Michele Luck, Author at A Lesson Plan for Teachers

Easy Recipes for Busy Teachers

Posted on April 24, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

School Lunch? Yuck! I hated it as a child and still hate it as an adult. The slop of food onto a tray or even a plate is not my idea of a nice meal meant to refresh me and...Read More

The Power of the Gel Pen

Posted on April 18, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

The power of the pen has definitely changed since I started teaching many years ago. Well, actually it is the pen itself that has changed. We've gone from the reliable wooden pencil that required sharpening every so often to the...Read More

Quick Tips for Teaching Geography: Introducing Content

Posted on March 13, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Teaching Geography is one of the best Social Studies gigs to get! There are so many amazing resources for teaching the course, and fun strategies for teaching Geography are also unlimited. Follow this Quick Tips for Teaching Geography Series to...Read More

As a high school History teacher with a set-in-stone curriculum map, the idea of stopping my lessons to insert a resource or unit on "Black History" was troubling to me. What was more troubling was the fact that, to me,...Read More

The Power of Truth and Kindness in the Classroom

Posted on January 19, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Teachers have long understood that students come into our classrooms with great challenges before them. They enter naive, and often willing to accept whatever is told to them as truth. They also enter filled with acceptance, yet at the same...Read More

Top 10 Websites for Online Games in the Classroom

Posted on October 3, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Using Games in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom has always been a favorite tool from my teaching toolbox. However, I was always a teacher that wanted rigor in my classroom, so finding appropriate online games was always a challenge. To...Read More

Top 10 Websites for Teaching with Primary Sources in the Secondary Classroom

Posted on September 26, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Whether you are teaching in a Common Core State, trying to address the NCSS C-3 Framework, or simply hoping to teach students the value of history in their lives, using primary sources is the key to helping students experience a...Read More