A lesson plan may be defined as a systematic design for the development, implementation, and evaluation of instruction. It is a rehearsal for delivering effective instruction in that it provides the teacher the opportunity to anticipate instructional and learning needs and make plans to address them before stepping in front of the students. This…

A four-state series of lessons aimed toward imparting the ability to visualize objects. (Author/GB)

Lessons designed to help elementary students understand disabilities and disabled persons were successful in promoting understanding and positive attitudes. Lessons focus on such topics as individual differences, people in wheelchairs, and hearing and visual impairments. (Sample lessons are presented for grades K-6.) (CL)

The author describes lessons provided for regular class elementary students to help them understand disabilities and disabled persons. Objectives, materials needed, and activities are outlined for six lessons focusing on the following topics: individual differences, wheelchairs; devices that help people walk; amputation, artificial limbs, and…

One trend for social studies education in the 1980s is closing the gap between sociohistorical research and teaching. A sample social history lesson for secondary students on the "Nineteenth Century Concept of the 'Criminal"' is included. (AM)

Describes strategy for helping student-teachers systematically and consciously plan their lessons using sequence "overview, prime, drill, and check." Author believes this method reduces new teacher insecurity and can be used as means of analyzing the teaching and learning accomplished in class. (Author/BK)

The article presents a teaching unit for gifted upper elementary students, which focuses on the Amarna Period of Ancient Egypt. (Author/DLS)

This article presents a rationale for using songwriting in the elementary grades and outlines a plan by which a whole class of fifth- or sixth-graders can work together to write a song. (SJL)

Outlines the basic decisions the English as a Second Language teacher should make in planning the extended writing lesson. Decisions regarding objectives, teacher input, oral build-up procedures, types of writing exercises, correction, and marking are discussed. (PJM)

The article describes a unit on occupations which provides the third- to fifth-grade gifted student with the opportunity to experience firsthand the work of his/her mentor. (SBH)

Fifty-six elementary school teachers list the planning decisions they make as they prepare a lesson, class period, unit, or course. More than half the respondents used a planning model that differed in some degree from the model used and taught in the college methods classes. (Author/MLF)

Outlines specific lesson plans for teaching map reading readiness concepts in the primary grades. (CM)

Presents a research-based system for developing lesson plans to be used with any basal series. (DD)