Shared Lesson Plans and Strategies

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Institute Instructor's Lesson Plans and Resource List 2009

Year One Lesson Template - A blank template to be used for Year One lesson plans. (RTF file) Cooperation Conflict - A lesson plan presented by Leslie Ihrig (Grant Elementary School) - March 14, 2009. (RTF file) Boston Massacre News Article - A lesson plan presented by Joan Newcomb (Monte Vista Elementary School) - March 14, 2009. (large RTF file - 5.45 mb - expect long download) East Woodland Native Americans - A lesson plan presented by Shirley Jenner (Meadow View Elementary School) - March 14, 2009. (3 RTF files) Native American Cultures of the Desert Southwest - A lesson plan presented by Lisa Beaudry (La Tercera School) - March 14, 2009. (large RTF file - 7.61 mb - expect long download) Benjamin Franklin: A colonial life - A lesson plan presented by Vicky Hill (Oak Grove School) - March 14, 2009. (RTF file) Native American Region Mural - A lesson plan presented by Tracy Wright (Robert l. Stevens School) - March 14, 2009. (RTF file) Colonial Economic Systems - A lesson plan presented by Christina Lunde (Olive Elementary School) - March 14, 2009. (RTF file) Frontier Gallery Walk - A demonstration lesson plan presented by Professor Michelle Jolly (Sonoma State University) - Summer Institute 2009. (3 RTF files) Explorer Bingo - A demonstration lesson plan presented by Professor Michelle Jolly (Sonoma State University) - Summer Institute 2009. (2 RTF files) Brown Gold - A lesson plan presented by Joan Newcomb (Monte Vista Elementary School) - Summer Institute 2009. (RTF file) Problem Solving on the High Seas - A demonstration lesson plan presented by Professor Michelle Jolly (Sonoma State University) - Summer Institute 2009. (8 RTF files) Historical Maps - A demonstration lesson plan presented by Professor Michelle Jolly (Sonoma State University) - Summer Institute 2009. (5 RTF files) Oral History Day - A demonstration lesson plan presented by Professor Michelle Jolly (Sonoma State University) - Summer Institute 2009. (4 RTF files)