Lesson Plans

Undergraduate

Sourcing in academia: A Rutgers flipped classroom library instruction session

This lesson is meant to be an alternative to the one-shot instruction lessons university librarians provide to first-year students. It was designed to provide further instruction and support while taking minimal classroom time.

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Is it credible? How to evaluate information

This lesson is designed as an optional 90-minute workshop session on digital literacy. It is designed to be delivered remotely.

High School

TikTok Book Reports Click to read this book, made with Book Creator

TikTok Book Reports

This lesson is intended to be a summer reading alternative for early high school students. It can be adapted for younger students through the use of FlipGrid. It is meant to build reading culture throughout the class and school and to teach kids about digital citizenship. The lesson is also designed to teach students to use reading as an empathy tool.

The New Left: Understanding the modern political landscape of the U.S.

This hefty document encompasses an indepth lesson plan meant to take place over the course of roughly two months. The lesson plan was designed to meet the New York City, 11th grade, social studies curriculum. It uses the Guided Inquiry model to teach students civic social studies information and basic research skills.

Middle School

Critically Examining Perspectives and Bias

The following HyperDoc comes with originally recorded videos, a lesson plan assessment and two rubrics. It was created to introduce media literacy to eighth grade students in a remote learning environment. The lesson can also be adapted for Flipped instruction.

Elementary School

children's lit pairing

Introducing Cesar Chavez

This lesson is designed for elementary schoolers in 1st through 3rd-grade and designed to be implemented during a library skills class. The lesson focuses on Cesar Chavez Day.

Performing The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

This lesson is designed for first-grade students to encourage literacy, teach performance, memorization, and different animal behaviors. It is a two-day unit and will require participation from a classroom teacher, librarian, and classroom aids.