Lesson Plans

Lesson Title: Popular Porcelains

Name: Jean Cuseo-Fields

Discipline: Creative Arts

County: Frederick County

Grade Level: 7th Grade

Time Period: Approximately five or six 90-minute periods

 

Lesson Title: Family Dynamics

Name: Melanie Ware

Discipline: Language Arts

County: Frederick County

Grade Level: 7th Grade

Time Period: Three consecutive class periods (two 90-minute and one 45-minute)

 

Lesson Title: Illuminated Maps and Manuscripts Drawing and Calligraphy Lesson

Name: Rebecca L. Williams

Discipline: Art

County: Frederick County

Grade Level: 7th Grade

Time Period: Approximately two to three weeks every other day (90-minute periods)

 

Lesson Title: The Word in Travel, the World of Travel Literature

Name: Deborah Kole

Discipline: AP English

County: St. Mary’s County

Grade Level: 12th Grade

Time Period: 2 weeks

 

Lesson Title: Effects of Discovery

Name: Pam LeFave

Discipline: Theater 3/4

County: St. Mary’s County

Grade Level: 11th and 12th Grades

Time Period: 7-8 days

 

Lesson Title: Art of Discovery

Name: Monica Cerkez

Discipline: Crafts

County: St. Mary’s County

Grade Level: Grades 9-12

Time Period: Approx. 2 weeks

 

Lesson Title: Knock off Products from the Age of Discovery

Name: Jennifer Fox

Discipline: Creative Crafts

County: Cecil County

Grade Level: Grades 9-12

Time Period: 3 weeks, or 15 classes of 80-minute block periods

 

Lesson Title: Three-dimensional Coil Pottery

Name: Elaine Jones

Discipline: Art

County: Montgomery County

Grade Level: 5th Grade

Time Period: Five or six 50-minute art classes

 

Lesson Title: Economic Wants

Name: David DiFonzo

Discipline: Economics

County: Montgomery County

Grade Level: 3rd Grade

Time Period: Two 45-minute sessions

 

Lesson Title: Fusion of Lines: Design from Afro-Portuguese Ivories and Printmaking

Name: Jessica Guzman

Discipline: Fundamentals Art/Art 1

County: Montgomery County

Grade Level: Grades 9-12

Time Period: 10-12 days

 

Lesson Title: Culteranismo and Saudade: Crossing cultures in the high school classroom

Name: Louise Reynolds

Discipline: English Honors

County: Montgomery County

Grade Level: 11th Grade

Time Period: Two 47-minute classes

 

Lesson Title: Preparation for the Document-based Question

Name: Matthew Ellenberger

Discipline: AP Modern European History

County: Anne Arundel County

Grade Level: Generally 10th and 12th Grade Students

Time Period: Two days

 

Lesson Title: Mosaic Tiles in 16th and 17th Century Style

Name: Valerie Poole

Discipline: Art 1

County: Prince George’s County

Grade Level: Grades 9-12

Time Period: Three days 

 

Lesson Title: Interpreting Portuguese Expansion: Balance and Perspective

Name: Amy Smith

Discipline: AP World History

County: Howard County

Grade Level: Grade 11

Time Period: Three to four 50-minute class periods

 

Lesson Title: The Influence of Portugal on West African Art from the 16th and 17th Centuries

Name: Jonathan Parker

Discipline: Visual Arts

County: Frederick County

Grade Level: 8th Grade

Time Period: 3 days (90-minute periods)

Lesson Title: Saltcellars and the Portuguese influence

Name: Emily Bergquist

Discipline: Visual Arts

County: Baltimore City, MD

Grade Level: Sixth grade

Time Period: Approximately seven 45-min. classes

 

Lesson Title: Portuguese Cultural Exchange in the 16th and 17th Centuries  

Name: Sharon Pardew

Discipline: Elementary Art

County: Harford County, MD

Grade Level: Third grade

Time Period: Six 45-min. classes

 

Lesson Title: Discovering a Map of Portugal
 
Name: Larry Watson

County: Washington, DC

Grade Level: Pre-K and Kindergarten

 

Unit Title: Bienvenidos
  
Name: Carol Nezzo

Discipline: Spanish I

County: Montgomery County, MD

Grade Level: Sixth – Seventh Grades

Time Period: 3 Days

 

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