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Ready-to-teach units for Los Angeles teachers, from film music analysis and social media literacy to forces, free-body diagrams and climate data. Each one comes with worksheets, answer keys and files you can print or use digitally.
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Los Angeles schools follow California's state standards and tests. These are the facts that shape planning in 2026–27.
| Curriculum framework | California Common Core State Standards for ELA/Literacy and Mathematics; California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS) |
|---|---|
| State authority | California Department of Education (CDE) and the State Board of Education |
| Grade names | Transitional Kindergarten (TK), Kindergarten, Grades 1–12 |
| Key assessments | CAASPP: Smarter Balanced ELA and math in Grades 3–8 and 11; California Science Test (CAST) in Grades 5, 8 and once in high school |
| Main school system | Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the nation's second-largest district, covering about 710 square miles |
| Policy change | AB 873, chaptered on October 13, 2023, asks for media literacy content to be considered at every grade level when state frameworks are next revised |
| Local teaching hook | Film and media, climate, and the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, the city's third after 1932 and 1984 |
We picked these eight resources because they connect to what Los Angeles students see around them: film, screens, heat and a science-heavy test calendar. Every unit is a digital download with answer keys included.
Students play one scene with two different scores, then build a full vocabulary of function, diegesis, scoring and ostinato using Herrmann's Psycho and Zimmer, before scoring a scene themselves. Six lessons, worksheets, readings and answer keys.
Students learn to identify a leitmotif, track how it is transformed in Wagner's Ring, and apply the same analysis to John Williams's Imperial March. Six lessons with worksheets, reading texts, answer keys and an editable presentation.
Students investigate how algorithms curate information, why misinformation spreads quickly and how platforms earn money from attention, using case studies and inquiry tasks. A high school unit on participation, influence and manipulation online.
Students practice framing and the rule of thirds, camera viewpoint and angle, and the direction and quality of light in a middle school photography unit. Includes nine worksheets, answer keys and slides.
Students draw free-body diagrams, work with inertia and resultant force, and use spring experiments to connect forces to measurable data. Four double lessons with readings, worksheets, answer keys, a rubric and a 10-slide presentation.
Students analyze climate data, greenhouse gases and tipping points, then weigh impacts, policy and climate justice across six learning modules. A complete high school unit of approximately 60 printable pages.
Grade 2 learners build vocabulary around clothes, food and drinks, pets, feelings, family and weather. Each topic has word and picture cards, matching and fill-in tasks, speaking prompts with sentence starters and a mini booklet.
Four complete high school music units in one bundle: program versus absolute music, soundscape and acoustic ecology, leitmotif technique and film music analysis, adding up to 24 lessons.
Browse the full range by subject. Each collection covers several grade levels, so you can find material for the grade you teach this year.
Use these suggestions to extend your planning. Local examples and activities below are teaching ideas to add, rather than a list of files included in every product.
After the Film Music Analysis unit, students film a 30-second clip of a place they know in Los Angeles, such as a bus stop, a beach path or a school hallway. They add two contrasting soundtracks and explain in writing how each one changes the scene's meaning.
Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, its third after 1932 and 1984. Students pick one Olympic sport, sketch a free-body diagram for a key moment such as a jump or a sprint start, and explain which forces change the athlete's motion.
Extend the climate unit with a local data task. Students record the temperature at the same time each day for two weeks in a sunny and a shaded spot at school, graph both lines and compare their findings with the climate data trends in the unit.
TeachLessons guarantees alignment with the California Common Core State Standards and the California Next Generation Science Standards. This guarantee covers the subjects, learning objectives and levels stated in each product description.
No. TeachLessons is an independent publisher and has no affiliation with the Los Angeles Unified School District, the California Department of Education or the State Board of Education. Teachers choose our resources themselves and decide how they fit their own course plans.
They build the skills CAASPP measures without being test prep. Smarter Balanced tests ELA and math in Grades 3–8 and 11, and the California Science Test covers Grades 5, 8 and once in high school. Units on data analysis, forces and written argument practice the reasoning those tests ask for.
Start with the grade range on each product card, then check the learning objectives in the product description. Most units include differentiated worksheets at several levels, so one unit can serve a class with a wide spread of reading and math skills.
Every resource is an instant digital download. You can print the worksheets or use them digitally, and many units include editable presentations. Answer keys are included, so you can use a unit as a sub plan or for homework without extra preparation.
The film music units connect most directly, since the film industry is part of daily life in the city. The media literacy unit fits the state's move toward media literacy under AB 873, and the physics and climate units link easily to the 2028 Olympics and local heat.
Pick one featured unit that matches a topic already on your calendar this fall, or browse a subject collection for your grade. Every resource downloads straight away and includes answer keys, so you can teach it next week.