The idea for LessonPlansCanada came about while I was trying to find suitable material to use with an ESL high school history class. While there was much information on the Internet, and any number of books on the topic, most of the language used was too difficult and often assumed prior knowledge of Canadian history and culture. As many ESL and classroom teachers do, I designed my own material much of the time.

I saw a need for lesson plans that were designed with English Language Learners in mind. While my initial focus was on History, I realized that the same principle could apply to any topic and could be used by classroom teachers outside the English Language Learning class.

The focus is not on grammar. The focus of LessonPlansCanada, at this time, is on providing short reading texts, listening texts, and supplemental worksheets and assignments. Many of the Lesson Plan Units have Canadian content, but not all. Over time the number of available lesson plans will increase to cover a wide variety of topics.

New Lesson Plan Units will be added - daily or weekly. Please add LessonPlansCanada.com to your list of Favourites and check back often to see what is available.

The Lesson Plan Units are not just for ESL students! Middle and upper elementary and some Non-ESL high school classes could use the lesson plans as well. Suitability is up to the classroom teacher. The Lesson Plan Units can stand on their own; they are also perfect for beginning or ending a unit or as emergency lesson plans. LessonPlanCanada units are flexible; not all the components of each Lesson Plan Unit have to be used at the same time � a teacher may return to the listening activity later, or choose to begin with it.