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Direct linkShort, Kathy, Ed.; Day, Deanna, Ed.; Schroeder, Jean, Ed. – Stenhouse Publishers, 2016
In today's globally connected world, it is essential for students to have an understanding of multiple cultures and perspectives. In this edited collection, Kathy Short, Deanna Day, and Jean Schroeder bring together fourteen educators who use global children's literature to help students explore their own cultural identities. The book lays out why…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Childrens Literature, Global Approach
Lehman, Barbara A.; Freeman, Evelyn B.; Scharer, Patricia L. – Corwin, 2010
With an increasingly diverse nation and an ever-smaller world, global awareness is a necessity for today's students. This unique and indispensable handbook shows how teachers can use global literature to help students expand their worldview while developing increased respect for cultural diversity. The authors explain how to infuse global…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Childrens Literature, Academic Standards, Cultural Pluralism
Berninger, Virginia W.; Wolf, Beverly – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
Students in Ginger Berninger's research studies "showed significant improvement in their reading and writing" after using these lessons--now available to teachers for the first time ever in one convenient book! A state-of-the-art set of lesson plans that can be used for differentiated instruction of students with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and OWL LD,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Individualized Instruction, Lesson Plans
Tate, Marcia L. – Corwin, 2012
Best-selling author Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark "dendrite-growing" teaching strategies to this practitioner-friendly collection of brain-compatible methods for engaging K-12 students in social studies. Included are 20 proven strategies and more than 200 grade-leveled activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Learner Engagement, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning
Download full textHerczog, Michelle M.; Porter, Priscilla – Center for Civic Education, 2010
The democratic aim of American education is to provide "all" students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become informed, effective, and responsible citizens. Like civic education itself, literacy education can be embraced by all teachers across all disciplines. There are strategies that all teachers can use to help address…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Processes, Vocabulary Development, Reading Strategies
Herczog, Michelle M.; Porter, Priscilla – Center for Civic Education, 2010
The democratic aim of American education is to provide "all" students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become informed, effective, and responsible citizens. Like civic education itself, literacy education can be embraced by all teachers across all disciplines. There are strategies that all teachers can use to help address…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Processes, Vocabulary Development, Reading Strategies
Nappi, Andrew T., Ed. – 1993
This book describes award-winning teacher-developed projects and courses in economics. The reports are condensed versions of the original projects and are divided into grade levels. Primary Level includes: "Peanut Economics" (Janet Lancaster; Dena L. Meade); "Consumer Education Circus" (Pearl Eloshway; Linda McGeehan); "Critter Cards" (Joyce G.…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Nappi, Andrew T., Ed. – 1994
This book describes award-winning teacher-developed projects and courses in economics. The reports are condensed versions of the original projects and are divided into grade levels. Primary Level includes: "Primary Pickle People Packed a Peck of Pickle Economics" (Karen L. Cragg; Katherine J. Van Horn); "Fabulous Economics" (Elizabeth B.…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Zimmer, Judith A. – 1993
This manual for elementary and secondary teachers is intended to facilitate the teaching of conflict resolution through the national Teens, Crime and the Community Program (TCC), a joint effort of the National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law and the National Crime Prevention Council. As part of TCC, students are shown how to organize…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Law Related Education
Drum, Jan; Hughes, Steve; Otero, George – 1994
This book provides 74 learning activities to help K-12 students, college students, and even seniors develop the global perspective needed for the 21st century. Each learning exercise is preceded by an introduction that sets the theme of the activity and states its purpose or objective. Appropriate age or grade use and gives instructions on how to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Instructional Materials
Veltze, Linda, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book is comprised of seven annotated regional resource guides to selected print and nonprint materials for grades K-8. Each regional bibliography is divided into state sections identifying materials that relate to the history, culture, geography, resources, industries, literature and lore, and famous figures of the states in the region. This…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Sharp, Pat Tipton, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book is comprised of seven annotated regional resource guides to selected print and nonprint materials for grades K-8. Each regional bibliography is divided into state sections identifying materials that relate to the history, culture, geography, resources, industries, literature and lore, and famous figures of the states in the region. This…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Brodie, Carolyn S., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book is comprised of seven annotated regional resource guides to selected print and nonprint materials for grades K-8. Each regional bibliography is divided into state sections identifying materials that relate to the history, culture, geography, resources, industries, literature and lore, and famous figures of the states in the region. This…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Cheek, Dennis W., Ed.; Kohut, Sylvester, Jr., Ed. – 1992
This handbook is designed to provide basic background information on the social studies curriculum, as well as current information on publications, standards, and special materials for K-12 social studies. The introduction provides an overview of the ideologies and philosophies that have affected U.S. curriculum through the years. The volume is…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Altmann, Antonin, Ed. – 1986
This selected and annotated bibliography, compiled at the Central Library of the Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, contains citations of 425 documents that can be used for teaching geography. Annotations of articles that originally appeared in English language journals have been deleted from this translated version. Each entry contains…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geography
