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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.
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?
Inspirational Quotes
Use these inspirational quotes in speeches and more.
Persuasive Essay Topics
Sample persuasive essay topics that you can use for courses across the curriculum.
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.
Reasons to Become a Teacher
Why become a teacher? There are numerous benefits and rewards! Here's my top ten list.
Book Banning in America
Issues concerning censorship and the banning of books in schools.
Classroom Rules
Classroom rules for a high school class.
Writing Comparison Essays
A chart showing how to organize compare/contrast paragraphs and essays.
General Expository Essay Topic
General essay topics that can be used in any discipline.
Integrating Technology
Explore the challenges and rewards of integrating technology into the classroom. This is part I of a two part article.
Violence in Schools
School violence is something that concerns the entire community. How widespread is the problem? What can we do about it?
Compare/Contrast Essay
Teaching the Compare Contrast Essay. Use these great worksheets to help your students write excellent compare/contrast essays.
Effective Speech Writing
Here is an example of a speech organized around a central theme. It was given at an induction ceremony for the National Honor Society.
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.
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.
Rubric Use and Creation
Rubrics are an easy way to grade complicated assignments. Learn why and how to create them.
Compare Contrast Paragraphs
A chart showing how to organize compare/contrast paragraphs and essays.
Mnemonic Devices
These mnemonic devices are excellent tools for teachers who want to help their students remember important facts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Expository Essay Topics
Expository essay topics for various disciplines written like those on the Florida Writes exam.
Hold a Class Debate
a simple how to on holding a class debate, fromyour about.com guide
Language Arts Warm Ups
Daily language arts warm ups to start students working as soon as class begins.
Lesson Plan Template
Here is a lesson plan template to help with the writing of lesson plans.
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 Charts
Two different types of compare/contrast charts with instructions.
Active Listening
Use these steps to help become an effective active listener.
Before Becoming a Teacher
Here are the top 5 things that you should consider before you make the plunge and become a teacher.
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.
Top Inspirational Movies fo...
Want to watch a wonderfully inspiring movie about teaching? Check out these top picks from your Secondary School Educators Guide.
Ice Breakers
Warm up your classroom atmosphere with icebreakers that put some fun into introductions.
Novels for American Literat...
Following is a list of some of the top American Lit novels taught in schools across the nation.
Halloween Hunt
Use this Halloween Hunt to engage your students. Have them answer questions from the internet.
Write a Five Paragraph Essay
a simple how to on writing a five-paragraph essay.
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. Learn about the pros and cons of this idea.
Civil War Photographs Menu
Original photographs from the Civil War. Find images of important people, key battlefields, casualties, weapons, and more.
Thanksgiving Lessons
Use these great lesson plan ideas to incorporate and teach about Thanksgiving throughout the curriculum.
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.
Academic Expository Topics
Expository essay topics for various disciplines.
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.
Paragraph Structure
Teaching Paragraph Structure.
Boss Tweed
Here is a biography on the life of William Marcy - Boss Tweed. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
Managing Student Conduct
Managing student conduct can seem scary, especially to newer teachers. However, it is one of the main tasks teachers have in order to maintain an academic classroom environment. This article looks at the steps teachers need to take for effective classroom discipline and classroom management.
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.
Debate Rubric
Debates are extremely useful ways to get students to truly participate in class. Use this rubric to help assess classroom debates.
Creating Rubrics
A simple how to on creating rubrics to help make grading easier.
Electoral votes to win?
How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win? Find out about the electoral college with this FAQ.
Themes for Speeches
Here are ten great topics that you can use to form the backbone of your graduation and other speeches.
Brain Teasers
Brain teasers are an excellent way to spend extra time in class. They help increase students' critical thinking skills too!
Top 10 Graduation Gifts
Here are the top 10 gifts for high school and college graduates. Check out these select graduation gifts.
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.
Teacher Quotes
These collected quotes are for and about teachers and teaching, the noble profession.
Grant Writing
Grant writing is a difficult yet necessary process in education. However, there are many sources and tips to make grant writing easy.
Canterbury Tales Quote Answers
Have your students complete this worksheet identifying the different people from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
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.
mathematics warm ups for everyday- questions to begin the school day
Daily mathematics warm ups to start students working as soon as class begins.
Educator Discounts
Check out these educator discounts for individual purchases.
Gregor Mendel
Here is a biography on the life of Gregor Mendel. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
journal topics for self understanding - journals and education
Journal Topics for Self Understanding Personal Revelations In addition to the topics listed below, associative
Treaty of Paris
Read the text of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War.
Edgar Allan Poe
Here is a biography on the life of Edgar Allan Poe. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
Mini-Lessons
These activities take between 2 to 10 minutes and are great to use in the last few minutes of class.
Number Total Electoral Votes?
How many total electoral votes are there? Find out about the electoral college with this FAQ.
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.
Top States for Teacher Pay
Here are the top ten states in the United States for average teacher pay.
thanksgiving turkey and dressing recipes
Thanksgiving Turkey and Dressing Turkey Remove the neck and gizzards from inside the turkey. Wash bird
Science Warm Ups
Daily science warm ups to start students working as soon as class begins.
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.
Student Portfolio Items
Here is a list of possible items that could be included in a student portfolio.
rubric for a persuasive essay
A rubric for peer or teacher evaluation of persuasive essays.
Emergency Lesson Plans
Here are suggestions and advice for creating emergency lesson plans for your classes.
