Why You Need a Cardboard Box for Black History Month

If you’ve never heard one of your students attempt a southern drawl you must give Box Brown’s Freedom Crate a … More

President’s Day Has Been Rescheduled

These days Presidents’ Day is viewed by most students as merely an extra day off. Here’s how to give meaning … More

February is Black History Month. While I encourage you to acknowledge it with some dedicated activities, I’m also reminded that … More

I was seven years old when the Apollo 11 mission blasted off for the moon in mid-July of 1969. I … More

I have a theory about Walt Disney. Disney, of course, is known for animation. Way back in 1928—almost a century … More

Here are ten great paired texts with which to recognize black history month while meeting numerous Language Arts standards. All … More

One of the things I find fascinating—and disturbing—about photos from the Civil Rights era are the faces in the crowd. … More

Celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy and teach his core values with any of a number of plays available on my … More

In honor of Labor Day, the Washington Post published an excellent feature on Lewis Hine, whose photography a century ago … More

In case you weren’t aware, March was Women’s History Month. Celebrating the contributions of women to history, though, needn’t be … More