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Locating Examples of Lesson Plans

Curriculum/Non-book Department, Calvin T. Ryan Library University of Nebraska Kearney

Examples of actual lesson plans can be located in a variety of ways.


BIBLIOGRAPHY of books:

The following titles contain actual examples of lesson plans on the subjects indicated.
LOCATION: Curriculum Collection, Teaching Resources Collection, the low shelves near the Curriculum Offices,
lower level of the Library. (Call Numbers begin with CURR.)

 

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  • Miscellaneous
  • Multicultural
  • Music
  • Preschool
  • Science
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Skills
  • Special Education
ALL SUBJECT AREAS
Curr GV 443 .P34434 1997
Lesson plans for classroom teachers: kindergarten through second grade

Curr GV 443 .P34436 1997
Lesson plans for classroom teachers: third and fourth grades

Curr LB 1029 .C6 S86 1987
Structuring cooperative learning: lesson plans for teachers (lesson plan guide, page 331)

Curr LB 1031 .C32 1994
The multiple intelligences Handbook: Lesson Plans and More... (Includes lesson planning form on pg. 135)

Curr LB 1060 .I535 1999
Incorporating multiple intelligence into the curriculum and the classroom: lesson plans: elementary

Curr LB 1060 .I536 1999
Incorporating multiple intelligences into the curriculum and the classroom: lesson plans: secondary

Curr LB 1590.3 .S94 1994
Infusing the teaching of critical & creative thinking into content instruction

Curr LB 1601.3 .L66 2005
Monthly mini-lessons:  forty projects for independent study, grades 4-6

Curr LB 2157 .A3 M87
My planbook for the student teacher. (Includes basic lesson plan outline.)

 

ART
#Curr N 350 .A43 1984
The elements of art

#Curr N 350 .A439 1984
A world of art

#Curr N 350 .A4392
American art

Curr N 350 .H35
300 lessons in art

Curr N 350 .S2
The Saint Louis Art Museum handbook of lesson plans II

Curr N 350 .S23 1997
Art in story: teaching art history to elementary school children

Curr N 363 .R48
Art lessons for the middle school: a DBAE curriculum

 

BUSINESS
Curr HG 221 .F45 1999
Finance: money, banks and credit

 

CRITICAL THINKING
Curr LB 1062 .P87
Putting critical thinking to work

Curr LB 1590.3 .S58
Skylights: a handbook for teaching thinking skills

Curr PE 1128 .A2 G74 1993
Curious and creative: critical thinking and language development

 

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE
Curr HQ 755.7 .L7
Family living and parenting...grades 9-12

Curr TT 710 .L7
Beginning clothing, an instructional guide...grades 9-12

Curr TX 364 .L4 E9
Exploratory foods...

 

GIFTED
Curr CT 22 .W373 1995
Autobiographies: personal odysseys of change (language arts grades 4-6)

Curr LB 1576 .C34 1995
Journeys and destinations: the challenge of change (language arts grades 2-3)

Curr LB 1576 .C42 1994
Changing ideas, changing perspectives (language arts grades 5-6)

Curr LB 1576 .L57 1994
Literary reflections on personal and social change (language arts grades 4-6)

Curr PS 201 .T46 1994
Threads of change in 19th century American literature (language arts grades 7-9)

Curr PS 223 .M66 1995
Literature of the 1940s: a decade of change (language arts grades 7-9)

 

HEALTH/PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Curr GV 223 .L42 2000
Physical education for children: daily lesson plans for middle school

Curr GV 361 .G64 1997
Teaching sports concepts and skills: a tactical games approach

Curr GV 223 .L42 2000
Physical education for children: daily lesson plans for middle school

Curr GV 365 .P497 1997
Physical activity ideas for action: elementary level

Curr GV 365 .P499 1997
Physical activity ideas for action: secondary level

Curr GV 443 .P3443 1997
Lesson plans for classroom teachers: fifth & sixth grades

Curr GV 443 .P47 1997
Physical education unit plans for grades 1-2

Curr GV 443 .P472 1997
Physical education unit plans for preschool-kindergarten

Curr GV 443 .P473 1997
Physical education unit plans for grades 5-6

Curr GV 443 .P477 1997
Physical education unit plans for grades 3-4

Curr GV 443 .T482 1989
Physical education for children: daily lesson plans

Curr HV 5808 .M4 1995
Drugs, alcohol, and tobacco: totally awesome teaching strategies

Curr LB 1587 .A3 M4 V. #
Michigan model for comprehensive school health...(Volumes K-8)

Curr RA 776 .M542 1999 gr. 1
Totally awesome health

 

HISTORY
Curr D 21.T46 1984
World history highlights: lessons, projects...

Curr D 810 .J4 Z671 1983
Classroom strategies for teaching about the...

