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A collection of ready-to-use lessons and activities from Inspired Teaching® to help foster engaging learning with students at all grade levels, in all subject areas.
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Sometimes
Sometimes one person can have lots and lots of feelings — different from each other. This activity encourages students to explore that experience.
Inside/Outside
In a moment where the world is especially fraught with change and uncertainty, we are all struggling to observe, name, and adjust to the flood of feelings around and within us. This activity was created in response to that reality.
Story as Witnessing: Creating Oral Histories During the Covid-19 Epidemic
How are you preserving the stories that document this unprecedented time in modern world history?
Plan a Trip
In this activity, students plan a trip from start to finish including where they wish to go and what they wish to see when they go there.
Document History with First Person Accounts
Some of the most interesting and useful artifacts from history are the first-person accounts we find in journals and interviews.
Start a News Show
This activity puts learners in the role of journalist, capturing what’s happening in their day and offering a more local approach to news for friends and family.
(Part 3) Showing Kindness from a Distance: Documenting Our Shared Experience
We’re all experiencing a historic moment together and sharing stories of our experiences is a good way to make the isolation feel less lonely.
(Part 2) Showing Kindness from a Distance: Words of Encouragement
A positive word goes a long way in these trying times. These activities suggest ways your learners can use writing to offer encouragement to others.
(Part 1) Showing Kindness from a Distance: You’ve Got Mail
There are ways to keep practicing kindness and connection, even as we stay 6-feet apart. Mailing notes to those we care about is one of them.
25 MORE Math Explorations
The following activity is part of a series we’re creating to support students, teachers, and caregivers, during this unprecedented time. Read more about the project here. If you try this activity with your student(s), we’d love to see what you do. Share your journey...
25 Math Explorations
Giving the brain something to puzzle through is good mental exercise anytime, especially now when our learners’ brains might be beginning to miss the daily stimulation of a face-to-face classroom.
Do Just One Thing – The Power of Presence
The following activity is part of a series we’re creating to support students, teachers, and caregivers, during this unprecedented time. Read more about the project here. If you try this activity with your student(s), we’d love to see what you do. Share your journey...
