TEACHING RESOURCE
Even after the abolition of slavery, Jim Crow laws restricted the freedom of African-Americans.
Learn about the role religion plays in the African-American community.
The civil rights movement was mobilized in the 1950s, attempting to close the racial divide.
Discover how the NAACP was established.
REFERENCE
African-American filmmakers pushed the envelope by using their movies as a social and political commentary on American…
LESSON PLANS
Students will read and analyze short stories by Anton Chekov and Leo Tolstoy that illustrate the class conflicts of…
By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.
Work with students to improvise dialogue (speaking and singing), music, and scenery to turn a story into an emotional…
Work with musically proficient students to develop an informal vocal performance.
Share the history of Father's Day with your students and make bar graphs and pie charts using relevant statistics.
ACTIVITIES
These lessons and investigations cover air quality issues facing our atmosphere.
Explore Indian ragas and learn the differences between an Indian raga and the Western scale.
Students will read how writers, artists, political leaders, and citizens define and image peace.
A list and description of annual religious and secular holidays.
This article makes the connection between types of intelligence and choosing a career.
BOOK GUIDES
Enhance reading comprehension with a with a guide that provides prereading activities and discussion on plot, character…
The acronyms abbreviate common phrases and slang we're all familiar with, and the emoticons (also known as "smileys")…
Strategies and suggestions on managing a classroom with ADD/ADHD students.
This article briefly explains formal assessment guidelines when working with a student who has ADD/ADHD.
Descriptions of roles that will help you define your job as a schools' resource teacher.
One of the most rewarding roles you will be as a resource teacher will be that of a disseminator.
Statistics on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic.
Explore teaching activities to be used with the books of Jacqueline Woodson.
And how is it sometimes considered a negative thing? Learn the definitions of negative and positive peace and explore…
