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Building a Community of Upstanders
A Mix Model School coordinator explains why her school participates in Mix It Up at Lunch Day and how she extended it beyond one day with an in-depth social experiment.
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iPad Project Seeks to Level Educational Field
This year our school district launched an iPad initiative for the kindergarten teachers and students at our Title I elementary school.
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“Cornerstone” Speech
In this speech, Alexander H. Stephens justifies the Confederacy’s secession, arguing that the “cornerstone” of the Confederacy is the maintenance of the institution of slavery and the belief in the inferiority of African Americans.
January 6, 2018
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Write to the Source
Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and informative writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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Mendez v. Westminster
Preceding the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, Mendez v. Westminster challenged the segregation of Mexican Americans in schools in Orange County, California.
July 29, 2016
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Write to the Source
What Do We Share
What do We Share? asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and comparative writing skills.
July 19, 2014
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Responding to the Read-Aloud Text
Readers' Theater
During a readers’ theater, two or more students dramatize a text by reading expressively.
July 19, 2014
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Improve Your Teaching by Asking for Student Feedback
Teachers can increase student engagement by consulting with small groups of students about their classroom experience. When students see their ideas being put into action, they become more invested in their education.
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Support for Tommy and His Doll
Camilla was drawing a doll she was planning to get with her parents over the weekend. She was talking to herself in sing-song tones as she drew the doll, some of her clothes and her own house. Across the table sat Tommy; he heard Camilla talking about the doll she was about to get. He exclaimed, almost as joyfully, “Hey! I’m going to get a doll too!” The two began to chat about the types of dolls they were going to get. Across the room, another boy, busily building with blocks, said in a voice that reached across the room, “You are getting a doll?” A look of confusion spread across his face.