Lesson Development

Lesson Plan Resources

• AASL Lesson Plan Database (alligned to standards)
• David Loertscher's Think Models
• EconEd Link
• HippoCampus (OER project providing high-quality, multimedia content for general education)
• Learn NC (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education)
• Library of Congress Teachers (teaching with primary sources, lesson plans)
• Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Technology Enhanced Lesson Plans
• Michigan Educators’ Resources (M.O.R.E.)
• Michigan Learns Online Portal (free lesson materials).
• MIT OpenCourseWare Highlights for High School
• National Archives Teaching With Documents
• New York Times Lesson Plan Archive
• OER Commons (Open Source Educational Resources)
• Open University Learning Space (online units, primary documents from distance university in UK)
• PBS Teachers (lesson plans, interactive games, simulations, maps, photos, essays and more)
• Thirteen Ed Online (from WNET in New York)
• Verizon Thinkfinity - Literacy, Education and Technology
• Virtual Lessons (Joyce Valenza)

Library Curriculum

• AASL Action Example Template for collaborative lesson planning.
• Collaborative lesson plan template (Lakeview HS)
• Online Unit Transformation (guide for technology integration into existing unit)

Collaborative Lessons

• Curriculum Collaboration Through Booktalks (Marshall MS)
• Spanish and the Job of Your Dreams (Lakeview HS)
• A Big6 Student Dramatization in Two Acts (Lakeview HS)
• Visual Literacy The Memorial Project (Harper Creek HS)
• World History Library Introduction (Lakeview HS lesson plan uses AASL Action Example Template)