Curr E 76.6 .N48 1995 v.2
Ready-to-use activities and materials on Plains Indians

Curr E 175.8 .H85 1990
A humanities approach to U.S. history.

Curr LB 1582 .U6 S74 1995
Colonial America

Curr LB 1582 .U6 S55 1995
Ready-to-use American history activities for grades 5-12

 

LANGUAGES
Curr LB 1139 .L3 P46 1998
Phonemic awareness in young children: a classroom curriculum

Curr PE 1128 .A2 S888 1986
Learning English through science

Curr PF 3065 .W47
Wir sprechen Deutsch.

 

LIBRARY
Curr Z 675 .S3 J95 1988
The library classroom partnership.

 

LITERATURE
Curr LB 1584 .H434 1991
Multicultural explorations.

Curr PN 59 .D93 1990
Literature alive: writing & talking activities & reproducibles

Curr PN 61 .L48
Lesson plans for teaching young adult literature.

Curr PS 1338 .T82 1989
Twain/Stowe sourcebook

 

MATHEMATICS/COMPUTERS
Curr LB 1044.87 .B72 2001
Introducing the internet to young learners: ready-to-go activities and lesson plans

Curr LB 1140.35 .C64 E2 1989
Early childhood lesson plans (computers)

Curr LC 3969.5 .S63 1989
Special education lesson plans (computers)

Curr QA 8.7 .C65 2005

The power of picture books in teaching math & science: grades PreK-8

Curr QA 16 .M34 2003
Making math success happen: the best of learning & leading with technology -- on mathematics

Curr QA 43 .B3
Mathematics...a way of thinking

Curr QA 76.27 .L427 1987
Computer learning month lesson plans grades K-5

Curr QA 76.27 .L427 1988
Learning together grades K-5 lesson plans. (computers)

Curr QA 76.27 .L4272 1987
Computer learning foundation edition I grades 6-8 lesson plans

Curr QA 76.27 .L4272 1988
Learning together grades 6-8 lesson plans (computers)

Curr QA 76.27 .L4273 1987
Computer learning month lesson plans grades 9-12

Curr QA 76.27 .L4273 1988
Learning together grades 9-12 lesson plans (computers)

Curr QA 115 .B33 2003
First-grade math: a month-to-month guide

Curr QA 115 .B955 2001
Lessons for introducing multiplication: grade 3

Curr QA 117 .F69825 2002
Lessons for decimals and percents: grades 5-6

Curr QA 135.5 .B839625 1996
Fifty problem-solving lessons: grades 1-6

Curr QA 135.5 .F38 2002
Counting on coins

Curr QA 135.5 .M367 1997
Math plans: lessons from the field

Curr QA 135.5 .M39 1998
Math for all learners: pre-algebra

Curr QA 135.5 .R663 2003
Third-grade math: a month-to-month guide

Curr QA 135.6 .L57 2003
Second-grade math: a month-to-month guide

Curr QA 135.6 .S48 2001
Lessons for first grade

Curr QA 141 .E75 2005
Positive vs. negative: investigations with integers

Curr QA 141.15 .B74 1999
Developing number sense: grades 3-6

Curr QA 157 .V35 1998
A visual approach to algebra

Curr QA 159 .L38 2002
Lessons for algebraic thinking. Grades 6-8

Curr QA 159 .V66 2002
Lessons for algebraic thinking. Grades K-2

Curr QA 159 .W53 2002
Lessons for algebraic thinking. Grades 3-5

Curr QA 276.18 .T44 1994
Teaching statistics: guidelines for elementary through high school

Curr Z 711.2 .D86 2000
I-search, you search, we all learn to research: a how-to-do-it manual for teaching elementary school students
to solve information problems

Curr QB 209.5 .F3 2004
It's about time

 

MISCELLANEOUS
Curr LB 1029 .P67 M86 1994
Practical portfolios

 

MULTICULTURAL
Curr LC 1099.3 .E45 1998
Teacher talk: multicultural lesson plans for the elementary classroom.

 

MUSIC
Curr M 1993 .W776
Music experiences for young children.

Curr MT 10 .L72
Music in the classroom.

Curr MT 10 .L7
Music in the classroom.

Curr MT 930 .H59 1991
New approaches to elementary classroom music. (Includes lesson plan worksheet)

Curr MT 930 .P47 1985
Music K 1 and 2.

 

PRESCHOOL
Curr LB 1139 .L3 C362 1995
Early communication games: routine-based play for the first two years.

Curr LB 1140.2 .P55 1983
A planning guide to the preschool curriculum.

Curr LB 1139.4 .P48 1996
A practical guide to early childhood planning: methods and materials . . . lesson plans.

Curr LB 1576 .N44 2004
Stepping stones to literacy

 

SCIENCE
Curr LB 1585 .S86 1988
Super science activities: favorite lessons...

