LAKELAND PBS | BEMIDJI/BRAINERD Lakeland PBS and Legacy funding create its first academic lesson plans to engage creative learning using PBS content.
Lakeland PBS was proud to partner with a local public education teacher to create three new educator lesson plans for the free and public benefit to anyone looking to broaden their current curriculum with creative and engaging student activity projects utilizing Lakeland PBS’ programming about area community subjects. All educator lesson plans adhere to the Minnesota State Education Standards and are accessible on Lakeland PBS’ website under the EDUCATION tab with additional information and link for the PBS LearningMedia portal.
Lesson Plan 1: Energy Source Pros/Cons Activity Using the Lakeland PBS documentary, Harnessing the Headwaters “First Dams on the Mississippi”, students will form groups to research an energy source and then defend and debate which energy source is the best economically and environmentally. Objective: Students will be able to identify and explain the environmental and economical advantages and disadvantages of the major energy sources. Lesson Plan 2: Natural Resource Solutions Research Project Using the Lakeland PBS documentary, Boardwalks to Bike Paths “Northern Minnesota State Parks”, students will identify and discuss problems and solutions and then with a partner use online sources to research one problem and create a digital, multi-slide presentation to present findings and outcomes to the class. Objective: To identify and explain a problem and a solution to an environmental problem in Minnesota’s history by researching and creating a presentation. Lesson Plan 3: Coil Pottery Activity Using the Lakeland PBS documentary, Grant Goltz: Rethinking Blackduck Pottery , students will discuss important elements of the subject’s process for creating pottery using traditional Native American processes. They will then create their own clay coil pot. Post discussion will compare and contrast connections among works in visual artworks, their purposes and their cultural, historical, and social contexts, including contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes. Objective: To create pottery using the coil technique used by Indigenous tribes and to learn about cultural traditions of Minnesota American Indian tribes.
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