Model Lessons

This section of the Frameworks provides information for teachers at particular grade levels about resources for developing lessons that are standards-based. The Best Practices section in this Frameworks also provides specific ideas about the best instructional strategies to use in an Alaska classroom.

All Grades

Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Math.html
Organizes the Web with 23,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov
The National Digital Library has over 500 Alaskan items currently online; primary source materials related to history and cultures of the United State; lessons developed by teachers can be searched by theme, topic, discipline or era

Best WebQuests.com
http://bestwebquests.com
Links to dozens of standards-based, rated WebQuests for use in the classroom.

Alaska Models - Primary (K-2)

Solar System Unit
http://pec.jun.alaska.edu:16080/~meyerv/
Standards: Science, Technology, Arts, Language Arts
This project-based unit is designed to introduce the solar system to students in grades K-3. The students culminating group project answers the essential question: Why can we live on Earth? Can we live on other planets? The students create their own three dimensional planet and justify how the planet would support life to a panel of students and teachers. Students will explore the relationships between the Sun and the Earth, how planets orbit the sun, and what elements are needed to support life for space exploration.

K-3 Family History Unit
http://pec.jun.alaska.edu:16080/~mccaffm/
Standards: Cultural, History, Language Arts, Technology
"This is a project-based family history unit designed for kindergarten through 3rd grade. Understanding different family structures and valuing diversity is emphasized. The unit integrates language arts, history, geography, culture, library/information literacy, and technology. The unit has six focus components: defining self, researching immediate and extended family, sequencing important family historical events, understanding and valuing different family structures, comparing families of today with families of the past, and creating authentic artifacts."