Lesson plan for introducing the zettelkasten to secondary ELA students

The zettelkasten is a tool for thought that encourages and scaffolds higher-order thinking while remaining 100% student centered.

I’ve introduced the zettelkasten to several classes, and through those experiences I’ve refined a ~50 minute introductory lesson to the method, which I’m sharing with you here:

Materials:

• Lesson plan: Introducing the zettelkasten
• Student video watch guide (Answers)
• Zettel template

If you’re interested in learning more about my more theoretical basis for using the zettelkasten with my students, I wrote about that here.