V. TEACHING IDEAS, LESSONS AND CURRICULUM MATERIALS
Life Skills
Recommended:
*** Career Activities and Vocational Lesson Plans
There are hundreds of links on this page to sites on career development and vocational training. Sites include lesson plans for preparing for a career including using the internet for research and interview techniques, and sites listed by career category, such as agriculture, construction and health and human services.
*** Educators for Social Responsibility
These lesson ideas aim to help students make sense of world events that may prove traumatic without a structured and guided response led by a teacher. Topics include dealing with crises, understanding war, countering discrimination and analyzing 9/11.
*** Good Character
These teaching guides help teachers explore important character qualities in the classroom, and provide useful discussion ideas and assignments. Split into elementary, middle and high school, sample topics include honesty, resolving conflict peacefully and integrity. The high school page also links to an ‘ethics in the workplace’ section.
Other Useful Sites:
Economic Education Website
This site from EcEdWeb contains lesson plans, teaching resources and standards for economics students of all grades. Lessons cover key curricular topics such as personal finance and consumer economics, and many link in with other learning outcomes like language arts.
Family and Consumer Science Resources Online
Teachers and parents can access all sorts of materials relating to consumer science and home economics here. Resources and web sites include food science, consumer economics, career planning and child development.
School Careers Site
There are valuable resources here for student career development. Articles include interviews with professionals and career advice, while teacher-created units look at specific career paths as well as important skills such as interview techniques.
Ask Eric: Sexual Health
This lesson plan guides students through the use of the internet as a source of valid information on sexual health. Aimed at grades 10 and above, it contains a detailed description of goals and objectives, a worksheet and procedural notes.
Ask Eric: Contraceptive Decisions
This lesson for grades 8 and above encourages students to consider appropriate contraceptives from the perspectives of personal values and sexual health. With clear outline and assessment notes, there are also recommended links to reputed sexual health web sites.
Young Investors
Divided into five categories, from Pre-K to grades 10-12, this site provides teachers with materials for all aspects of investing and finance. From articles describing the Nasdaq and explaining bonds to puzzles and quizzes that reinforce student learning.
Free Education Centre
This site features a game for teaching literacy. Although designed for West Indians and Africans, the game can be used by anyone and can be adapted for teaching literacy in various contexts.