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Top Discipline Techniques
Here are ten tips that can lead to successful classroom discipline and management. Classroom discipline and management is a skill that is not only learned but practiced daily. These tips can help you cut down on discipline problems and leave you with fewer interruptions and disruptions.
Inspirational Quotes
Use these inspirational quotes in speeches and more.
Classroom Rules
Classroom rules for a high school class.
Reasons to Become a Teacher
Why become a teacher? There are numerous benefits and rewards! Here's my top ten list.
Blooms Taxonomy
Bloom's Taxonomy categorizes levels of questions that are commonly asked in classrooms. Here is a look at the taxonomy along with help for implementing each level in your lessons and tests.
Ice Breakers
Warm up your classroom atmosphere with icebreakers that put some fun into introductions.
Integrating Technology
Explore the challenges and rewards of integrating technology into the classroom. This is part I of a two part article.
School Uniforms
School uniforms are a hot political topic right now in the wake of violence like that at Columbine High School. What are the potential benefits and problems associated with school uniforms?
What Type of Teacher Are You - Teacher Personality Quiz
What type of teacher personality do you have? Take the teacher personality quiz to find out.
Keys to Successful Teaching
Here are the top six keys to being a successful teacher. All teachers can benefit from focusing on these important qualities.
Effective Speech Writing
The key to effective speech writing is the development of an awesome theme.
Classroom Management
Discipline problems are listed as the major concern for most new teachers. What can teachers expect and how can they effectively handle discipline problems? Classroom management combined with an effective discipline plan is the key.
How to Write Lesson Plans
Writing lesson plans does not have to be difficult. In fact, this is the time when a teacher can really get creative. Here is a simple how-to on how to create effective lesson plans.
Persuasive Essay Topics
Sample persuasive essay topics that you can use for courses across the curriculum.
Year Round Education
Year round education is an idea that's been around for a long time. Look at the pros and cons of using this system.
General Expository Essay Topic
General essay topics that can be used in any discipline.
Top Inspirational Movies fo...
Want to watch a wonderfully inspiring movie about teaching? Check out these top picks from your Secondary School Educators Guide.
Writing Comparison Essays
A chart showing how to organize compare/contrast paragraphs and essays.
Rubric Use and Creation
Rubrics are an easy way to grade complicated assignments. Learn why and how to create them.
Lesson Plan Template
Here is a lesson plan template to help with the writing of lesson plans.
Before Becoming a Teacher
Here are the top 5 things that you should consider before you make the plunge and become a teacher.
Top 10 Graduation Gifts
Here are the top 10 gifts for high school and college graduates. Check out these select graduation gifts.
Worst Things a Teacher Can Do
Here is a list of items that you should avoid as a new or veteran teacher. Any of these can create problems for you as a teacher and if you combine two or more than just expect to really have a hard time gaining student respect and finding your profession enjoyable.
Fair and Balanced
Are you fair and balanced as a teacher? Here are the Fair and Balanced results from the teacher personality quiz. Of course, all results are nonscientific. Enjoy!
Novels for American Literat...
Following is a list of some of the top American Lit novels taught in schools across the nation.
Learning Styles
This article looks at the three different learning styles and helps teachers find ways to use learning styles to increase their effectiveness in the classroom. It also covers challenges and concerns when dealing with learning styles.
Compare/Contrast Essay
Teaching the Compare Contrast Essay. Use these great worksheets to help your students write excellent compare/contrast essays.
Icebreaker - Scavenger Hunt
Use this scavenger hunt icebreaker to help you get a group or class acquainted and involved.
Active Listening
Use these steps to help become an effective active listener.
handy teacher helpers for teachers for the beginning of the school year
Handy Helpers for Teachers The following Handy Helpers for teachers can help you make a great start to
Book Banning in America
Issues concerning censorship and the banning of books in schools.
Mnemonic Devices
These mnemonic devices are excellent tools for teachers who want to help their students remember important facts.
Civil War Photographs Menu
Original photographs from the Civil War. Find images of important people, key battlefields, casualties, weapons, and more.
Compare Contrast Paragraphs
A chart showing how to organize compare/contrast paragraphs and essays.
Educator Discounts
Check out these educator discounts for individual purchases.
Mini-Lessons
Find great activities to use in those last few minutes of class.
Violence in Schools
School violence is something that concerns the entire community. How widespread is the problem? What can we do about it?
Tips for Student Teachers
Student teachers and their instructors can use these top ten tips to help them be more effective in their initial teaching assignments.
Creating Rubrics
A simple how to on creating rubrics to help make grading easier.
