Engage your class in a lesson that is concerned with the development of skills in the realm of teaching strategies needed for Social Studies. They will participate in delivering content using several strategies that are demonstrated by...

Students explore numerous instructional materials that may be used in an elementary social studies classroom. After analyzing each type of material, they discuss and make informed decisions concerning the quality and use of the material....

Students, five of the "best" readers in the class, get a script and read over their part of the lesson plan before they begin to "teach" the class.

Students model creating level appropriate lesson plans. Using a matrix, students develop a lesson plan with various technological resources. Students videotape their presentation and write a self narrative reflection evaluation.

The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...

The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...

While the pronunciations are a bit off, this is an ultimately useful list of basic classroom vocabulary (e.g., Stand) and phrases (e.g., What's the difference?) of use to the ESL teacher with Arabic speaking students. It provides a basis...

This site shares activities that will coordinate with Chapter 1 of the textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, Second Edition. These activities provide opportunities to reflect about the teaching of literature.

The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 3 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 3. Focus of the...

The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 2 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 2. Young adult...

The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 5 reflection. Intended for high school teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 5. Focus...

The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 9 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 9. Focus of the...

In this educational research article, the use of reading partnerships in the context of classrooms where some students are learning a second language. The first part of the article discusses the benefits of adding extensive reading to...

This article presents the debate over establishing an offical licensing exam for teachers, similar to the Bar Exam.