Lorraine Caplan's Groups (11)

Psychology •  Sociology • Anthropology

63 members Latest Activity: Mar 31, 2019

High School level

The News: Teaching With and About it

173 members Latest Activity: Jun 12, 2019

Ideas, resources, and conversation about using the news in instruction.

Adolescent Literature

431 members Latest Activity: Dec 28, 2019

We examine books for young adults so we can better understand what makes them tick. Share your reads with us.

Adolescent Films

62 members Latest Activity: Aug 6, 2019

Keeping current or looking at teen films that are memorable and can be used to understand adolescents are posted here. We examine teen film in our…

Making Shakespeare Pop!

304 members Latest Activity: Dec 28, 2019

The most famous pop phenom is everywhere in modern culture & classrooms.

American Literature

298 members Latest Activity: Mar 30, 2020

For teachers of American Lit who want to MC Pop! FYI: it is a still from the film adaptation of the Secret Life of Bees - that film is extra pop…

Post-Secondary Educators

133 members Latest Activity: Dec 28, 2019

Do you use pop culture with the over 17 set? Come join this group for the post-secondary crowd!

World Literature

175 members Latest Activity: Dec 1, 2019

For teachers using literature from around the world!

World History

154 members Latest Activity: Mar 30, 2020

Mongol is a rather violent film about Genghis Khan, but certainly we can use clips from films like this to make our history curriculum pop!

British Literature (sans Shakespeare)

146 members Latest Activity: Dec 1, 2019

Yes, the sun may no longer set on the great Empire but so many schools still teach their literature.

US History

189 members Latest Activity: Mar 30, 2020