51 A Venetian Carnival : The Cask of Amontillado Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: This resource is a literary unit that is based on "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. During the unit, students read and analyze the story for basic literary elements and discuss ironic meanings of words and phrases.... Career Fields: Government & Public Administration, Hospitality & Tourism, Information Technology Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–5 Professional Commentary: In this activity, students choose a picture and use all seven Tangram pieces to fill in the outline. They work with concrete Tangram pieces first and then use an applet that allows them to slide, flip, and turn the pieces.... Projects: COR 53 Ladybug Adventures: Designing a Virtual Path Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–2 Professional Commentary: In this activity, students develop their spatial sense of distance, direction, and turning by using an applet to design a "virtual path" for a ladybug to follow to hide under a leaf. Students then test to see if their path is accurate and, if necessary, revise their solutions.... Projects: COR 54 Ladybug Adventures: Ladybug Mazes Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–2 Professional Commentary: In this activity, students use an applet to navigate a ladybug through a maze. Students develop their sense of direction, distance, and turning by guiding the ladybug along open pathways to the goal without crossing any walls.... Projects: COR 55 Once Upon a Time: Writing Stories about Reading Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 10–12 Professional Commentary: This resource uses a feature article from the New York Times to stimulate a discussion about one's life as a reader. Designated a promising practice, this lesson encourages students to take an inventory of their own histories as readers.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 56 Cool Science for Curious Kids Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Cool Science for Curious Kids invites curious kids to explore biology... on screen, off screen, and in between.... 57 Hit or Myth: Exploring Mythology from Ancient Civilizations Around the World Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: This resource uses a feature article from the New York Times to discuss the ways in which ancient myths are portrayed in popular culture. After reading several myths, students compare and contrast the myths of different ancient cultures and create children's books based on a myth.... Career Fields: Human Services, Information Technology, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 58 That's News to Me: Learning About and Creating a News Media Museum Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 4–7 Professional Commentary: This resource uses a feature article from the New York Times to launch a study of the Newseum and to create news media museums. Students compare and contrast the various sections and features of different newspapers and research the history of the news media in order to create their own newseums.... 59 All in a Day's Work: Modernizing Herman Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This lesson plan uses a passage from Herman Melville's 1856 tale, "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street," to encourage literary response and creative writing. Students respond in writing to the short story by creating their own modern versions of the tale.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Human Services, Information Technology, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 60 Picking Up the Pieces and Putting them Back Together: Writing Breaking News Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–10 Professional Commentary: This resource uses a news article from the New York Times to examine how a breaking news story is constructed. Designated a promising practice, this lesson allows students to predict and sequence the facts and details that must appear in a news story.... Career Fields: Government & Public Administration, Information Technology Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First |