31 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 32 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 33 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.... 34 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 35 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.... 36 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 37 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 38 Searching Near and Far: Learning About How Specialized Search Engines Make Internet Information Accessible Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–12 Professional Commentary: This resource uses a news article from the New York Times to explore using an Internet search engine for research. Designated a promising practice, this lesson allows students to use a hands-on experience with Internet search engines to learn more about how to locate information on the web.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, Health Science, Information Technology, Manufacturing Technologies, Marketing, Transportation Systems Projects: Standards First 39 Painting Portraits with Words: A Language Arts Lesson Based on an Exhibition on William Butler Yeats Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 11–12 Professional Commentary: This resource uses a feature article from the New York Times to examine how an exhibition of William Butler Yeats' writings represents a portrait or biography of the author's life. Designated a promising practice, this lesson allows students to analyze various poems by Yeats using varied written forms.... Projects: Writing 6-12 40 Swinging with the Times: Giving A Modern Slant to Favorite Children's Stories Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students examine the many changes in the Tarzan character from Edgar Rice Burroughs' first novel to Disney's newest movie version to understand how children's movies are often used to mirror and promote cultural attitudes and beliefs. Students then adapt a favorite children's story to a modern setting, updating the characters and plot to better reflect the times.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Information Technology, Marketing Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First |