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“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." -George Santayana" This quote is also attributed to Winston Churchill who repeated it in a speech to make it historical. It's as true today as it has been always. Tеасhіng history in оur ѕсhооlѕ is very іmроrtаnt, аnd it іѕ fаіrlу оbvіоuѕ bу thе wау the American vоtеr vоtеѕ, that thеу rеаllу don't knоw thеіr hіѕtоrу vеrу wеll. Fоr іnѕtаnсе Hіtlеr wаѕ a ѕосіаlіѕt, аnd ѕосіаlіѕm Read More...

21 Mar

6 Best Practices for Teaching Fractions

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Blog, Grades 6-9, Math Best Practices

"Students must adopt new rules for fractions very often with well-established ideas about whole numbers. For example, when ordering fractions like numerators, students learn that 1/3 is a lot less than 1/2. With whole numbers, however, 3 is higher than 2." The difficulty students have with fractions mustn't be surprising with the complexity of the concepts involved. Students must adopt new rules for fractions very often with well-established ideas about whole numbers. For example, when ordering fractions like numerators, students Read More...

15 Mar

15 Best Practices for How to Write a Narrative

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Grades 10-12, Grades 6-9, Writing Best Practices

"A narrative essay could possibly be "about" a specific issue, theme, or concept, nevertheless it uses a personal story as an instance or idea." Narrative essays can be assigned items of writing at different stages through school. Typically, assignments involve telling an account from your own life that connects with class themes. It can be a fun form of assignment to create, when you approach it properly. Learn how to pick a good topic, get yourself a solid rough draft Read More...

09 Mar

6 Best Practices to Writing an Argumentative Essay

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Grades 10-12, Grades 6-9, Writing Best Practices

"There are two sides to every single argument topic, and there must be valid information to back up and oppose both sides." Essays are extremely common in senior high school and college, and you’re usually forced to write these essays without much input from the teacher about them. Much of your discovering the types of essays is anticipated to have derived from elementary school and junior-senior high school. Argumentative essays are discussing topics that result in an argument. There are Read More...

29 Feb

6 Best Practices to Writing an Informational Text Essay

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Grades 10-12, Grades 6-9, Writing Best Practices

"The art of writing a polished essay requires extreme focus to detail." Some students possess an innate talent for writing a compelling paper, and some require a tighter methodology to obtain the same results. While natural writing abilities may differ from student to student, an excellent writing process can improve most results. Many in the standard writing practices found in the current education system have long roots hashed out several years ago. Proven methodology and technologies can help the existing Read More...

24 Feb

Why I Teach Short Story 5

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Story 5: Challenges A Short Short Story to Inspire -- Challenges we teachers face (and students) Stephanie Curtis’ math class was having a tough week and today didn’t promise to be any better. They had been working through percentages and were getting frustrated because they just weren’t getting it. Stephanie was ready to just give up as well. She was doing her best to walk with them through the concepts, but didn’t seem to be getting anywhere. “Can we just try something Read More...

20 Feb

Why I Teach Short Story 4

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Story 4: Primates at the Zoo A Short Short Story to Inspire The bus pulled up to the front of the zoo entrance and Zach Burton’s third grade class began to file out. “Over here, guys!” Zach called out as he motioned them over to the front gate. They each made their way through the gate and then Zach tried to corral them at the bronze lion statue that greeted them just inside. “OK, we’ve got a lot to see and a fun Read More...

15 Feb

Why I Teach Short Story 3

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Story 3: Group Work? A Short Short Story to Inspire Having a class period right after lunch had its up side and its down side. The up side was that students’ bellies were full so they weren’t thinking about food…as much. The down side was that… their bellies were full and tended to put them into a sleep coma sometimes. Today, though, things were going well. Laura had them working on some group assignments together, doing research with their tablets and Read More...

10 Feb

Why I Teach Short Story 2

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Story 2: Corny Jokes and All A Short Short Story to Inspire The students filed into Brad Power’s seventh grade English class. He was just about to close the door when one last straggler came around the corner. “Glad you could make it Mr. Miller,” Brad said with a grin, as he patted Dylan on his backpack. “It wouldn’t be the same without you.” “I doubt it,” Dylan mumbled as he headed to his seat. Brad closed the door and headed to his Read More...

04 Feb

Why I Teach: A Short Short Story to Inspire

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Story 1: Does Anyone Care? A Short Short Story to Inspire “Class, please turn to page 35 in your textbooks,” Laura said, looking out on her sixth grade Social Studies class. It had been a rough day already and her students weren’t helping. Most of them weren’t paying attention, several were texting, others just talking, a few poking each other. “Can I get a volunteer to read…” Laura’s voice continued on, but in her head she could hear her words trailing Read More...