191 The Pros and Cons of Discussion Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students use a discussion web to engage in meaningful discussions. Students work in groups to answer the question, "Are people equal?," analyzing all sides of the response, forming a consensus, and presenting it to the class.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 192 Seeing Integration from Different Viewpoints Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–7 Professional Commentary: This lesson uses The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, which describes the court-ordered desegregation of an all-white school in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1960, as a basis for a Directed Reading–Thinking Activity. A prereading strategy captures students' interest and provides an opportunity to make predictions about the story. In response to the text, students work... 193 Digging Deeper: Developing Comprehension Using Thank You, Mr. Falker Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Making personal connections to stories is one way to develop deeper understanding of both character and theme. This teacher read-aloud of Thank You, Mr.... 194 Antibiotics: Will they work? Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem with worldwide effects. This project was created to help students understand antibiotic resistance- both the science behind it and how human use of antibiotics can affect resistance development.... Career Fields: Health Science Projects: COR, Standards First 195 SCOPE: The DDT-Malaria Controversy Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this best practice project, students critique the scientific evidence related to the productive uses and harmful side-effects of DDT. Based on what they learn about this pesticide and what they already know about malaria, they create an argument about the proposed global ban of DDT and present this argument during a classroom debate.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Health Science Projects: Standards First 196 Gypsy Moth, an Exotic Invasive Species Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This best practice lesson is an inquiry-based lesson dealing with Gypsy Moth infestations in forests. In Module 1 students gather background information on Gypsy Moths.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 197 The Organic Foods Controversy Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This best practice resource is an excellent guided inquiry that addresses the organic food controversy. Students are asked to take a survey, explore this controvery by looking at the evidence, ask an expert, and eventually make a conclusion through experimentation.... 198 Completing the Circle: The Craft of Circular Plot Structure Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: After exploring the organizing structure and writer’s craft of picture books, students identify, explore and apply the elements of circle plot structures to their own stories. “Reading like writers,” students explore the ways that stories are structured; then, “writing like writers,” students apply organizational structures to their own writing.... 199 Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Analyzing World War II Posters Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson plan, students analyze World War II posters, chosen from online collections, to explore how argument, persuasion, and propaganda differ. The lesson begins with a full-class exploration of the famous “I WANT YOU FOR U.S.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, Government & Public Administration Projects: Standards First 200 Peace Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and Poetry Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This lesson supports third- through fifth-grade students as they apply think-aloud strategies to reading. Using the theme of peace, students explore a variety of poems and picture books and write poems.... |