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Resources for Academic and Career/Technical Collaboration
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Virginia Resources for Collaborative Lesson Planning
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Virginia Standards of Learning
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/sol.html
The latest text of the Standards of Learning, plus teacher guides for
many of the Standards
VERSO
CTE Resource Center and Virginia Department of Education, Office of Career
and Technical Education Services
http://www.cteresource.org/VERSO
A web-based tool designed to help teachers meet state and federal requirements for CTE. This site is also a resource for improving academic performance
for all students and enhancing workforce quality by linking academic standards
with occupational skills. It is based on connecting the Virginia Standards
of Learning to the occupational skills identified in Career and Technical
Education courses. Collaborative lesson ideas are included for some courses.
Enhanced Scope and Sequence
Virginia Deparment of Education
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/EnhancedSandS/
A resource to help teachers align their classroom instruction with the Standards of Learning. It provides lesson plans that could be adapted to collaborative teaching.
Tech Prep in Virginia
http://www.vccs.edu/workforce/techprep
Home site for information about Tech Prep in Virginia, including a statewide
directory of programs offered by each consortium
Teaching the SOLs
http://www.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects
A series of K–12 lesson plans created by University of Richmond students
Linking Leadership to Instruction: A Leadership Development Curriculum
for Virginia Public Schools
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/leadership/index.html
A Virginia-developed K-12 curriculum for teaching leadership skills across
the curriculum
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Interdisciplinary and Multi-Subject Lesson Plans
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Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans
The Educator's Reference Desk
http://eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
Academic, CTE, and cross-disciplinary lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school
students.
Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/inter.shtml
A variety of interdisciplinary lessons, with levels ranging from K-12
Lessonplanspage.com
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MDJH.htm
A collection of multidisciplinary and other lesson plans for middle and
high school students
Applications of Work and Learning National Project
http://awal.ca/subject.asp
A Canadian site allowing users to search for workplace applications that reinforce academic skills.
Busy Teachers Web Site K-12
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/sci.shtml
A series of links for cross-disciplinary lessons related to health and
nutrition
Academy Curricular Exchange
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace
A series of links for various academic disciplines, organized by grade
level. Some lesson plans are multidisciplinary; e.g., under Science, see
"Science Working in Business and Industry," and under Language
Arts, see "Inventions."
Awesome Library - Lesson Plans Across Subjects
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/
Across_Subjects.html
Lots of links accessible by subject or grade level. Some are cross-disciplinary.
Interdisciplinary Projects & Plans
TeachersFirst.com
http://www.teachersfirst.com/intrdisc.htm
Links to "projects that cut across traditional subject divisions
and introduce concepts in an integrated fashion." The projects are
listed by grade level, teachers may want to adapt them to higher or lower
grades by substituting advanced content or less advanced content suitable
for their students.
Teachers Net
http://www.teachers.net/
A collection of links from this network of teacher-contributed lessons.
Click on "lesson plans" and then on the subject of your choice.
Many are adaptable to interdisciplinary collaboration.
Multi-Subject Lesson Plans
http://teams.lacoe.edu/teachers/index.asp
Examples of multi-subject lesson plans include the following:
"Indispensable Listening Skills"
(http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang21.txt)
"The structure and systems of the human body"
(http://www.ed.sc.edu/caw/lessons/body.html)
Lesson Plans 4 Teachers
http://www.lessonplans4teachers.com/interdisciplinary.php
Interdisciplinary lesson plans with grade levels indicated
Sharing Lesson Plans
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Share.htm
Links to many lesson plan sites, K–12
Lesson Plans from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/LessonPlans.aspx
Technology-related lesson plans searchable by grade level, theme, learning area, or product
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Tools for Collaborative Lesson Planning
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Graphic Organizers
Teaching Resources from Laura Candler
http://home.att.net/~teaching/graporg.htm
The Internet: Ideas, Activities, and Resources
http://fcit.usf.edu/internet/default.htm
A series of links related to use of the Internet in schools. Topics range
from Internet basics and "netiquette," to teacher resources,
to research and problem-solving on the web.
Teacher's Guide to the Professional Cartoonist Index
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher
Access to current editorial cartoons from 54 newspapers.
