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Here are new additions to The Best Multimedia For Learning About The Midwest & Oklahoma Tornadoes: How to help Oklahoma tornado victims is from NBC News. Interactive: Deadly tornadoes in the U.S. is from USA Today. The Associated Press has … Continue Read More...
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The state of U.S. immigration is a very well-done and informative interactive infographic from The Washington Post. Plus, there are links on its page to several other useful Post immigration resources. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning … Continue Read More...
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Terrible tornadoes hit the Midwest this past weekend, and Oklahoma has been hit by devastating mile-wide one today. As of this initial writing of this post, the human toll is still unknown, and we can only hope it’s not as … Continue reading → Read More...
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As I’ve previously shared, our ninth-graders finish up the year with a unit on Mount Everest. I’ve also previously described the writing prompts we often use (see Writing Prompts — Feel Free To Contribute Your Own! and Rwanda Lesson & … Continue reading Read More...
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I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About Nuclear Weapons: Top Countries with Nuclear weapons infographic This infographic “outlines different hand gestures of peace and where in the world the gesture may have originated.” I’m adding Read More...
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Science magazine is inviting young people to contribute responses to a GREAT question. Unfortunately, the deadline to submit a 250 word response is May 17th, the day after I publish this post. Here’s their question: You can travel back in … Continue reading Read More...
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I’m adding this video to The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality: Read More...
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Here are some new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: International body language: a language with no words is from The Telegraph. What A Week Of Groceries Looks Like Around The World Read More...
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I’m adding this infographic to both The Best Sites For Learning About Mother’s Day and to The Best Father’s Day Sites: Source: H&R Block Read More...
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Here are some new additions to The Best Resources About The New Push For Immigration Reform: Preview | Immigration: The pathway to now is a preview to a multi-part video series The Washington Post is publishing on the last thirty … Continue reading → Read More...
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The New York Times is soliciting contributions to a “No Longer Lost To History” project. They invite readers to “Tell us about a person you knew or admired who you think put a wrinkle in the social fabric.” It’s an … Continue reading → Read More...
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What Career Should I Choose? is an interactive that lets you pick a career and then shows you how it ranks in “potential salary, competition and market stability.” Obviously, other criteria need to be taken into account, but it still … Continue reading Read More...
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The Guardian has just published an excellent video called Guatemala genocide trial: witnesses of atrocities tell their stories. Guatemala: Voices of the Genocide is a series of videos on what occurred in Guatemala. Efraín Ríos Montt Sentenced to 80 Years Read More...
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When Helping Hurts is a useful column in today’s New York Times, and it’s useful to both parents and teachers. Here’s an excerpt: It’s another way of saying the famous “Iron Rule” that governs the community organizing work of the … Continue reading → Read More...
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If you are an English teacher in Guatemala, and would be open to be interviewed as part of my Hot Spot Interview series, please leave me a comment. Having studied Spanish in Guatemala years ago in an area populated primarily … Continue reading → Read More...
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