What Is an Interactive Lesson?
Interactive lessons are available for a range of grade levels and content areas. An IL offers:
- Individualized learning opportunities for students to complete at their own pace
- A format that fully integrates and utilizes media
- Engaging learning and assessment tools to support diverse learners
- Correlations to national, state, and content-area standards
Media = videos, animations, photographs, maps, charts, graphs, drawings, interactive slide shows, simulations, games, and primary or secondary source documents.
In the overview video, you met three teachers using various ILs at different grade levels. Although these examples may not exactly match your subject area or grade, by watching students and teachers in action, you’ll be able to apply many of the methods to meet the needs of your students.
Susanne Logan (2nd grade)
Lesson: Animals and Plants Can Live in a City!
Paula Halligan (8th grade science)
Lesson: Making the Case for Health
Josiah Burden (11th grade history)
Lesson: The Reconstruction Amendments
Take Notes
Take a moment to browse the broad range of topics and grade levels in the Model Interactive Lesson Collection, which provides a representative sample of the many interactive lessons you can find on PBS LM. Jot down which lessons you may want to use, the ideas you have so far about using an IL, and any questions you have. (Click SAVE when you have finished. To see your saved or submitted work again, click MY WORK at the top of the page.)