Hold a Class Debate
a simple how to on holding a class debate, fromyour about.com guide
Top States for Teacher Pay
Here are the top ten states in the United States for average teacher pay.
Language Arts Warm Ups
Daily language arts warm ups to start students working as soon as class begins.
Themes for Speeches
Here are ten great topics that you can use to form the backbone of your graduation and other speeches.
Grant Writing
Grant writing is a difficult yet necessary process in education. However, there are many sources and tips to make grant writing easy.
Expository Essay Topics
Expository essay topics for various disciplines written like those on the Florida Writes exam.
declaration of independence - text of the declaration of independence
Here is the text of the Declaration of Independence.
Using Journals
Journal writing is an incredibly flexible instructional tool, useful across the entire curriculum. While often used as a class startup activity, it is used primarily to give students an opportunity to speculate on paper, confident that their ideas, observations, emotions, and writing will be accepted without criticism.
photographs of casualties from the civil war - dead soldiers
Civil War Photographs: Casualties of War Dead Confederate and Union soldiers lying side by side Dead
Write a Five Paragraph Essay
a simple how to on writing a five-paragraph essay.
Kinesthetic Learnings
This profile of kinesthetic learners helps teachers and students understand not only the strengths of kinesthetic learners but also strategies to help them learn most effectively.
Motivating Students
The educational equivalent to 'location, location, location,' is 'motivation, motivation, motivation,' for motivation is probably the most significant factor educators can target in order to improve learning.
Compare/Contrast Charts
Two different types of compare/contrast charts with instructions.
Ten Banned Books
Want to know more about the types of books that are being banned and the reason why they are banned? This looks at ten books that are often banned books or attempted to be banned in the United States.
Become a Teacher
There are many paths to becoming a teacher. This article gives an overview of the different ways a person can use to reach their goal.
Block Schedules
The modular or block schedule is a method of restructuring schools to give a student more time in each class during a day. Find teaching tips to help educators adapt to this new idea.
Top Teacher Tasks
What do teachers really do? Every task that teachers perform falls under one of six categories. Here are those top six teacher tasks with information and tools to help you enhance your teaching experience.
Teacher Quotes
These collected quotes are for and about teachers and teaching, the noble profession.
The Co-Teach Model
Great ideas to make co-teaching work in the classroom.
Criterion-Referenced Test
Criterion-Referenced tests definition of assessment. Definition of criterion-referenced tests.
Scientific Method
The third step of the scientific method is to create a hypothesis.
Popular Teacher
Are you a popular teacher? Here are the Popular Teacher results from the teacher personality quiz. Of course, all results are nonscientific. Enjoy!
Best Teaching Experience
Every teacher can recount numerous highs and lows in their teaching career. Here is my best teaching experience by far. It taught me a lot, and I hope it can help you in areas of student misbehavior also.
Brain Teasers
Brain teasers are an excellent way to spend extra time in class. They help increase students' critical thinking skills too!
lesson plan central - lesson plans
Lesson Plans Lessons by Grade Level 6-8 Lessons 9-12 Lessons Continued Below... Lessons by Subject Language
Paragraph Structure
Teaching Paragraph Structure.
Debate Rubric
Debates are extremely useful ways to get students to truly participate in class. Use this rubric to help assess classroom debates.
Teaching Quotes
These ten quotes are for and about teachers and teaching, the noble profession.
Teaching Private vs. Public
Are you considering teaching at a private school? Are you interested in the key differences between public and private schools? This article takes a look at these differences to help you make a decision of whether teaching at a public or a private school is the best option for you.
mathematics warm ups for everyday- questions to begin the school day
Daily mathematics warm ups to start students working as soon as class begins.
Texas Teacher Certification
Find out more about Texas teacher certification and becoming a certified teacher in Texas.
dead confederate soldier at gettysburg devils den - civil war casualties
Civil War photograph of dead confederate soldier in the 'Devil's Den' at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Florida Teacher Certification
Find out more about Florida teacher certification and becoming a certified teacher in Florida.
Math Plan of Study
Here is a sample high school mathematics plan of study. This plan of study shows a progression of courses through the standard four years of high school.
Academic Expository Essay Topics
expository essay topics good posture paragraph essay silk screening academic teachers: Expository essay topics for various disciplines.
Science Warm Ups
Daily science warm ups to start students working as soon as class begins.
Norm-Referenced Test
normal distribution curve norm referenced test standardized achievement tests nbsp definition assessment glossary: Definition of Norm-Referenced Tests.
