Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
In this lesson, students explore the essential questions "Who am I?" and "What makes me, me?" through multimodal narrative writing. For this creative composition, students engage in preliminary reflective writing and in an up-close look at their thumbprints. Throughout this creative writing process,... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: August 22nd, 2024
Thumbprint Autobiography
In this lesson, students will work together to determine the definition of desertification and create a chart to explain the causes and effects of desertification in the sub-Saharan Sahel region. Then, students will learn how Africa is responding to desertification with a project called the Great Green... Read more »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: July 8th, 2024
Desertification of the Sahel
Students will examine the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Joffe Numeroff to learn about the conditional mood. After deconstructing, reconstructing, and creating their own conditional sentences, students will write collaborative Chain Stories in a narrative style similar to Joffe's book,... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: August 21st, 2024
Conditional Statements
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