Inductive Study is individual and group discussion-based observations and insights from personal study are encouraged. It is in the discussion, for many students, that the lesson begins to “gel.” The discussion confirms, clarifies, and corrects…
This unit dives into the study of the principles that influenced and motivated the creation of a constitutional, federal republic. As a backdrop to the study, students analyze Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham…
This Simulation is a fun and great way to wrap up a unit on the 1920s Jazz Age in America, and give you students the experience of being in a speakeasy. Your kids will always…
Introduction This is one of my favorite lesson plans of each year. It is also one the students bring up over and over again later. I start class by telling my students that I do…
Remember the Children: is the experiential program for students. The experience tells the story of children’s experience during the Holocaust from the perspective of children growing up in Nazi Germany. This Lesson focuses on real-life…
Over the past five years I have built around eight telegraphs for other teachers and for use in my classroom. Bellow is a simple plan to build a telegraph. I have started to include some…
The Toolkit is designed to put instructional and curriculum design tools into the hands of teachers and leaders in local districts. The Toolkit resources focus on implementation of the Inquiry Arc, as presented in The…
I have spent a large amount time curating/cultivating and adapting material for my classroom. My classroom is almost completely paperless and I am never satisfied with leaving my curriculum as is. The following is a…
