TEACHING RESOURCE
This handy list of behavior management techniques will help you build trust and establish a positive environment in your…
The key to effective behavior management is establishing trust. This article details the key points to facilitating a…
ASSESSMENT
Analyze your student's fiction-writing with this organizational rubric.
Learn how to design and implement a portfolio assessment program for your students.
Arrangement of class space is crucial when dealing with disruptive students and important to consider for all students.
Improve outcomes with this impactful assessment strategy Learn how to design and implement a portfolio assessment…
The general guidelines for setting limits with all ages of children are listed here. New teachers will find this list…
Share an article that shows how you can apply weights to different criteria, making some elements more important than…
Download for free! This article describes analytic and holistic rubrics and lists the advantages of each. Using the…
The step-by-step process of creating an original rubric.
Distribute an article that explains what rubrics are, gives an easy-to-understand example, and lists their advantages.
Internet Inquiries are used to help students develop research skills by finding Internet resources.
LESSON PLANS
Students use the information they obtain through independent research to create a Colonial Kaleidoscope -- a colorful…
ACTIVITIES
Lesson 2 in a series for middle-school students learning to use the Internet for research projects, provides data on…
Lesson 2, about using search engines, in a series for middle-school students learning to use the Internet to do research…
Should a student be allowed to create their own rubric?
WORKSHEETS
This short tutorial shows how to make the size of text on Web worksheets bigger before you print them out for students.
REFERENCE
An article explaining the 2000 census, and the changes in U.S. Representative apportionment.
A chart showing the number of men versus women in the United States.
Estimated population during colonial times.
Distribute an article that discusses the first U.S. census, and the 2000 census.
Students will explore the theme of the 2000 Census by creating a billboard.
Interpreting and creating pictographs based on census data is explored in this lesson.
Students practice collecting data, organizing it into charts, and using the charts to plan an event.
