Electronic Lessons

It is hoped that funding for the nonprofit Teachers' Education Institute will avoid the necessity of payment for lessons. Until that time costs are as follows
a) WideHorizon Education Resources has produced a number of electronic social studies lessons that are also language arts based.
b) The first ten lessons are suitable for mainstream students (called mainstream).
c) The next ten lessons are suitable for for ESL or academically challenged students (called basic).
d) Per individual lesson cost is $4.95 (mainstream or basic).
e) Per set of any ten lessons cost is $39.95 (mainstream or basic - any mix).
f) Physical copies of all electronic lessons are also available. Same price but add 7%S&H min $3.95 - contact David (tei@cox.net or tel/fax 619-463-1270).

a) Electronic mainstream social studies/language arts lessons
b) Electronic ES/academically challenged social studies/language arts lessons
c) Electronic mainstream and basic History of California lessons
d) Electronic mainstream and basic Mathematics lessons

a) Electronic mainstream social studies/language arts lessons
M.1.1 Prehistory: Cro-Magnons and their Cave Paintings
M.2.1 Mesopotamia: Gilgamesh, The Earliest Recorded Hero
M.3.1 Ancient Egypt: Hieroglyphs
M.3.2 Ancient Egypt: Papyrus
M.4.1 Kush: A World Power
M.5.1 The Maccabees and Their Place in Jewish History
M.6.1 Ancient Greece: Athenian Family Law and Customs - You Be the Judge
M.6.2 Ancient Greece: Mycenaean Trade in the Mediterranean
M.6.3 Ancient Greece: Mythology
M.7.1 Ancient India: Indus Valley Civilization
M.8.1 Ancient China: Zhou Dynasty
M.9.1 Ancient Rome: Pompeii

M.1.1 Prehistory: Cro-Magnons and their Cave Paintings
Contents
Introduction
Assignment: Readers Theatre
Assignment: Cro-Magnons (to be used for Readers Theatre)
Story: The Lascaux Caves
Assignment: Guided Reading
The Cave Paintings at Altamira
Outline Web
Teacher Notes

M.2.1 Mesopotamia: Gilgamesh, The Earliest Recorded Hero
Contents
The Story of Gilgamesh Part 1
Assignment: The Death of Enkidu
The Story of Gilgamesh Part 2
Play: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Assignment: Writing a Drama
Assignment: Gilgamesh, First Recorded Hero
Map: The Journey of Gilgamesh
Teacher Notes
Assessment Rubric for Student Assignment: The Death of Enkidu

M.3.1 Ancient Egypt: Hieroglyphs
Contents
Introduction to Hieroglyphs
Assignment 1: Review Exercise
Story: Jean-François Champollion
Cartouches
Assignment 2: Report
Assignment 3: Collecting Cartouches
Hieroglyphs
Assignment 4: Write Your Name in Hieroglyphs
Mathematics in Ancient Egypt
Assignment 5: Egyptian Numbers
Assignment 6: Writing Numbers the Egyptian Way
Multiplying the Egyptian Way
Assignment 7: Multiply like an Egyptian
Measuring the Egyptian Way
Assignment 8: Measure like an Egyptian
Teacher Notes
Top (mainstream)

M.3.2 Ancient Egypt: Papyrus
Contents of this lesson plan:
1. Student's information sheet
2. Student's assignments
3. Teacher's notes
(Click here if you would like your students to work with authentic papyrus imported from Egypt?)
4. Assessment rubric

M.4.1 Kush: A World Power
Contents
Kush: A World Power
Assignment 1: Kush a World Power
Assignment 1: Kush a World Power - suggested answers
Story: Expedition to Jebel Barkal
Assignment 2: Jebel Barkal: A Poem
Assignment 3: Guided Reading
Jebel Barkal: Review Exercise
Kush: A World Power: Teacher Notes

M.5.1 The Maccabees and Their Place in Jewish History
Contents
Students' Page (Introduction, Assignment - Steps 1-5 with activities)
Teacher Notes
Resources
Return to the Promised Land
Judah Maccabee
Different Perspectives
Guided Reading
Festivals and Holidays
Evaluation Rubrics

M.6.1 Ancient Greece: Athenian Family Law and Customs - You Be the Judge
Contents
Story, Parrhasius and Helena
Assignment: Story Web
Assignment: Guided Reading
Information about the court of law
Assignment: Simulate an Athenian Court of Law
Simulation: The Trial of Parrhasius
Teacher's Notes
Assessment rubric

M.6.2 Ancient Greece: Mycenaean Trade in the Mediterranean
Contents
Students' Page (Introduction, Assignment - Steps 1-5, Activities 1 & 2)
Teacher Notes
Mycenaeans
Map Ulu Burun
Index Card
Clues
Resources
Evaluation Rubrics

