Lesson Plans Galore

The Educator’s Reference Desk is a great website that contains hundreds of lesson plans written by other teachers. There are thirteen different subjects that the lesson plans are divided into. Once you choose a subject, there are subdivisions of certain areas of that subject. I chose to explore the Language Arts section, as that is going to be my subject area. There were 16 different categories to choose from, including Literature, Journalism, Phonics, Listening Comprehension, and more. In the Literature section, there were lesson plans for every grade, even some for adult and continuing education. There were lesson plans for works by Kafka, the Bard, George Orwell, and many more. Each subdivision of Language Arts had a great selection of interesting lesson plans for all ages.

The best part about this website is the user-friendly interface coupled with the fact that the plans are all written by teachers. The Educator’s Reference Desk is so easy to navigate. You can choose to browse by subject, or you can type a query into the search box. Also, these lesson plans are written by actual teachers, not a lesson plan generator. When you choose a lesson plan to view, it gives you the contact information for the original author, which you could use if you had any questions about the activities. The goals, objectives, and materials are all clearly outlined and laid out. Each lesson plan has a web page view, and a printer friendly view. These lesson plans are easily adaptable to fit any individual classroom. This is a truly helpful website that I hope more teachers are aware of.