Walking Tours Archives - A Lesson Plan for Teachers

Using History Resources to Better Support the ELA Classroom

Posted on September 6, 2022December 18, 2022 by Michele Luck

Students are now tasked with reading literature set in America's past yet often do not have the foundation they need to understand the context. There are many ways in which history resources can support the ELA classroom. These are not...Read More

How to Introduce the Asian Continent in an Engaging Way

Posted on March 27, 2019July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

"Class, meet Asia." Well, that was easy, wasn't it? But introducing your students to the Asian continent requires a bit more than a simple introduction. In fact, easing into a unit on Asia can be overwhelming as students may have...Read More

Using Walking Tours in the Classroom

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

I love Using Walking Tours in the Classroom.It is my absolute go to for those lessons where I need to deliver a large amount of content, yet I have little time. And then there is the best bonus about walking...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

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

How-to Create a Walking Tour in Your Classroom

Posted on May 30, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Want to make your classroom more interactive, but don't know how? Start with Walking Tours! Walking Tours get your students up moving around the classroom, provide them all the content on a topic in a visually appealing manner and encourage...Read More

I Got Nothing!

Posted on April 28, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Oftentimes in our classrooms, we hear our students complain that they don't have any ideas, or they have no inspiration for a writing assignment. We encourage them to brainstorm, create lists, do a Venn Diagram, write an outline... And the...Read More

A Walking Tour? What is that?

Posted on February 18, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Back in the good ole days of teaching, we were able to pack up our students and take them, with assistance and funding from parents and our district, to museums, historical sites, and even cemeteries if we could show there...Read More