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Call for Lessons:
Educators in a Changing America

  • Have you had to negotiate your students’ religious identities in the classroom?
  • How do religious tensions in your community manifest in class?
  • What are your strategies for addressing religious diversity in America?

In the face of an ever more diverse and multicultural America, educators have had to develop their own means of addressing diversity within their communities. Tanenbaum would like to celebrate the resourcefulness of our nation’s educators who respond to the unique challenges of communities across the nation.  We're publishing a guidebook of lessons that address religious diversity by and for America’s educators!

We'll take the best, most creative lesson plans from around the country and make them available to all of you in one volume.

Tell us about your lesson by February 15, 2008 using the form below.  A lesson plan should include all relevant information such as appropriate grades, required time, necessary or recommended materials and procedural steps.  This must be an original lesson, neither previously published nor adapted from another source.

Contact Kinneret Kohn at kkohn at tanenbaum dot org with any questions, or if you'd like to submit your lesson as a hard copy (download a submission form here).

We look forward to your submissions!

Lesson Title
Objectives:
Grades:
Time Needed:
Materials:
Preparation:
Books / Resources Needed:
Students will engage in: (check all that apply)
Independent ActivitiesLiterature
Cooperative LearningHands-On
Peer TutoringWhole Group
VisualsTechnology Integration
PairingProject
Summary of Lesson:
Procedure:
Anticipatory Set/Hook/Do-Now: Get students excited/engaged to learn the lesson's primary material.
Review of Previously Learned Material/Connect to Prior Knowledge: Assess students' knowledge of the topic, and/or review an earlier lesson that connects.
Mini-Lesson: This section should not be longer than 10 minutes, and should present any information that students need from the teacher.
Guided Practice: An exercise or activity that students do as a class with teacher guidance.
Independent Practice: Students work on their own or in groups, with occasional teacher assistance.
Assessment: How does the teacher know that the lesson has met the objectives?
Wrap Up: Is there a homework assignment? Should students just summarize what they've learned for the class?
Extension Ideas:
A description of the context of the lesson (not to exceed 750 words).  For example, what was occurring in your community that prompted the development of the lesson?  How does the lesson relevantly address your classroom's needs?  Your community's needs?  What have been the outcomes or changes seen in your classroom?  In your community?
A brief biography of the educator who developed the lesson (not to exceed 100 words).


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