Lesson Plans

NEW! 2005 Pre-GED Lesson Plans!  To view the lesson plans for Pre GED, simply click on one of the subject
areas and view or print each lesson plan and its accompanying handouts.

PreGED Writing | PreGED Math | PreGED Reading | PreGED Social Studies | PreGED Science | Related Skills

Florida GED Online Lessons Link here to access 200 online lessons designed to help teachers prepare students for GED 2002.

The Circle of Learning - Four cross-curricular lessons developed by the GED Direct Training Project from St. John's River Community College.

ESOL Lesson Plans from the Florida Adult ESOL Website

A vast array of FANTASTIC lessons. The wait has been worth it!

Literacy in Cyberspace - Technology in the Adult Education Classroom

Over 50 different lesson plans covering topics from Life Insurance to the Cold War.

 (Here it is!) http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/
Lessons from today's headlines! Archives are available.

http://az-aall.org

Links to good K-12 sites that include lesson plans that can be easily adapted to any adult education basic skills, GED, or ESOL class.

http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/resources/teacher.html
Within this section, you will find three teacher lesson plans adaptable for K-12 classrooms. These lesson plans — complete with activities, discussion ideas, and literary resources — offer creative ideas for teaching the concept of life beyond Earth in the classroom.

NEW! Interactive GAMES for learning math skills (includes interactive flash cards and the game of concentration! Very Cool!) Some are listed here, but check out the whole kit and kaboodle at http://www.quia.com/shared/

http://www.quia.com/jg/66061.html - Rounding Decimals/Whole Numbers

http://www.quia.com/jg/66059.html - Rounding Decimals/Hundreths

http://www.quia.com/jg/65631.html - Square Roots

http://www.quia.com/jg/65651.html - Division Facts

http://www.quia.com/jg/65626.html - Multiplication Tables

Integrating Technology in the ABE Classroom
Online Lessons
(As included in the Integrating Technology in the ABE Classroom Teacher Resource Guide)

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/
Living in Space: Designing a Space Station
This wonderful online game is perfect for students past the 4th grade reading level. What is it?  Living in Space is an online game that explores the idea of living in space.  What do humans need in order to live in this hostile environment?  What do we need to work and thrive in space?  By designing a space station, you (the user or the student)] examines a series of problems: How will you breath?  What will you eat?  How will you produce power?  While choosing the best solution for each problem, you learn how NASA and the Russian space agency have designed life support systems for their spacecraft, while gaining an appreciation for the Earth's
environment and the many ways that it provides the things that we need to survive.

http://www.lemonadestandgame.com/
Lemonade Stand is a classic game that teaches the basics about how supply and demand effect business.   In this game, it is your job to run a street-corner lemonade stand and to try to make some money doing it.   Your business decisions affect supply and demand, and therefore, your profitability.

http://www.dun.org/sulan/chembalancer/
Chembalancer is an online game to teach balancing equations.  You type numbers in front of each molecule until there are the same number of atoms on both sides of the equation, then click the ‘Balanced’ button. 

http://www.essaypunch.com/
Essaypunch.com
This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a short essay.   Users develop an idea and write their own short essay, consisting of an introduction, a two-to-three paragraph body and a conclusion.  Program prompts guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting and publishing.

http://www.businessletterpunch.com/
Businessletterpunch.com
This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a business letter. Users go through the process of constructing a letter they would write in a business environment.  Steps to a finished letter include pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting and publishing.  Completed business letters can be transferred to a word processing program, HTML editor or e-mail application. 

http://www.paragraphpunch.com/
Paragraphpunch.com
This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic paragraph. Users develop an idea and write their own topic sentence, body and conclusion. Program prompts guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting and publishing.  Completed paragraphs can be transferred to a word processing program, HTML editor or e-mail application. 

http://www.meritquizcenter.com/
Merit Quiz Center
The quizzes on this web site are designed to improve reading comprehension, build vocabulary and sharpen grammar skills.  The grammar, vocabulary, and writing quizzes give the user a quick assessment of eight basic skill questions.  The ESL reading quizzes have six questions.  The other reading quizzes have three texts with six questions per text.  They give the user an assessment of three basic reading skills. 

http://library.thinkquest.org/4116/Investing/stock.htm
The Stock Game
The Stock Game is a free online stock market simulation for Grades 5–12.  Students nationwide play in individual or buddy contests year-round, and teams of two to three students participate in the Fall and Spring Stocks That Rock! competition.  The Web site contains lessons, lesson plans, a glossary, and more than 75 lesson starter activities.  These activities are correlated to NCTM, NCSS, NCEE and ISTE standards.  The site also contains research tools from REUTERS, CNN Interactive and Hoover’s Online. 

http://thinkport.org/career/training/mpt/connections/default.tp
EnviroHealth Link
EnviroHealth Link (EHL) was developed to help educators like you cope with two growing trends in education: the use of technology and the emphasis on environmental health education. 

http://www.comenius.com/misc/group.php
Fluency Through Fables
Each month, The Comenius Group features an interactive English lesson that includes a fable, a matching exercise, a completion exercise, a true or false exercise, and three discussion exercises.

http://courses.worldwideschool.org/
The World Wide School
The World Wide School is a free online educational resource that requires only the investment of users’ time.  The site, which is dedicated to using the Web as a means to provide a wider range of educational options, currently includes interdisciplinary courses a library and a BBS. 

http://www.tlt.ab.ca/
Teaching and Learning with Technology
Teaching and Learning with Technology is a project of the Alberta Educational Consortia.  Their goal: to create better professional development activities to assist teachers in using technology effectively to support student learning.

NOTE:  Move your mouse over Technology Integration Projects.  You will then be given four options: Divisions One-Four.  These divisions are separated by grade level.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/index.shtml
A bit of history can be found at the Viking Expedition website from the BBC.   View a video clip of Viking buried treasure.

http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/index2.html
This resource for adult basic education instructors will allow you to search the Eureka! lesson database by topic or program type and discover lessons that have been used successfully by ABLE instructors with their students.

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/
English teaching units for grades 1-13.

ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
Ask ERIC Lesson Plans
Language Arts lessons for varying levels.   Loads of lessons!