M.6.3 Ancient Greece: Mythology
Contents
Students' Page (Introduction, Assignment - Steps 1-6, Extension)
Teacher Notes
Rubric
Trojan War Part 1
Trojan War Part 2
Trojan War Part 3
Myth and Religion
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Hector's Farewell
Drama
Top (mainstream)

b) Electronic ESL/academically challenged (called basic) social studies/language arts lesson
B.1.1 Prehistory: Cro-Magnons and their Cave Paintings
B.2.1 Mesopotamia: Gilgamesh, The Earliest Recorded Hero
B.3.1 Ancient Egypt: Hieroglyphs
B.3.2 Ancient Egypt: Papyrus
B.4.1 Kush: A World Power
B.5.1 The Maccabees and Their Place in Jewish History
B.6.1 Ancient Greece: Athenian Family Law and Customs - You Be the Judge
B.6.2 Ancient Greece: Mycenaean Trade in the Mediterranean
B.6.3 Ancient Greece: Mythology
B.7.1 Ancient India: Indus Valley Civilization
B.8.1 Ancient China: Zhou Dynasty
B.9.1 Ancient Rome: Pompeii

B.3.2 Ancient Egypt: Papyrus
Contents of this lesson plan:
1. Student's information sheet
2. Student's assignments
3. Teacher's notes
(Click here if you would like your students to work with authentic papyrus imported from Egypt?)
4. Assessment rubric

B.4.1 Kush: A World Power
Contents
Kush: A World Power
Story: Expedition to Jebel Barkal
Assignment 1: Learning the glossary words
Assignment 2: Basic literal recall
Assignment 3: Jebel Barkal - Review Exercise
Assignment 4: Jebel Barkal - A Poem
Teacher Notes

B.5.1 The Maccabees and Their Place in Jewish History
Contents
Students' Page
Teacher Notes
Resources
Return to the Promised Land
Judah Maccabee
Different Perspectives
Guided Reading
Festivals and Holidays
Evaluation Rubrics
Top (basic)

B.6.1 Ancient Greece: Athenian Family Law and Customs - You Be the Judge
Contents
Story, Parrhasius and Helena
Assignment: Story Web
Assignment: Guided Reading
Information about the court of law
Assignment: Simulate an Athenian Court of Law
Simulation:The Trial of Parrhasius
Teacher's Notes
Assessment Rubric

B.6.2 Ancient Greece: Mycenaean Trade in the Mediterranean
Contents
Students' Page
Teacher Notes
Mycenaeans
Map Ulu Burun
Index Card
Clues
Resources
Evaluation
Rubrics

B.6.3 Ancient Greece: Mythology
Contents
Students' Page
Teacher Notes
Rubric
Trojan War Part1
Trojan War Part2
Trojan War Part3
Myth and Religion
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Hector's Farewell
Drama
Top (basic)

B.7.1 Ancient India: Indus Valley Civilization
Contents
Story, Life in the Indus Valley by Joyce and David Mollet (readability level found at the end of the story)
Student assignment 1: Glossary
Student assignment 2: Basic literal recall
Student assignment 3: Story Web
Student assignment 4: Travel Brochure
Teacher's notes

B.8.1 Ancient China: Zhou Dynasty
Contents
Students' Page
Teacher Notes
Zhou Dynasty
Zhou Government
Feudalism Overview
Legend - Foolish King Yu
Readers Theatre Pages
Readers Theatre Guide
Review Exercise

B.9.1 Ancient Rome: Pompeii
Contents
Pompeii: Town of the Roman Empire
The Work of Haraldur Sigurdsson
Assignment 1: Using a map of the Bay of Naples to record events
Assignment 2: Vesuvius
Assignment 3: Escape Plan
Pompeii Rediscovered
Assignment 4: History of Pompeii
Assignment 5: Discovering Pompeii
Teacher Notes
Top (basic)

c) Electronic mainstream and basic History of California lessons

d) Electronic mainstream and basic Mathematics lessons
Teaching the Three Times Table
Storytelling and Mathematics
The Wholistic and Cross-Curricula Nature of the Lesson
Examples from our Material
Conclusion
Lesson Plan: Multiplying by Three - A mathematics/language arts lesson
Contents of this lesson plan:
Story - Ramiro and the Jiwi Fruit (teacher's version)
Story - Ramiro and the Jiwi Fruit (student's version)
Assignment 1: Ramiro and the Jiwi Fruit (craft activity)
Assignment 2: Guided Reading (language arts activity)
Assignment 3: Creating Patterns (pictorial mathematical exercise)
Assignment 4: Table Summary (mathematical/language arts exercise)
Go Shopping! - A game for up to four players (instructions for teacher)
Assignment 5: Let's Practice What We Have learned (mathematical/language arts exercise)
Assignment 6: Pattern-Three Times Table (visualization of patterns of numbers)
Teacher Notes

Symmetry: Geometry and Spacial Sense
Teacher Notes
Introduction
Assignment 1 - Symmetry
Assignment 2 - Lines of Symmetry
Assignment 3 - Symmetrical Drawing
Assignment 4 - Snowflakes

Equivalent Fractions
1.  Introducing Fractions
     Teaching of Fractions
    Our Approach to Teaching a New Concept in Fractions
    Our Lesson Plan
2. Methodology of Teaching
    Material in "Equivalent FractionsStorytellling and Mathematics
3. Lesson Plan: Equivalent Fraction
Lesson Plan: Equivalent Fractions - A mathematics/language arts lesson
Contents of this lesson plan:
Teacher Notes
Story - Distributing the Hay (Teacher Version)
Story - Distributing the Hay (Student Version)
Assignment 1: Language Arts
Assignment 2: Distributing the Hay
Assignment 3: Making a Fraction Chart
Assignment 4: Equivalent Fractions
Assignment 5: More Equivalent Fractions