Lessons you can teach on Monday
A small, growing set of real lessons — each one written in VeraTeach, checked by a teacher, and free to read, print and use. Take one as it is, or make it yours and change it by saying what you want.
7 lessons, every one checked before publishing
Seven lessons, seven classrooms
Grades 6–11 · math, English, science, chemistry, U.S. history
Not a unit and not a sequence. These seven lessons are unrelated — one each from seven different classrooms, spanning six grades and five subjects. Each began as a real teacher's request in their own words, and each was checked before it was published here. They are a cross-section of what VeraTeach writes, not a programme to teach in order.
- Interpreting Rate of Change and Y-InterceptDetermine the rate of change and y-intercept from a table or graph of a real situation, and explain what each one means in that situation.Grade 8 · Math · 45 min
- Stoichiometry: Sizing an Airbag ChargeUse a balanced chemical equation and molar-volume relationships to calculate the mass of sodium azide required to produce a specified volume of nitrogen gas.Grade 10 · Chemistry · 55 min
- Whose Industrial Revolution? Reading Change Through Primary VoicesExamine the social, political, and economic causes and consequences of the Second Industrial Revolution from the perspectives of people it changed.Grade 11 · U.S. History · 50 min
- Purpose Drives the Appeal: Two Arguments on Student Phone PoliciesAnalyze how an author’s purpose shapes rhetorical choices in two texts that address the same subject from different angles.Grade 9 · English · 45 min
- Reading Trait-Frequency Data: Natural Selection Across GenerationsUse trait-frequency data to explain how natural selection changes a population over generations.Grade 7 · Science · 45 min
- Which Deal Is Really Better? Ratio and Unit Rate ReasoningUse ratio and unit rate reasoning to compare quantities in real situations.Grade 6 · Math · 45 min
- Judge the Evidence, Not the VolumeEvaluate an argument in a text by delineating its claim, reasons, and evidence and judging whether the evidence is relevant and sufficient.Grade 8 · English · 45 min