This is the five-step lesson plan template used by Teach For America corpsmembers across the country, updated for 2006-2007. Every corpsmember is encouraged to use this to create their lessons... now you can use it too.

Concept mapping is a complex procedure that takes time and practice to learn. Before students build concept maps, the teacher may choose to make several maps and use them with students as advanced organizers to introduce a lesson, an activity, or as a review. Next, the teacher guides the entire class to build concept maps that organize information about something that is familiar such as pets, pizza, video games, soda drinks, shoes, jewelry, snacks, or songs. After becoming familiar with the structure of a concept map, students should begin making their own.

Great Powerpoint containing data highlighting the disparities of higher education among different races/ethinicities.

Use this rubric for student-designed experiments.

Modeled after the Hollywood Squares game seen on TV. The purpose of this program is to answer questions correctly to form 3 X's or O's across, up and down, or diagonally. This program is excellent for classroom instruction because you can have 1 or 2 students take up each square and also have 2 contestants. This allows for up to 20 participants at a time. Directions to play are included in the .zip file.