professional development
Color Blindness
This piece investigates the concept of color blindness and helps teachers recognize the importance of race and ethnicity in students' lives.
April 27, 2011
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teaching strategy
Close and Critical Reading
Directed Reading - Thinking Activity (DR-TA)
While engaging in DR-TA, students interrupt their reading periodically to predict what developments might logically follow. This strategy works well with texts in which the outcome of the narrative is uncertain (e.g., “cliffhangers”).
July 19, 2014
teaching strategy
Close and Critical Reading
GIST
Generating Interactions between Schemata and Texts (GIST) is a summarization procedure that helps students digest complex texts by requiring contextual word learning. GIST explicitly combines the most important words with reading and writing to comprehend complex texts.
July 19, 2014
publication
Misunderstood Terms and Practices
What is the Truth About American Muslims? Misunderstood Terms and Practices 14. What does “jihad” mean? Isn’t it a “holy war”? “Jihad” literally means striving, or doing one’s utmost. Within Islam, there are two basic
October 11, 2012
student task
Do Something
Consuming and Creating Political Art
Students examine the history of political art. They then create their own murals, political cartoons or posters, demonstrating an understanding of social justice issues.
July 13, 2014
article
text
Informational
Should Women Be Allowed in Combat?
This article addresses both sides of the question, "Should women be allowed in combat?"
July 7, 2014
article
Against the Current
Alternative certification gives educators a different route to the classroom. Does it make them fish out of water once they get there?
article
Country Outposts
Life can be tough for LGBT students in rural schools. But like kids in more urban areas, that can change with the right kind of support from teachers and parents.
student task
Do Something
Community Bulletin Board
Students showcase artwork and nonfiction writing that addresses issues they found in the text. The result is a visual, collaborative and creative representation of student learning and ideas. An alternative to the bulletin board is a community newsletter.
July 13, 2014