Today Is World Refugee Day — Here Are More Resources
Today is World Refugee Day and here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day: The Refugee Project “is an interactive map of refugee migrations around the world in each year since 1975. UN data is complemented by original histories of the major refugee crises of the last four decades, situated in their individual contexts.” There Are More Displaced People In the Wor
Design A Transit System For…Anyplace
Transitmix lets you easily create a mass transit system for any city or town in the world, including how much it would cost to run. No registration is required, and you’re given a link to your creation. You can read more about it at Gizmodo. Thanks to Grant Wiggins for the tip. You might also be interested in The “All-Time” Best Ways To Create Online Content Easily & Quickly.
Video: “Iraq Explained — ISIS, Syria and War”
I’m adding this video to The Best Web Resources On The Iraq War:
More Good Resources On Race
Here are new additions to A Collection Of Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On Race & Racism: If Affirmative Action Is Doomed, What’s Next? is from The New York Times. Here’s a commentary on that piece: It's also not clear to me that those who oppose "race-based affirmative action" won't oppose a proxy for "race-based affirmative action." — Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoa
Friday’s New World Cup Resources
Here are today’s additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The 2014 World Cup In Brazil: The 2014 World Cup, Part I is a photo gallery from The Atlantic. These 8 works of Anti-FIFA Graffiti are Covering The Streets Of Brazil is from Fascinating Pics. World Cup 2014 Toolkit: Get in the Rhythm! is from VIF Learning Center. World Cups from Past To Present show video highlights of the past eight
Teaching Complex Texts Requires ‘Getting To Know Your Students’
Teaching Complex Texts Requires ‘Getting To Know Your Students’ is my latest Education Week Teacher post. Today’s post features responses from three educators: Wendi Pillars, Amy Benjamin, and Christopher Lehman. I’ll be posting Part Two in a few days, and will have plenty of space for comments from readers. Here are some excerpts:
6-19-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: June’s Infographics & Interactives Galore – Part ThreeThere are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Interactives Galore.” You can see others at A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists On Infographics and by searching “infographics” on