Lesson Planning

Resources that help teachers develop lessons, classroom activities, and assignments about a variety of subjects.

Resources in this category:

American Collection
http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/

Aimed at educators, presents information on and teaching plans for several classic works of American literature that have been adapted into Masterpiece Theatre (PBS) movies. Other American literature resources provide teaching tools for other famous authors and classic works.

Biotechnology Learning Hub
http://www.biotechlearn.org.nz/

Provides resources for teaching and learning about biotechnology. Focus is on New Zealand, but the practical presentation of the information should be useful to visitors from all over.

Children's Folklore
http://www.geocities.com/childrenfolklore/

Games, customs, rhymes, and activities submitted by children and teachers from countries around the world. Rhymes and game instructions are in multiple languages, including Hungarian, French, Catalan, Spanish, and English. Descriptions of international holidays and celebrations were written by school children about their countries.

Curriki
http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/

Community edited resource for educators to find and submit lesson plans, assignments, lectures, and a variety of other educational materials. Covers wide range of subjects and age/grade levels. Searchable.

Education for Enterprise
http://education-for-enterprise.tki.org.nz/

Need ideas for incorporating real world, practical lessons into classes and curriculum? Check out this site; although designed specifically for integration into the New Zealand curriculum, teachers from all over will find the ideas and resources useful and applicable.

KidsGardening.com
http://www.kidsgardening.com/teachers.asp

This site supplies many creative ideas for teachers and parents to use while gardening with children. Ideas are provided for theme gardens and users can participate in activities or connect with other teachers.

The Learning Page...especially for teachers
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/index.html

Presents lesson plans and other resources for teachers that incorporate the Library of Congress's extensive American Memory collection. Search lesson plans by theme, topic, discipline, or era. "Features and activities" includes interactive activities to engage students' attention.

MrDonn.org - Ancient History Lesson Plans, Activities, Games
http://www.mrdonn.org/ancienthistory.html

Resources for teachers and parents and homework help for students on topics relating to ancient civilizations in many cultures.

Shmoop: Study Guides, Teacher Resources
http://www.shmoop.com/

Find comprehensive and fun study guides for major works of literature, poetry and major events in US History. Also includes lesson plans and ideas for teachers.

The Textmapping Project
http://www.textmapping.org/index.html

Presents a method of teaching reading comprehension and textual analysis that involves learner interaction with the text.

Thinkfinity
http://www.thinkfinity.org/

Contains educational resources for K-12 students, teachers, parents, and after-school programs. There are nine content partners that can be searched by keyword, subject, resource type, and/or grade level. It is also searchable by themes or subject areas.

Utah Education Network
http://www.uen.org/

Provides many resources for educators and students within and outside of Utah. By choosing resources, students or educators can search for lesson and curriculum plans, educational games on the Internet and other learning resources. The website provides resources for students and teachers from K-12 through college.

Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/index.html

Provides a wealth of resources for English teachers to use in the classroom in teaching literature, grammar, reading, writing, journalism, drama, and other topics.