InfoGuides: Teaching for Content Areas: Find Lesson Plans

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This page includes selected lesson plans for common subjects. These are external resources not associated with George Mason University and you may need to create an account to use some of these items.

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Reading and Language Arts Lessons

ReadWriteThink
Every lesson plan on ReadWriteThinkTM has been aligned not only to the IRA/ NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts but to individual state standards and Common Core State Standards, when applicable.
Reading Rockets
Lessons and strategies to teach reading and writing.

Math Lessons

Everyday Mathematics
In connection with The University of Chicago, this site includes math lessons for Pre-K through 6th grade.
United States Mint Lesson Plans
These lessons use U.S. coins to teach math concepts such as counting or fractions.
NCTM Illuminations
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics lessons and online games.

Science Lessons

American Chemical Society: Elementary & Middle School Resources
Includes free online resources, books, videos, and more for grades K-8
The Concord Consortium
Since 1994, the Concord Consortium has been developing open educational resources that expand and deepen STEM inquiry with technology.
K12 Science
Hundreds of classroom activities organized by grade level and topic as well as guidance on effective teaching. Many of these resources were expressly developed with a K-12 audience in mind.
National Science Teaching Association Lesson Plans
NSTA Instructional Materials are sensemaking tasks teachers and parents can use to engage their students in authentic, relevant science learning.

Social Studies Lessons

EDSITEment! Lesson Plans
Provides lesson plans on a variety of topics including 33 for History and Social Studies
PBS: America Responds
Organized by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), this resource provides lessons for teaching issues of war and peace.
Teaching with Historic Places
Uses historic places in National Parks and in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects.

Multi-discipline Resources

Annenberg Learner
Lesson plans for all grade levels on a wide variety of disciplines
EdHelper
Includes workbooks and activities for various disciplines.
GoOpenVa
Lesson plans created by Virginia teachers.
Kennedy Center Lessons
Arts-centered classroom resources that can be filtered by subject and grade.