Cinco de Mayo Resources
Cinco de Mayo, May 5th, commemorates the defeat of the French by the Mexican Army in 1862. It’s a national holiday in Mexico, and is celebrated by Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Teaching & Learning About Cinco de Mayo.
British Pathé Makes 85,000 Historical Clips Available On YouTube
I’m just going to begin with a quote from Open Culture: British Pathé was one of the leading producers of newsreels and documentaries during the 20th Century. This week, the company, now an archive, is turning over its entire collection — over 85,000 historical films – to YouTube. The archive — which spans from 1896 to 1976 – is a goldmine of footage, containing movies of some of the most importa
Updated Holocaust Resources
From The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust and created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a permanent living memorial to the victims. Holocaust remembrance week is April 27–May 4, 2014. I have multiple Holocaust-related “Best” lists, and you can find them all at The Best Sites For
Ideas For Finishing The School Year Strong & Beginning The Summer Even Stronger
A very popular excerpt from one of my books was titled “Finishing The School Year Strong” was published both at Education Week Teacher and at Edutopia. It’s very practical, and here’s an excerpt: Okay, so that’s for dealing with these last several weeks of school. Is there anything we can do to set-up our students for continuing their academic success in July and August? When there were funds for
“Dissecting Grades: What Do They Mean, What Are They Worth?” Is My New BAM! Radio Program
Dissecting Grades: What Do They Mean, What Are They Worth? is the title of my new ten-minute BAM! Radio program. My guest is Rick Wormeli. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Grading Practices.
Study: Gratitude Increases Self-Control
I’ve written in the past about my use of “Reflection Cards” in the classroom, including the research behind them (you can download a copy of the card and read the research at my post, Giving Students “Reflection Cards.” Research shows that self-control can be replenished by both self-affirmation exercises and by remembering better times. So, I created cards that I sometimes give to students when
Book Reviews – & Shakespeare – In Three Panels
I’ve previously posted about Lisa Brown’s “Three Panel Book Reviews” that formerly appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle. They’re great models for student projects. I recently learned about how another artist uses this “three panel” idea, though Mya Gosling uses it to summarizes Shakespeare’s plays. You can see all of her work here, and they’re more great models for student work. I’m adding thi
4-16-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Surprise, Surprise — Study Finds Shouting At Children “creates further discipline problems”To few teachers surprise, a new study has found that shouting at children is counter-productive. You can read all about it at Shouting at children ‘increases their behaviour problems’ in the British newspaper, The Telegraph. There hav