Writing Specific Goals
Dreams can become reality with goals. Here is an easy to-use goal worksheet.
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.
rubric to grade student produced biographies
Biography Rubric Name:____________________Date: _________Period:______ Subject of Biography:_________________________________
How many electors per state?
How many electors does each state have? Find out about the electoral college with this FAQ.
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.
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.
Editorial Cartoons
Utilize editorial cartoons as a teaching tool. Find great worksheets to use in your class today.
Five Themes of Geography
The Five Themes of Geography are described here for use in the classroom.
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
Social Studies Warm Ups
Daily social studies warm ups or bellringers to start students working as soon as class begins.
Norm-Referenced Test
What is a norm-referenced test? Here is the definition of norm referenced tests and assessments.
Criterion-Referenced Test
Criterion-Referenced tests definition of assessment. Definition of criterion-referenced tests.
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.
evaluating expository essays - rubric for expository essays
A Worksheet and Rubric for Evaluating Expository Essays.
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!
Math Fairs
How to hold a math fair and great mathematics project ideas.
Christopher Columbus
Here is a biography on the life of Christopher Columbus. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
salutary neglect
Description of 'Salutary' Neglect as forwarded by Sir Robert Walpole. From the 'Background to the Revolution' lecture outline.
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.
Create a Compare Contrast F...
a simple how to on creating a comparecontrast framework.
John Smith
Here is a biography on the life of John Smith. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
Teaching Quotes
These ten quotes are for and about teachers and teaching, the noble profession.
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.
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.
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.
Writing Prompts
A handy worksheet to help students write and evaluate prompts.
Teach Latitude and Longitude
A simple How to on teaching latitude and longitude.
Goals Setting
Part three of a three part series on goal setting. In this installment your students learn how to write great goals.
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.
dedication of monument first battle of bull run - civil war battlefields
Civil War Photographs: Battlefields and Vicinity Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Winter Activities
Here is Part I of winter holiday activities for middle and high school classrooms.
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.
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.
Icebreaker - Scavenger Hunt
Use this scavenger hunt icebreaker to help you get a group or class acquainted and involved.
Mandate of Heaven
Information about the Mandate of Heaven, an important part of the Chinese attitudes about their emperors. This is part of the Lecture Series: History of China.
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.
Integrating Curriculum
Integrating curriculum truly enhances a student's learning experience. Find resources to help you integrate curriculum here.
Saddam Hussein
Here is a biography on the life of Saddam Hussein. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
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
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.
Mohandas Gandhi
A biography on the life of Mohandas Gandhi: muhammad ali jinnah mk gandhi jawaharlal nehru racial discrimination in south africa indian national congress
The Co-Teach Model
Great ideas to make co-teaching work in the classroom.
Scientific Method
The fourth step of the scientific method is to test the hypothesis.
lesson plan central - lesson plans
Lesson Plans Lessons by Grade Level 6-8 Lessons 9-12 Lessons Continued Below... Lessons by Subject Language
Substitute Folders
A substitute folder is an excellent resource that every teacher should have in their classroom. Here are the details of what should be included in your substitute folder.
Pocahontas
Here is a biography on the life of Pocahontas. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
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.
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.
Rubric for a Essay Body Paragraph - Secondary School Educators
Suggested portfolio items, from your About.com Guide
New York Certification
Find out more about New York teacher certification and becoming a certified teacher in New York state.
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.
Top Motivational Books for ...
Need a little motivation? Read these top eight motivational books selected and ranked by your Secondary School Educators Guide.
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.
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Here is a list of ten things to remember and do when you hold parent-teacher conferences.
Writing Lesson Plans
Read about ways to integrate writing in all classes throughout the curriculum. Find shortcuts to grading and more!
Rubric for a Stand Alone Paragraph - Secondary School Educators
Suggested portfolio items, from your About.com Guide
Analyzing Editorial Cartoons
cartoons editorials cartoons analyzing worksheet
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
african american soldiers - colored infantry and the civil war
Civil War Photographs: African-Americans During the Civil War African-American Soldiers Courtesy of Library
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.
Florida Teacher Certification
Find out more about Florida teacher certification and becoming a certified teacher in Florida.
Halloween Lessons
A happy assortment of Halloween lesson plan ideas across the curriculum.
american history warm ups for everyday- questions to begin the school day
American History Warm Ups Daily warm ups or do nows are tools that every teacher should have in their
How To Teach Latitude and Longitude
a simple how to on teaching latitude and longitude.
Student Portfolios
Having students create portfolios can be a rewarding endeavor. This article looks at how to get started creating portfolios and the benefits of student portfolios.
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.
Archimedes
Here is a biography on the life of Archimedes. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
Behavior Disorders
Here is a definition and explanation of behavior disorder or BD.
Evaluating Details in Writing
A Worksheet and Rubric for Evaluating Supporting Details.
Compare-Contrast Chart
Here is instructions for creating a compare/contrast prewriting chart that you can use in class today.
Booker T. Washington
Here is a biography on the life of Booker T. Washington. It was created using the educational biographical framework.
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.
Warm Ups
Daily warm ups are an important part of effective teaching. Learn more about why and find resources for each major subject area.
Teacher Planning
Some school districts have proposed reducing teacher planning time in an effort to fit more classes in the schedule and help with budgetary concerns. However, this is a big mistake. This article looks at the importance of teacher planning time.
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.

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