: September 20th, 2023
Robert Johnson and Faustian Bargains
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
Examining Stereotypes in Hispanic Cuisine
Through this lesson, students will use math and equity to discover the equation solving for any circle's arc length and sector area while investigating food deserts and how they impact a community. Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: September 26th, 2023
Arc Length and Sector Area of a Circle
Through this lesson, students will utilize math and equity to discover the equation to solve for any circle's arc length and sector area while investigating food deserts and how they impact a community. Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: September 26th, 2023
Arc Length and Sector Area of a Circle
The Reign of Terror: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
This lesson centers on Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann which examines the Osage murders of the 1920s. Students analyze the connections between the events depicted in the book and the factual background of the Reign of Terror as presented in an interactive e-learning activity, helping to foster... Read more »
Created by: Polly Base
Date Updated: September 10th, 2024
The Reign of Terror: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
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
Students are introduced to several reasons books are written, identifying the purpose of a series of different books. Students watch a video interview of a child author. Through a series of pictographs, students then discover the many ways people have made books, from pictures to words on tablets, stones,... Read more »
Created by: Pam Bracken
Date Updated: April 3rd, 2024
Exploring Creativity
A dash of this and a dash of that works in cooking, but does it work in writing? In this lesson, students will explore the use of em and en dashes. Through reading the short story “Cooking Time,” students will get to explore the use of dashes. Students will also have the opportunity to write a response... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: April 25th, 2024
The Weirdest Sentence I'd Ever Heard
Julia Child helped us Master the Art of French Cooking. In this lesson, you will help your students master the art of apostrophes! Your students will start by analyzing the incorrect apostrophes in comics and everyday signage before moving on to a card matching activity that enables them to explore... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: May 30th, 2024
Apostrophes
Most college-bound seniors know that they must submit their college applications in the fall of their senior year of high school, but many do not know that one component of the application is a personal essay. In this lesson students look at blunders people make in their college entrance essay, using... Read more »
Created by: Lacey Turner
Date Updated: November 5th, 2024
College Application Essays
This lesson gives students a sneak peek inside how a sports statistician interprets team and player statistics. Students will analyze basketball player data from the OKC Thunder's 2021–22 season related to measures of central tendency. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to calculate measures... Read more »
Created by: Laura Young
Date Updated: August 14th, 2024
Measures of Central Tendency
