Amy Ambelang's List: Lesson Plans

These toys are a fun, versatile and innovative way to connect with your group and improve communication skills. By watching the video, teachers could also probably come up with ways to use the actvities without purchasing the toys, which are quite expensive.

In China, every person has a unique stamp, called a "chop". The chop is used as a signature. The chop is created based on their family history and incorporates personal aspects, such as hobbies and personalities. This lesson plan allows students to create their own chop while learning about the history behind them. Chops can be really easily made for very little money with almost any age group.

This website includes hundreds of reader's theater scripts and plays for free. Included are really common titles and a few not so common titles that would be good for units on mulitcultural storytelling. A variety of grade level (from independant reader to high school) appropriate stories are easily accessible here.

This website will donate free knitting or crochet needles and a ball of yarn to anyone, or group, willing to create a square to join together the squares to form a blanket. The idea is that if we all do a little we can do a lot together. Students could learn how to knit and then the class could put their squares together and donate a blanket.

This is the link for TuxTyping, a free typing program similar to many typing programs. Typing lessons, games, and demonstrations are free. The program is easily downloaded to both Windows and Macs.

This website includes hundreds of ideas for Popsicle stick crafts. Every grade level is represented. Just about every holiday, and some made up ones is included also. Detailed "blueprints" for really elaborate plans, such as the White House, can be the highlight of some cross subject lessons.

This is a timeline of the life of the Ingalls and Wilder families. Included on this website are also photos and descriptions of the homes, and information about the towns they were in, of Laura Ingalls Wilder and photos of the family members.

This article details many of the cultural challenges that teachers may face when teaching either on a reservation, or to a Native American student. Included are ways to reach the student and establish meaningful connections so that they will be able to reach their full academic and life potential.

A user's guide for every teacher to using music in the classroom. This site includes the many benefits of music, and how to include culturally diverse types of music in everyday activities.