Writing Specific Goals
Dreams can become reality with goals. Here is an easy to-use goal worksheet.
Visual Learnings
This profile of visual learners helps teachers and students understand not only the strengths of visual learners but also strategies to help them learn most effectively.
English Plan of Study
Here is a sample high school English plan of study. This plan of study shows a progression of courses through the standard four years of high school.
Assessments
Use these tips to help create effective and reliable multiple choice test questions for tests and assessments.
A Compare/Contrast Essay Rubric
A rubric for peer or teacher evaluation of compare/contrast essays, from your About.com Guide
rubric for a persuasive essay
A rubric for peer or teacher evaluation of persuasive essays.
Teacher Strategies
Start the year out right with this to do list of essential strategies for every teacher, especially those new to the profession.
Tardy Policy
Dealing with tardy students is an important part of any teacher's job. Finding a tardy policy that works for you is extremely important. If you allow students to be tardy then you will be setting a precedent that will get worse throughout the year. Therefore, it is very important that you set up a workable system for dealing with tardies from the very beginning.
Five Themes of Geography
The Five Themes of Geography are described here for use in the classroom.
Holding on to Anger
Get a new teaching tip each day to help you in your teaching career. This tip deals with holding on to anger from discipline problems.
journal topics for self understanding - journals and education
Journal Topics for Self Understanding Personal Revelations In addition to the topics listed below, associative
Strict Disciplinarian
Are you a strict disciplinarian? Here are the Strict Disciplinarian results from the teacher personality quiz. Of course, all results are nonscientific. Enjoy!
Create a Lesson Plan Calendar
An effective planning tool for lessons throughout the year is a lesson plan calendar. This how to will go through the steps of creating a lesson plan calendar which you can refer to as you plans units and individual lessons throughout the year.
Integrating Curriculum
Integrating curriculum truly enhances a student's learning experience. Find resources to help you integrate curriculum here.
Teach Latitude and Longitude
A simple How to on teaching latitude and longitude.
School Violence Prevention
Here are 10 ways that teachers can help prevent school violence. Teachers are vital part of prevention and recognizing the ways they can help are paramount. These tips can help teachers as they create a safe environment for all students.
photographs of lincoln from civil war and assassination - abraham lincoln
Period photographs of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Also find pictures related to his assassination.
dead soldiers at gettysburg - civil war casualties
Civil War photograph of dead soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Science Plan of Study
Here is a sample high school science plan of study. This plan of study shows a progression of courses through the standard four years of high school.
rubric to match grant proposals with grant providers
This rubric can help you determine whether your grant proposal and a grantor's requirements match up.
Emergency Lesson Plans
Here are suggestions and advice for creating emergency lesson plans for your classes.
Confrontation Teaching Tip
Get a new teaching tip each day to help you in your teaching career. Here is a tip for dealing with classroom management and discipline by avoiding confrontation.
Ways to Know a Quality School
Ever wonder what it takes to be a quality school? Want to know if the school where you are teaching or attending is effective? This list highlights the top 10 characteristics of a quality school.
Lecture Pros and Cons
Here we look at the pros and cons of using whole group discussion as a teaching method for secondary school educators.
Rubric for a Essay Body Paragraph - Secondary School Educators
Suggested portfolio items, from your About.com Guide
geography warm ups for everyday- questions to begin the school day
Geography Warm Ups Daily warm ups or do nows are tools that every teacher should have in their educational
Back to School
Get yourself and your students reconnected with this 'Back to School' article.
Editorial Cartoons
Utilize editorial cartoons as a teaching tool. Find great worksheets to use in your class today.
Social Studies Warm Ups
Daily social studies warm ups or bellringers to start students working as soon as class begins.
evaluating expository essays - rubric for expository essays
A Worksheet and Rubric for Evaluating Expository Essays.
Teaching Quotes
These ten quotes are for and about teachers and teaching, the noble profession.
Late Work Policy for Teachers
Here is an example of the late work policy used in a tenth grade English class.
Late Work Policies
Late work and make up assignments can often cause a classroom management nightmare for teachers. Here are some tips, ideas, and possible policies for dealing with late work.
Attention Deficit Disorder
Here is a definition of Attention Deficit Disorder - ADD.
Top Motivational Books for ...
Need a little motivation? Read these top eight motivational books selected and ranked by your Secondary School Educators Guide.
Student Portfolio Items
Here is a list of possible items that could be included in a student portfolio.
Writing Lesson Plans
Read about ways to integrate writing in all classes throughout the curriculum. Find shortcuts to grading and more!
