Imaginative Inquiry Lesson Plans
Fully scripted lesson plans using drama conventions within a Mantle of the Expert framework are available for purchase. Lesson plans include accompanying powerpoint slides, articles, worksheets, and morning work and homework assignments where applicable.
Lenape Unit (Grade 3)
- Walum Olum: Lenape People Origins
- Starting the Village
- Housing
- Family
- Food (separate lessons):
- Introduction
- Gathering
- Farming
- Harvest Festival / Transportation
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Clothing
- Government
- Trade with Other Tribes
- The Encounter
New Amsterdam Unit (Grade 3)
- The Merchant Comes Home (The Dutch West India Company)
- Recruiting Settlers
- The Family Dinner (Recruitment/Day 2)
- The Voyage
- First Landing
- Peter Minuit
- Men’s Work
- Housing/Exterior (The Bucket Brigade)
- Women’s Work
- Patroons
- Life at Rensselaerswyck (Patroons/Day 2)
- Willem Kieft
- Kieft’s War and Adriaen van der Donck
- Peter Stuyvesant
- The Flushing Remonstrance
- The British Take Over
Native (New York) Bird Study (Kindergarten)
- Introducing Imaginative Inquiry
- Hook: Audubon’s Visit
- Being an Ornithologist
- Identifying Birds: Appearance
- Body Parts and Behavior
- Beaks and Food
- Bird Flight
- Identifying Birds: Bird Calls
- Where Do Birds Sleep: Roosting
- Bird Nests
- Eggs and Young
- Synthesis Project (Part I): Bird Advocacy
- Synthesis Project (Part II): Saving Birds’ Habitats
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Other Resources
- Mantle of the Expert (UK)
- “Imaginative Inquiry: Igniting Children’s Imaginations for Deeper Learning” by Kelli Dawn Holsopple, Elaine Chu, Jessie Kirk, Ella Moran,
Quarterly Journal of the Progressive Education Network
- A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz