Something Different to Try

To Publish or Not to Publish- Ethics in Photojournalism A mixture of Mind Mission activity and DBQ strategy, To Publish or Not to Publish- Ethics in Photojournalism honors the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s in Birmingham, Alabama. As photo editors, students analyze an archival photo and a current photo in order to choose the one they think best commemorates the anniversaries of the 1963 Children’s March that followed the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Debat

Looking for a different path for Black History Month or your study of the Civil War? Need a literature circle study or activities for a reading enrichment group or a literacy station? This Something Different to Try menu study is multi-purpose and includes differentiation strategies based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, Creative Productive Thinking, and Sandra Kaplan’s Depth and Complexity icons. It allows for differentiation for all students through Pace, Process, and Pr

Adopting a Family at Holiday Time- A Math / Language Arts Portfolio Study Throw in a little Random Acts of Kindness / service learning with your holiday math and language arts. This Something Different to Try lesson involves basic math, reading, and writing in a creative, attention-grabbing way through shopping. Using toy and gift ads, students vicariously shop for a needy family while practicing skills such as -basic math procedures, -filling out order forms, -rea

PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHY MENU STUDY Here is Something Different to Try for your Presidents’ Day study or your biography unit. This menu study’s higher level thinking skills extend learning and retention through creative activities based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, Creative Productive Thinking, and Sandra Kaplan’s Depth and Complexity icons. It allows for differentiation for ALL students through PACE, PROCESS, and PRODUCT CHOICE and can be used as an extension for all

There are over 300 Old Testament prophecies concerning the birth and life of Jesus on Earth. In each box is scripture for the Old Testament prophecy and its New Testament fulfillment. Look up each set of verses and write the prophecy’s promise on the lines. There is a regular version (Tic-Tac-Toe-Pro) and an easier version (Tic-Tac-Toe Junior). Answer keys are included. Try to get 3 answers in a row and then maybe a full card!

Try sharing the Christmas story from Luke 2 in a different way. Perhaps a pass-it-sequence story telling time or from the point of view of personified characters of the story. A Hand-y Chart helps students use sensory processing to think about the story in terms of another viewpoint. What might the sheep have smelled, tasted, seen, heard? What if the manger told the story? Or a little snake that was hiding in the rocks of the stable cave? It's something different to try.