Research Guides (LibGuides): Curriculum Resources: Lesson Plans

Online Lesson Plans and Related Resources

Annenberg Learner
Multimedia teacher resources
TEDEd Lessons
Educational videos on lesson ideas suggested by the TED community.
PBS Learning Media
Includes lesson plans based on PBS programs.
EDSITEment Lesson Plans
This National Endowment for the Humanities site includes art & culture, history & social studies, literature & language arts, and foreign language lessons.
Curriki
A wiki for curriculum resources
The Classroom Bookshelf classroom & curricular ideas
School Library Journal site with ideas for teaching with children's and young adult books
Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets for Education
Lessons designed to help students develop critical thinking skills by exploring topics in history, literature, and culture through primary sources
OER Commons
Free openly licensed curriculum resources
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
Includes curated online learning and support materials

Arts-Centered Lessons, Activities and Resources
The Kennedy Center's free digital resources for teaching and learning in, through and about the arts
Picturing America
Includes activities using images of American art to explore history and culture
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Digital Classroom
Includes lesson plans and listening guides. See also https://edu.rockhall.com/ and https://edu.rockhall.com/about and https://www.rockhall.com/education

Read Write Think Lesson Plans
Lessons include correlations to IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts
Poets.org - materials for teachers
Resources for teaching poetry
Center for Applied Second Language Studies
Includes a variety of classroom resources
Library of Congress Resources for Family Engagement
Includes activity kits relating to Library of Congress collections

Annenberg Classroom
Resources for civics education
Democratice Knowledge Project
Includes curricula and teaching resources
Docs Teach
Includes activities for use with online primary source documents from the National Archives
EconEdLink
Economics and personal finance lessons
Learning for Justice Classroom Resources
Teaching resources from the Southern Poverty Law Center
National Geographic Education
The National Geographic site includes teaching resources
Reading Like A Historian
A curriculum on historical inquiry created by the Stanford History Education Group
Simple Civics Lesson Plans
Lessons created by Dr. Terri Jett, Professor of Political Science and Faculty Director for the Hub for Black Affairs and Community Engagement
Teachinghistory.org
Covers U.S. history - funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Center for History and New Media (CHNM)

Illuminations - Resources for Teaching Math
Lessons and interactive activities from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NRICH - enriching mathematics
Mathematical problems, games, and articles to enrich learning
Federal Reserve Education
Lessons and activities from the Federal Reserve for teaching financial literacy
SolveMe Puzzles
Education Development Center site with math puzzles to play and create.

National Science Digital Library Resources
This searchable site funded by the National Science Foundation contains a wealth of resources for STEM education
BioEd Online Lessons and More
Science teacher guides and lessons for grades K-12
Energy Kids
This U.S. Energy Information Administration site includes lesson plans relating to energy as well as science fair project ideas and other teacher resources

Civic Online Reasoning
Lessons and assessments, from the Stanford History Education Group, on evaluating online information
Mike Caulfield's online information literacy lessons
Lessons on fact-checking information found online
NCSS Position Statement on Media Literacy
Position Statement of the National Council for the Social Studies on Media Literacy which includes key questions to ask when analyzing media messages
News Literacy Project Educator Tools
Resources for educators

Edutopia Blogs
Includes blogs posts and videos with teaching tips and strategies

AASL Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning
School Librarian recommended digital tools fostering innovation, creativity, active participation, collaboration, exploration, and information and reference skills

You can also search library education databases such as ERIC for lesson plans.

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English Journal
Covers middle school through high school. Current issues are available in print in the Education Resource Library on South Campus
The Reading Teacher
Includes literacy education practices for children through age 12.
(Recent issues of this journal)
The Reading Teacher
Includes literacy education practices for children through age 12
(Earlier issues of this journal - dating back to the 1950s)

Social Education
Journal of the National Council for the Social Studies covering all grade levels. Also available in print in the Education Commons.
Social Studies and the Young Learner
Covers grades K-6. Additional copies are also available in print in the Education Commons

Science and Children
Covers pre-K - middle school; additional (older) issues are available on JSTOR at https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.butler.edu/journal/sciechil
The Science Teacher
Covers grades 7-12; additional (older) issues are available through JSTOR at https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.butler.edu/journal/scienceteacher

Strategies
Includes practical and how-to articles for sport and physical education teachers