Engaging Students with Mystery Action Figures
Could we make Mystery Action Figure packages of notable people from history?
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Teach Rock for National Poetry Month
Take advantage of the free lessons and resources on the Teach Rock site to plan for arts-integrated, standards-based lessons that will engage your students.
Game of Phones
If you teach in a secondary classroom where phones are ubiquitous, this might be the resource for you. Amanda Sandoval (@historysandoval) recently tweeted out “Game of Phones“, an assignment created in Google Slides that she designed to help her students demonstrate their understanding of the causes of The Great Depression. You can see some of … Read more
War
One of the sessions I attended at TCEA 2018 was presented by a group from Richardson ISD. #4CoresonFire focused on some cross-curricular activities using tools that I’ve used before. However, I got some great integration ideas I hadn’t thought of – which makes the session a success in my book. One of the teachers described … Read more
Tarr’s Toolbox
I’ve been a huge fan of Russel Tarr’s ClassTools site for a long time. I particularly like to use the different graphic organizers he offers and the hexagon generator. (Click here to see how the latter can be used.) I also follow Russel on Twitter (@RusselTarr). This weekend, I noticed a neat activity he tweeted about called, “Wheel … Read more
Civil Rights for All
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is coming up in the States next week. Sadly, so much has been in the news lately about civil rights violations all over the world that it’s difficult to comprehend that anything has improved since King’s legacy survives. As a teacher, I want to be sure that my students learn empathy … Read more