Lesson Plan

How Paper Is Made Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Weigh the evidence on paper's invention, test fiber strength, and run real recycling math.

This is the Bigs Edition of How Paper Is Made: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: What holds a sheet of paper together, and how did one invention change the way the world shares ideas?

The Week

• Mon: Who Invented Paper? (Reading) • Tue: Credit Where It Is Due (Writing & Words) • Wed: Fiber Strength Lab (Science & Math) • Thu: Recycled Paper by the Numbers (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Inside the Mill (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of How Paper Is Made has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Fiber Strength Lab
• Sequence cards (Paper Travels West) and a cut-and-sort page (Which Stage of the Mill?)
• Writing page: Who Invented Paper?
• Hands-on project: Recycled Paper by the Numbers
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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