Two treatments--lecture and discussion about legal responsibilities toward the handicapped and a handicapped student simulation activity--promoted adaptability and flexibility in lesson plans in 117 regular secondary education undergraduates despite lack of evidence that the adaptations were integrated into lesson plans for the whole class. (CL)

The article outlines seven activities of a lesson to improve listening skills through a series of games designed to keep the student's interest as well as introduce the lesson's point. The approach emphasizes feedback and modeling. (CL)

Presented is a self-contained lesson in land use which can be used in a high school American studies course. The lesson is cross-referenced to major textbooks. (RM)

This book helps general and special education teachers empower students in grades K-4 to independently solve problems by teaching them how characters in children's literature books solved similar problems. Students are also taught a problem solving strategy that they can apply to solve problems in any situation. The book contains ready-to-use…

This folktale unit supports 6th- through 8th-grade students exploration of the many subgenres of folktales: trickster tales, fairy tales, fables, tall tales, and legends. The unit focuses heavily on the use of technology as a learning tool as students work together to create WebQuests for their peers to explore. During the 10 one-hour sessions,…

"Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." tells of King's childhood determination to use "big words" through biographical information and quotations. In this lesson, students in grades 3 to 5 explore information on Dr. King to think about his "big" words, then they write about their own…

Article presented points and practical teaching suggestions intended to guide teachers as they considered integrating reading with the other language arts. (Author/RK)

This is an outline of a lesson plan for grades 3-4 in movement education centering around Bloom's three domains; behavioral concepts are listed under each domain. (JA)

Suggestions to teachers on sharing objectives, materials, lesson plans, curriculum packages, and human resources. (SP)

On Fridays, the author gives her students a dittoed schedule sheet of the coming week'sactivities, assignments, and announcements. (Author/SP)

Gives 3 plans for experiencing space. Each plan includes concepts, visual aids, materials, and activities for the particular space experience. (GB)

Six lesson plans can help junior high school students learn about concrete and abstract images. Students draw human figures, identify concrete and abstract images in words and paintings, draw concrete images from abstractions, and make paintings of positive, abstract concepts using concrete imagery. (AM)

Two lessons, "What Rights are Right" and "Comparing People's Rights in Other Countries," provide the teacher and students with knowledge and background for understanding the documents that protect their basic rights and the rights of other people in other nations. (AM)