Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
The Accepted! College Ready initiative is a program that takes students, their families, and core high school staff members to a college campus to which the student applied and was accepted. This event will provide the students and their caregivers with a focused opportunity to explore the campus as... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: May 7th, 2025
Is it really worth it? In this lesson, students will read “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov and view “The Silence,” an episode from the Twilight Zone, analyzing the motives and outcomes of the characters. Students begin by participating in a word cloud listing things they’d be willing to give up. Next, they... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: January 29th, 2025
Argumentative Writing
In this lesson, students dive into the big question: Is music poetry? It starts with a fun sorting challenge where they guess whether lines come from poems or song lyrics. Then, they analyze real lyrics, debating what makes some feel more poetic than others. Through a hands-on annotation activity, they... Read more »
Created by: Kyri Hester
Date Updated: March 31st, 2025
Analyzing Lyrics Like Literature
In this high school psychology lesson, students investigate how memory works and how it can lead to shared false memories known as the Mandela Effect. Through engaging, hands-on activities, students explore the processes of memory encoding, storage, and retrieval. This multi-day lesson develops critical... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: May 29th, 2025
Memory and the Mandela Effect
In this activity, students will rate their preferred learning style and explore typical vocabulary surrounding postsecondary educational opportunities. This vocabulary exposure will help students be prepared for the 7th-grade campus visit and discussion of possible future pathways. Read more »
Created by: Lori Kemmet
Date Updated: May 28th, 2025