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RESOURCE: Teaching Mockingbird

Do you remember the first time you read To Kill a Mockingbird as a young adult? For many, the voices of Scout, Tom and Atticus still resona…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Dec 2, 2014

FILM: Frontline 'Generation Like' + Hunger Games Marketing

Essential watching for kids and educators. For those who are fans of the Frontline PBS shows that  Douglas Rushkoff is involved in Generati…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Nov 26, 2014

GOOD VID: The Secret Origin of Neil deGrasse Tyson

Thought this might be fun for teachers in multiple disciplines because of the "Dr. Tyson as a kid" angle... Fun animation from Good Magazin…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Nov 21, 2014

LESSON IDEA: How do we know if the document/source is true or real?

Nice lesson idea from the Middle Writer Blog - good for almost any discipline... Check the whole lesson HERE.

Started by Ryan Goble

2 Nov 21, 2014
Reply by Ryan Goble

OP-ED: Reading Is About More Than 'Evidence' aka the problem with CCSS RS #1

I liked this op-ed in ed week - it could be titled "the big problem with CCSS reading standard #1."  Here is a cool excerpt... What does th…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Nov 21, 2014

RESEARCH: Science Shows Something Surprising About People Who Love to Write

Reported in the New York Times... Read the full story HERE.

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Nov 15, 2014

Looking for engaging poems and other literary texts on theme of REVOLUTION for ESL Students

I am looking for engaging short stories, speeches, poems, or a section from a longer text on the theme of REVOLUTION  to use for a 10th gra…

Started by Amy melnick

0 Oct 11, 2014

ARTICLE & APP: Leveling the world / Newsela

From the The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news website focused on inequality and innovation in education. *** “A man who trav…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Oct 9, 2014

VIDEO/POEM/GRAPHIC NOVEL: Trolls as Cyberbullyies

Interesting poem, video, graphic novel combo for teaching cyberbullying. The graphic novel and CD are available HERE.

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Sep 21, 2014

QUESTION: What would you do the first days of school with your ESL students?

So I am starting at a brand new school this year--teaching 7th grade English--when I have been doing high school Social Studies and English…

Started by Kimberly Hawks

1 Aug 18, 2014
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