Education (Lesson Planning Resources): Lesson Planning

Identify the cognitive, social, emotional, cultural, physical characteristics of your students (age, gender, family composition, cultural customs, learning styles, etc.) as these relate to teaching and learning.

Online videos:

• The Learning Classroom
• Films on Demand (Teaching Videos)

Books/DVD:

• GLOCAT
• WorldCat

Search terms to keep in mind:

Inclusive Education, Multicultural Education/Diversity, Learning Disabilities, Multiple Intelligences, Child Development, Affective Teaching, and Classroom Management.

What methods and materials do I use?

Methods include teaching strategies, learning activities, evaluation/assessment of teaching and learning, classroom management (logistics of time, place, managing student behavior, etc.

Use a variety of classroom materials (textbooks, videos, games, cds, software, manipulatives, etc). to help you to reach students who learn in diverse ways.

TIP: In GLOCAT choose the TERC tab to limit your results!

Sample evaluation criteria for ALL teacher and student materials:

• Accuracy of content
• Author credentials
• Publisher (give special attention to materials published by national teacher organizations such as the National Council of Teachers of English)
• Publication date
• Appropriateness of content and activities for pupils’ age and abilities

Identify broad long-term curricular goals as well as specific shorter-term (lesson) objectives.

Includes understandings, concepts, skills, facts, theories, attitudes that might be taught explicitly or implicitly, intentionally or unintentionally.

Standards and Core Curriculum links: