Help for Spring Fever in the Classroom

Trees and flowers aren’t the only things blossoming right now. Your students, having spent much of the year under your … More

You Say It’s a Merry Christmas? Be Forewarned!

Christmas can be terrifying . . . especially if you don’t believe. That’s the theme-defining line from Gabriel Grub, Charles … More

I noticed the artificial Christmas trees arrived at my local home store even before the inflatable Frankensteins and motion-activated witches … More

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

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

TeachersPayTeachers has grown immensely over the last decade. Back when I first started using it as a secondary market for … More

Ah, politics. Everywhere you turn, folks are questioning the qualifications and competencies of each of the current candidates for the … More

Just as all television families seem to live in mini mansions, whenever TV-world students put on plays, the sets are … More

Buzz about Oprah Winfrey’s new movie Selma is shining a light on the Selma to Montgomery March. The film, which … More

Many kids begin school already knowing how to read. They haven’t had formal lessons. Their parents haven’t been trained in … More