Teacher Education Articles for Teachers - Page 5

  If you own a Kindle, and you want to read George Orwell's classic "1984", you are out of luck. It  was recently erased from the list of available titles, and Kindle customers were not notified of its removal until the title was already gone. Many news organizations covered the "1984" Kindle co...

  Although the Edinburgh Festival may be a household name, it is not a single event. In actuality, it is a collection of festivals that showcase arts and culture. Since 1947, many festivals, including the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh Military Tattoo Festival, Edinburgh Art Fe...

                                                        We read about various political figures, watch presidential campaigns, and hear about elections all the time. What does this all really mean to our students? In a media-saturated society, political figures often get lumped into the daily go...

What we see or read is only part of something. Behind the words, story, book, or presentation is a period of history, a culture, and a person who created that work. As students read mandated curriculum they gain knowledge not only from the work itself, but about the era and person t...

"The Black Cat", "The Raven", "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Haunted Palace" may sound like Halloween party themes, and maybe, at times, they are. But they are more commonly associated with Edgar Allan Poe, the prolific poet and romantic-era author who made the short story famous. If Poe...

  Everywhere you look there are words. There are words on billboards, on the web, in books, in newspapers, on TV, in magazines, on signs, and in stores. Words are everywhere. What would we do without them? This is why vocabulary development is so important. Words are the way we understand our wo...

August marks the 40th anniversary of the legendary rock festival Woodstock which took place in upstate New York in 1969. As political, cultural and social turbulence took place within mainstream America during the 1960's, music reflected that unrest, and fueled many popular symbols, phrases, and ...

In recent news President Obama discusses healthcare reform and urges Congress to act quickly so that a new healthcare system can be put into place.  A recent poll found that approximately half of the American people disapprove of the way the President is handling the healthcare issue. That means ...

When our students turn on their computer, radio, television, or iPhone, they are bombarded with messages and advertisements that scream "One Million in Retirement May Not Be Enough!" , "Five Small Stocks That Pay Big Dividends!",  "Secrets to Better Banking!", and "Save or Pay Down Debt?!". What ...

When Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, he intended to land somewhere else. Oops. Too bad he didn't have the right map. The lessons below can help students learn about geography, and maps in a creative and practical way through hands-on map-making and interdisciplinary projects. These ...

Have you ever taught a class right after recess? Have you ever taught a class right after lunch? As teachers we've all noticed that food affects physiology. Yes, there really is such a thing as a "sugar high". The group of students that were half asleep at 7:30 am, the same ones that you wanted t...

Beautiful literature and awe-inspiring stories are essentially artistically patterned words. Color to the visual artist is what words are to the writer. So why would any creator want to rush through his masterpiece? But for some odd reason, student writers often want to race through their writing...