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Wilfong, Lori – Eye on Education, 2013
Update your vocabulary practices to meet the Common Core and improve students' word knowledge! This new, clearly-structured guide shows you how. It's packed with engaging, research-based, classroom-ready strategies for teaching vocabulary. Topics include: (1) Selecting meaningful words for direct instruction; (2) Strategies for engaging students…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Second Language Learning, Direct Instruction, Vocabulary Development
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Vanden, Harry E. – Social Education, 2007
In this article, the author points out that in this increasingly visual world, outstanding films can engage classes and lift the curtain on the cultures and modern history of Latin America. He recommends some of the most gripping and perceptive films on this topic, and offers advice on how teachers can provide the background to these dramas and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Latin American History, Films, Modern History