Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
After reading a poem and article about the death of an African American man, students read an article about the death of an African American boy and write an elegy for him in response. While this lesson is currently aligned only to 9th grade standards, it would be appropriate to teach in grades 9th... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 14th, 2024
Reading & Writing Poetry
Students will identify organizations within the community that help people. Students then will discuss why people help one another and the impact of this on society. Finally, they will investigate a charitable organization, its founding, its current purpose, and its impact on society. This lesson includes... Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: April 12th, 2023
Standard 14: Charitable Giving
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
Students will create a definition of terrorism and articulate in a more complex way an understanding of terrorism and issues regarding terrorism. Students will create an oral presentation of terrorist events and their ideological causes. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: April 18th, 2023
Understanding Terrorism
In this lesson, students will discuss the pros and cons of online shopping and learn how to protect their online identities. Through a variety of scenarios, students will determine when is best to use a credit card or a debit card, as well as options for payments on credit cards. This lesson includes... Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: April 17th, 2023
Standard 8: Interest, Credit Cards, and Online Commerce
In this lesson, students will discuss aspects of performance anxiety when speaking in front of an audience. They will identify strategies to manage these symptoms and create a tool to help improve their confidence when speaking to a group. Read more »
Created by: Adam Yeargin
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
Speech and Debate
This is one of several lessons that examines Supreme Court decisions that have clarified individual rights under the First Amendment. Students will examine the events that led up to the case of West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. They will analyze its implications for the freedoms of... Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: August 14th, 2023
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette