Lesson Plans

Our World is Like a Rainbow

Overview

Americans continue to adapt to different ethnic and cultural groups who move into their communities. It is vital that children become aware of and appreciate cultural diversities in people. People move to different areas for reasons such as religion, climate, employment, economics, and for a better way of life.

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Primary Learning Objectives

Students will analyze geographic information and gain appreciation of differences in the regions and cultures.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

To educate students on cultural diversity and make them aware of how the community reflects the cultural background of the inhabitants.

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

DLCS18.7.R5

DLCS18.7.16

SS10.7G.4

SS10.7G.5

SS10.7G.7

SS10.7G.12

National/Other Standards

Geography Standards Standard 6 - How culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions.

Personal Economics

Overview

Students will be able to explain the various services available to protect consumer rights. They will develop a PowerPoint presentation in their student achievement teams which contains the required information along with a question section. This presentation will then be used in class for a review activity prior to testing.

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Primary Learning Objectives

Students will be able to explain the role of government in protecting consumer rights. Students will be able to explain the role of private organizations in protecting consumer rights.

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Content Standard(s)

DLCS18.7.R6

AAS.SS10.7C.8

AAS.SS10.7C.9

SS10.7C.8

SS10.7C.9

Illustrate a Song

Overview

Many times when people think of art, they only think about the visual arts. Music is also an art form. Music has the ability to inspire us, change our mood, comfort us, and teach us. It is hard to imagine a day without any sort of music. Therefore, it is necessary that when teaching the arts, students also learn about the value of music as an art form.

Subject Area

Arts Education

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Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will illustrate a song or selection of music after examining the mood and feeling generated by various types of music.

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

AE17.VA.6.3

AE17.VA.7.5

AE17.VA.8.3

National/Other Standards

National Content Standard #1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.

Getting to Know You

Overview

The students will go on an in-school scavenger hunt to get to know the many kinds of people that make up an elementary school community. They will work in small groups and use digital cameras to take pictures of the workers they find. By completing the scavenger hunt, the students will gain a better understanding of how we are all dependent on one another in a small community.

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

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Primary Learning Objectives

Students will gain an understanding of the roles of people within a school setting. Students will describe ways people are interdependent by utilizing appropriate listening and speaking behaviors. During the use of digital cameras and portable digital devices, students will demonstrate proper care of the equipment. Students will produce a developmentally appropriate multimedia project.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Students will gain cooperative learning skills through their work in small groups.

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

DLCS18.1.R6

DLCS18.1.13

Martin Luther King, Jr. for Early Elementary

Overview

This lesson is an adaptation of a lesson in Character Education Made Easy. It helps early elementary students (especially kindergartners) learn about the influence of Martin Luther King, Jr., why he is remembered, and the problems he worked to change.

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Primary Learning Objectives

Students will develop an awareness of the accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr. and how he worked to foster tolerance and respect for others.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Students will discuss the meaning of fairness. Students will discuss the meaning of self-respect. Students will discuss the meaning of courage.

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Content Standard(s)

AAS.SS10.K.11

AAS.SS10.1.5

SS10.K.11

SS10.1.5

Transformation Creations

Overview

The students will use critical thinking skills and artistic abilities to "transform" an image into something completely different. The original images can be taken with a digital camera and printed out or cut from old magazines.

Subject Area

Arts Education

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Primary Learning Objectives

Students will create original visual art. Students will discuss their art using approriate language and vivid descriptive words. Students will use developmentally appropriate artistic language explain how they converted their images into new images. Students will improve skills in using digital cameras and word processors.

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Content Standard(s)

AE17.VA.2.2

AE17.VA.2.3

AE17.VA.2.8

Learning About Our Government

Overview

This lesson is designed to inform students about the organization of our nation's government. Students will be introduced to the three branches of American government and the responsibilities of each. They will discuss the requirements for becoming President and take a "virtual tour" of the White House. All of this is done through the use of a digital slideshow, which includes a direct link to the Internet for further study.

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Primary Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify the three branches of American government as well as characteristics of each. Students will be able to name the qualifications for President of the United States. Students will be able to define democracy and recognize that they are part of a democracy.

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Content Standard(s)

AAS.SS10.5.9

SS10.5.9

Learning About Colonial Life

Overview

This is a group activity that allows students to use predictions to learn about the lifestyle of American colonists.

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Primary Learning Objectives

1. Students will make predictions about the purpose of items from colonial America.
2. Students will draw conclusions about the culture of colonial America based on items used in daily life.

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

AAS.SS10.10.2

SS10.US1.2

"Planning a City - Conserving the World's Resources."

Overview

Part of the "New Town" Project. Use technology and library resources to design a sustainable community.

Learning Resource Type

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Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Explain how cities produce, use and conserve energy resources. Design a city that can expand without causing permanent damage to ecosystems.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Contrast renewable resources with nonrenewable resources. Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of using alternative energy resources.

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Dragon Genetics

Overview

Students will construct a model of a dragon based on traits inherited from the parent dragons. This activity demonstrates the inheritance of dominant and recessive traits, codominance, and incomplete dominance. Students will use Punnett Squares to predict genotypic and phenotypic ratios of the dragon population in the class. This project could serve as a culminating activity for Genetics and the Inheritance of traits.

This activity was adapted from Alabama Science in Motion.

This lesson results from a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and ASTA.

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Learning Targets:

I can construct a model of a dragon based on the characteristics inherited from the parent dragons.
I can create Punnett squares to explain the variation of expressed traits among the dragon population in the class.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Students will:

Use mathematics and computation to predict phenotypic and genotypic ratios and percentages by constructing Punnett squares, including using both homozygous and heterozygous allele pairs.
Develop and use models to demonstrate codominance, incomplete dominance, and Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment.

Content Standard(s)

SC15.BIO.11

AAS.SC15.BIO.11

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