Big questions make for great lessons. Whenever I jot down the question “What does it mean to be successful?” on the board, opinions start flying across the classroom like paper planes. This is a simple lesson plan I keep coming back to. Here are some questions on motivation to get your students started. Lesson Plan …
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An engaging discussion is the bread and butter of many of my lessons. Whether the verbal exchange ends up being an engaging one or not depends to a large extent on the mood and energy of the students themselves. Naturally, the way the groups are set up might have a significant impact on the quality …
Turtle neck-clad art connaisseurs and high brows will have you know that there is truly art in everything. A layman like myself would, however, beg to differ. This lesson plan lets your students tackle this very question. I’ve used this mini-lesson as intro to one of the suggested assignments found at the end of this …
Once upon a time (sigh, had to get that phrase in here), I felt the crippling effects of time and wanted to remedy my malaise by having my students work with fairy tales. It’s a thankful genre to work with for many reasons: they are in general quite short, exist in most cultures, and most …
A quick glance at Google Maps and one might be forgiven for thinking that this tiny isle belongs to the French. However, borders are never drawn by common sense, and gifting land to the French for the sake of geographical coherence (let alone giving the French anything) is, well… most unthinkable. Existing in this geographical …
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