Curr Q 181 .S35 1988
Science, technology, society: Model lessons for secondary...

Curr QC 73.6 .W56 1986
Wind, water, fire and earth... Curr QL 55 .R48 1990
The responsible use of animals in biology classrooms.

Curr TD 794.5 .W388
Waste management...

Curr TJ 163.3 .G56 1986 V.1
An energy curriculum for the elementary...

Curr TJ 163.3 .G56 1986 V. 2
An energy curriculum for the elementary...

Curr TJ 163.3 .G56 1986 V.3
An energy curriculum for the elementary...

 

SOCIAL SCIENCES
Curr D 804.33 .P47 1994 v.2
The spirit that moves us: a literature-based resource guide teaching about the Holocaust & human rights.

Curr DS 821 .J337 1987
Japan in the classroom.

Curr G 73 .C667 1992
Geography teacher's success kit.

Curr G 73 .G46 1988
Geography education.

Curr GT 85 .H63 1992
Children around the world

Curr H 62 .L444
Citizenship decision-making...

Curr LB 3552 .K2 D7 1986
Martin Luther King, Jr....

Curr LB 1584 .S444 1993
Living history in the classroom: integrative arts activities for making social studies meaningful

 

SOCIAL SKILLS
Curr HQ 783 .M24 2001
Making choices: social problem-solving skills for children

Curr HQ 796 .S549
Skills for growing

Curr HQ 783 .R38 1995
Ready-to-use social skills lessons & activities for grades PreK-K

Curr HQ 783 .R39 1995
Ready-to-use social skills lessons & activities for grades 1-3

Curr HQ 783 .R394 1996
Ready-to-use social skills lessons & activities for grades 7-12

Curr HQ 783 .S37 1998
Social skills for school and community: systematic instruction for children and youth with cognitive delays


SPECIAL EDUCATION
Curr HV 894 .M36 1992
Life skills activities for special children

Curr LC 3969.5 .S63 1989
Special education lesson plans (computers)

Curr HQ 783 .S37 1998
Social skills for school and community: systematic instruction for children and youth with cognitive delays


KRAUS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT LIBRARY (KCDL)
KRAUS is a collection of lesson plans, units, activities and other curriculum-related materials.

LOCATION: MicFe Curr Z 5814 .C9 K7 (orange boxes in the Curriculum area)

A few examples include:

SSC 8*-019
The lessons of the Vietnam War. 1996.
Includes 12 units on the war for grades 8-12.

FA 6*-027
Arts and humanities: middle school handbook. 1996.
Includes scope and sequence, sample units, activities.

GCE K*-092
Let's get together: activities for development friendship and self-esteem in the early grades. 1993.

 

 


 

INTERNET (Locating Lesson Plans)
The Internet contains a huge amount of information. (Please note that because the Internet is in a constant state of flux,
the addresses and site content are subject to change.)

The Educator's Reference Desk

http://www.eduref.org
For K-12 teachers, covering myriad curriculum areas. Includes AskERIC.

OTHER SITES

AWESOME LIBRARY

http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html
Provides K-12 education resources including lesson plans and other information.

BLUE WEB'N LIBRARY

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Features lessons, activities, projects, and resources that you can search by audience, subject, or Dewey number.

GEM (Gateway to 21st Century Skills)

http://thegateway.org/
Supported by the National Library of Education and the U.S. Department of Education to provide America's teachers
with one-stop access to Internet-based educational resources.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN EDUCATION PLACE

http://www.eduplace.com/
Although it is commercial, this is a great resource for lesson plans organized by theme or curricular area.

KATHY SCHROCK'S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Provides links to lesson plan sites and other resources supporting K-12 education.

PE CENTRAL

http://www.pecentral.org/
Wonderful site for information, lesson plans, and links to other resources for physical education and health.

PITSCO'S LAUNCH TO LESSON PLANS

http://www.pitsco.com/
Offers links to lesson plan sites.

TEACHERS HELPING TEACHERS

http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
Created by a teacher, this Web site includes teaching tips, K-12 curriculum plans, and a bulletin board area
where teachers can ask for advice or ideas.

TEAMS DISTANCE LEARNING SITE

http://teams.lacoe.edu
From the Los Angeles Office of Education, a list of links to sites with lesson plans, ideas, and online projects.

ASK JEEVES

http://www.ask.com
Uses its own knowledge base to answer questions. Also performs a metasearch on several search engines.
Questions can be asked in plain English, for example, "find lesson plan sites for social studies."

 


UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM CENTERS with reviewed links to Lesson Plan Sites:

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

http://www.library.umaine.edu/lmc/

WASHBURN UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM RESOURCES CENTER

http://www.washburn.edu/mabee/crc/

Last updated 4/08

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