This lesson explores the stories in history that are often forgotten. Frequently, textbooks include the "winners" of history, but the stories and perspectives of the "losers" of history are left out. Students will explore those stories in this lesson and look at all sides of history in an attempt to... Read more »
Teaching Perspective in the Social Studies Classroom
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Students will use close reading strategies to analyze an author’s tone within nonfiction texts. The class will begin with modern music lyrics, then shift to famous passages of nonfiction writers. Through collaborative exercises, students will scaffold knowledge of word choice and structure to analyze... Read more »
Tone Analysis Through Music and Nonfiction
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In this U.S. history lesson, students analyze the Berlin Wall speeches of President John F. Kennedy (1963) and President Ronald Reagan (1987) in both video and text formats. A variety of assessment options are provided for students to demonstrate their understanding. Read more »
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Inferencing - reading between the lines - is a challenging, yet important, close reading skill. In this lesson, students practice making inferences in a variety of contexts. Through films, picture books, short stories, and works of literature, students make inferences about character, setting, plot,... Read more »
Inferencing: A Close Reading Strategy
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This lesson, aligned with the Oklahoma Academic Standards, examines the topic of segregation and liberty from the Civil War to the present. Through the study of paired texts, The Gettysburg Address and a lesser-known excerpt from Dr. King’s I Have a Dream Speech, students will analyze the issue of segregation... Read more »
Civil Rights
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In this middle school lesson, best facilitated at the beginning of a westward expansion unit, students will analyze John Gast's painting "American Progress," then read and analyze primary source documents to construct their own definition of "Manifest Destiny." To deepen their understanding, students... Read more »
U.S. Territorial Expansion
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The K20 Center’s GEAR UP program wants to help you explore career options! This Career Cluster activity will help you think about your skills, personality, and interests in order to identify which clusters might be a good fit for you. While your interests will likely change over the years, the Career... Read more »
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In this professional learning session, participants will engage in collaborative writing activities, discover how writing can increase student engagement, and leave with strategies and resources that can be implemented immediately in their classrooms. Read more »
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