Pathways to America: Teaching About Immigration Changes is a very thorough lesson plan from The New York Times Learning Network. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Immigration In The United States.

I’m adding ‘It’s just our job’ — teacher who saved students from tornado from The Washington Post to Teachers Putting Children First In Oklahoma. And here are some new additions to The Best Multimedia For Learning About The Midwest & … Continue reading →

Earlier today, I published a post titled Teachers Putting Children First In Oklahoma. Here are two more articles I’m adding to that list: Backpacks, Human Shields, Above and Beyond: The Oklahoma Teacher Heroes is from The Atlantic. Teachers Credited With … Continue reading →

Here are some more updates to The Best Multimedia For Learning About The Midwest & Oklahoma Tornadoes: The New York Times Learning Network has updated this lesson to include the Oklahoma tornado: Inside Twisters: Creating Scientific News Reports on Tornadoes. … Continue reading →

I’m going to start this post with an excerpt from an Education Week article that came out shortly after the Sandy Hook shootings: Rather than succumbing to fear and frustration, many teachers are finding inspiration in Newtown. “This is how … Continue reading →

Here are new additions to the The Best Multimedia For Learning About The Midwest & Oklahoma Tornadoes: Oklahoma tornado – the devastation in Moore: interactive is from The Guardian. Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma is from The Atlantic. … Continue reading →

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 reading →

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 reading →

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 →

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 →