Grading Writing Assignments
Grading writing assignments can be very time consuming. Use these nine tips to help cut grading time for essays and writing assignments.
rubric to grade student produced biographies
Biography Rubric Name:____________________Date: _________Period:______ Subject of Biography:_________________________________
Archimedes
Here is a biography on the life of Archimedes. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
How To Teach Latitude and Longitude
a simple how to on teaching latitude and longitude.
john locke and natural rights - background to the american revolution
John Locke believed that people had the 'natural rights' of life, liberty, and property. It was the government's responsibility to protect these. From the 'Background to the Revolution' lecture outline.
Writing Prompts
A handy worksheet to help students write and evaluate prompts.
Special Education Acronyms
This acronym list for Special Education helps teachers understand the special education acronyms that are often used in schools.
dead confederate soldier near spotsylvania court house - civil war casualties
Civil War photograph of dead confederate soldier near Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia.
Extra Credit Strategies
What is the best use of extra credit? How do some teachers misuse it? What strategies can you use to make it work for you and your students? This articles looks at strategies for using extra credit along with things to avoid when giving extra credit.
Saddam Hussein
Here is a biography on the life of Saddam Hussein. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
latitude and longitude chart
Here is a chart which can be used by both the teacher and the student to learn Latitude and Longitude.
photographs of confederate military commanding officers - civil war confederacy
Civil War Photographs: Confederate Commanding Officers Confederate Commanding Officers General Robert
Auditory Learnings
This profile of auditory learners helps teachers and students understand not only the strengths of auditory learners but also strategies to help them learn most effectively.
Worst States for Teacher Pay
Here are the ten worst states in the United States for average teacher pay.
Create a Compare Contrast F...
a simple how to on creating a comparecontrast framework.
Treaty of Paris
Read the text of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War.
Validity in Testing
criterion referenced tests norm referenced tests assessment validity assessment glossary related resources: Definition of validity in terms of testing.
Positive Attitude for New Year
A teacher's effectiveness in a new school year hinges upon setting a positive tone at the beginning of the school year. It is important to be firm and kind at the same time. Learn how here.
Wk 1 Warm Ups - Captalization
Daily language arts warm ups to start students working as soon as class begins. Week one's warm ups focus on capitalization.
Secondary Education - HowTos
An index of HowTos for the Secondary Education guide site.
photographs of battlefields and vicinity - american civil war
Civil War Photographs: Battlefields and Vicinity Battlefields and Vicinity 1st Battle of Bull Run - View
Effective Praise
Giving students effective praise is an important part of teaching. This article looks at the steps and the tips for giving effective praise.
New York Certification
Find out more about New York teacher certification and becoming a certified teacher in New York state.
background to the american revolution lecture outline
Here is a lecture outlining the background to the American Revolution. You can use this with its numerous links to extra information as the basis for lectures in class.
National Board Certification
Find out more about National Board Certification and becoming a nationally certified teacher.
Top States for New Teacher Pay
Here are the top ten states in the United States for beginning teacher pay.
Teaching Through Biographies
Biographies are a wonderful teaching tool that can be used throughout the curriculum. Find out now only why but also get tools to help you incorporate them in your lesson plans.
Reliability in Testing
criterion referenced tests norm referenced tests assessment glossary knowledge levels student ability: Definition of reliability in terms of testing.
photographs of african-americans during the civil war - civil war and slavery
Pictures of African-Americans during the time of the American Civil War.
dead confederate and union soldiers lying in a trench - civil war casualties
Civil War Photographs: C asualties of War Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
Curriculum Development
Curriculum is not standardized throughout the nation or even within each state. From district to district, actual plans of study often vary widely. This article looks at the reasons for this lack of cohesiveness in creating a national curriculum and overarching plan of study. It then creates a sample plan of study that leads to further curriculum resources for teachers.
Military Career Pros and Cons
Is the military a viable career option for your students? Read the pros and cons of a military career here to help counsel them make a more informed decision.
Teach the Law of Diminishin...
a simple how to on teaching the law of diminishing marginal utility.
Census Jobs
Work for the U.S. Census Bureau during the summer and earn extra money.
Back to School Special
Get prepared to have the best school year ever! Check out the awesome resources available on the About network and the Internet.
thomas hobbes and the social contract
Thomas Hobbes' ideas in Leviathan helped form the basis for later enlightened thinkers such as John Locke. From the 'Background to the Revolution' lecture outline.
Wk 12 Warm Ups Parts of Speech
Daily language arts warm ups to start students working as soon as class begins. Week Twelve's warm ups focus on identifying parts of speech.

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