KHEC Curriculum Framework 4.2

Investigating and Discussing Darwinism and Design. In this lesson plan middle and high school students learn about theories of “intelligent design” in evolutionary science. They research and create dialogues between a Darwinist proponent and an intelligent design proponent. Since this resource is under copyright by the New York Times Company, 2005), we have briefly outlined the areas you will find when you go to this web site: www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/evolution.html.

The topics are: student learning objectives, suggested resources and materials, many activities, e.g., notes to teachers, warm-up activities, readings and numerous discussion questions, “wrap-up” suggestions, further discussion questions, ideas for evaluating learning, ideas for further study (e.g., writing a brief biography for young people about Charles Darwin, his accomplishments and his legacy.)