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Boy Scouts Weighs LGBT Inclusivity
Breaking! The president of the Boy Scouts of America urges his organization to remove its ban on gay adult leaders.
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What We're Watching
Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!
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Be Your Own Evaluator
For teachers looking to improve their practice in real time, a free toolkit from the Institute of Education Sciences can be a valuable resource.
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Rebel Yells
Like many schools being called on to reconsider their mascot, the University of Mississippi convenes a student-run committee to find a replacement for theirs—a Confederate soldier.
July 5, 2014
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Beyond the Barbed Wire
Helen Tsuchiya, born a U.S. citizen, tells what it was like to move from her home to an internment camp surrounded by barbed wire after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
July 2, 2014
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Community Inquiry
Critical Listening Guide
A guide to help students interpret, analyze and evaluate information encountered in a variety of media formats. Use this guide with the spoken and performed texts included in the Perspectives anthology.
July 13, 2014
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Word Work
Traits Matrix
In this semantic feature analysis strategy, students use a grid to show how vocabulary words relate to one another and to conceptual frameworks (e.g., masculine versus feminine).
July 19, 2014
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Word Work
Vocabulary Rounds
This contextual redefinition strategy encourages students to use the structure and context of words to predict their meanings. Students arrive at the definition through exposure to increasingly rich clues.
July 19, 2014
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Critical Engagement With Materials
Critical engagement emphasizes the value of students’ learning, increasing the likelihood that they will use the knowledge and skills they build in the service of their academic, personal, social and political lives.
May 23, 2023
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Understanding Online Searches
By learning about search algorithms, students will start to understand that the information they get from searching online does not simply materialize out of thin air! This understanding will enable students to critically evaluate search results.
September 25, 2017