This resource was created by Amber Karber, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.

Throughout this lesson, students will learn about sustainability in the textile industry by researching fast fashion. While completing the workbook, students begin with learning what the fast fashion industry is. Next, they learn about the negative impacts of fast fashion. Students will explore the environmental impact of fast fashion. Finally, students will learn about what they can do to consume textiles in a sustainable manner. All throughout the activity, students are reflecting on their learning by answering questions over the content and their responses to it.  This lesson on fast fashion is a student-directed workbook - perfect for a day with a substitute teacher. This lesson is designed to take one, 50-minute class period.

High School students will learn more about fats in the body and why they are essential. They will also analyze the effects of different types of fats and making healthy fat choices.

This lesson plan serves as a final project for a food science class. This project incorporates everything students learned throughout a year long food science class. Students will develop and make their own original food product complete with a nutrition label, marketing plan, and science behind how it's made.

This lesson plan was created by Jennifer Pritchett as part of the 2020 Nebraska CTE-Beginning Teachers Institute. The attached lesson plan is designed for students in grades 7-12 as a introduction to a service learning project.  This lesson plan can also be used in classes such as Sociology, Introduction to Education, Ethics, Leadership, etc. Students will learn the meanings of values and rank their top 5 values in a hands on or virtual format.  The culminating project is collaboration on a Google Slides presentation with the rest of the class.

This lesson will help students learn proper handwashing techniques.

Students will gain insight into careers related to serving others and helping during times of struggle. There are six types of helpers that students will learn about in this lesson: professional helpers, paraprofessional helpers, helping as a part of their work, volunteer helpers, peer helpers, and informal helpers

Throughout this project, students will research historical influences on fashion through the lens of a fashion historian. The lesson gives the students the prompt, “You are a fashion historian at the Smithsonian and your boss with the Clothing & Accessories division wants you to put together a virtual collection of textile garments that represent the 1900s You will be researching and finding historical garments and fashions using the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Historic Costume Collection database.” Students will find a garment in the collection from each of the decades listed and fill in the information as prompted in the template.  This lesson is designed to take 2 class periods (50 minutes). It would be excellent to use as a project before a break or at the end of a unit. NOTE - If you reside close to Lincoln, Nebraska, it would be fun to take a field trip to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to be shown the Historic Costume Collection and to have the Textile, Merchandising and Fashion Design faculty tell you about specific garments, etc.

This single day lesson plan covers hydration through a sports performance lens. Students within this lesson will be asked to take notes using the presentaion provided and complete the Hydration Math worksheet. Key Terms: Hydration, Sweat Loss, Electrolytes 

Ice-Dying is a twist on the classic tie-dye of the mid-1960s. In this lab, students will be combining the tie-dyeing techniques with the properties of slow melting ice. As the ice melts, the melted water carries the dye into the fabric, distributing the colors.  This is ideally a 3-period lab (52-minute classes). Day 1 consists of instructions, a teacher demo, and planning. Day 2 is when the students get to tie, dye, and prep their designs. Day 3 students get to rinse out their fabric and wash it.

This lesson is meant to be used at the start of a Child Development or Early Childhood Services course, to get students exploring the importance of early childhood.

A foundational lesson plan (vocabulary and sequence of the process) of an interior design class. The design process and visuals are important to know and recognize as design vocabulary is used though the entire course and industry.

Using communication skills, students will interview teachers within the buildings and use that information to create inferences using a reflection-based prompt.

This lesson serves as an introduction to the grieving process after someone experiences a loss. Students will understand what grief is, and what kinds of experiences bring about the feelings associated with a loss. Students will also learn about different theories of how people go through the grieving process. 

Students will learn about school law, the ethical and legal influences that impact students and teaching.  Law, Ethics, and Teacher Professionalism; The U.S. Legal System; Teachers' Rights and Responsibilities; Religious Freedom and Schools; Diversity; Students and the Law This presentation follows along with information found in the textbook: Kauchak, D. P., & Eggen, P. D. (2017). Introduction to teaching: Becoming a professional. Pearson.

This lesson will provide background knowledge for the process of diagnosing psychological disorders. Students will review the definition of stigma, and learn about abnormal behavior. 

Students will be introduced to a variety of cooking oils and examine their nutritional values, costs, and uses.