LTC 4260 Example Lesson

Essential Question

How are we members of groups but also individuals?
What advantages or disadvantages do I notice because of identity groups?
How is my life easier or more difficult based on who I am and where I was born?

Texts

Literature

What Is Talmud?: A Jewish tale set in medieval Germany

This story introduces the Talmud, an important book in the Jewish faith that contains the ideas and teachings from hundreds of rabbis. A father reads a story from the Talmud to his daughter and they talk about its meaning.

Nina Jaffe and Steve Zeitlin

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Religion Gender & Sexual Identity

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Brain Share

During Brain Share, small groups of students rotate through stations, discussing and recording concepts from central texts. This strategy is a modified combination of gallery walks and jigsaw.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RF.3-5.4, RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, SL.3-5.1, SL.3-5.2

July 13, 2014

Community Inquiry

Fishbowl

Fishbowl is a strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions. Students are separated into an inner and outer circle. In the inner circle, or fishbowl, students have a discussion; students in the outer circle listen to the discussion and take notes.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, SL.3-5.1, SL.3-5.2, SL.3-5.6

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

My Voice, My Voter’s Guide

Estimated time Two to three weeks Why? One of the ways young students become invested in the democratic process is by become empowered advocates for civic participation in their local communities. When younger students

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

August 30, 2018

Plan Built By

NTASClassroom

LTC 4260 Example Lesson

What Is Talmud?: A Jewish tale set in medieval Germany

Brain Share

Fishbowl

My Voice, My Voter’s Guide

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