10 Compelling Paired Texts for Black History Month

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

The Face of Hate—Why We Need to Teach Black History

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

That last week before Christmas vacation can be a real doozy. While thoughts of sugar plums may not derail that … More

I’ve just released a new reader’s theater play script. I put it together early in the summer but have waited … More

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

Technology has it benefits, but sometimes I wish I could go back to teaching the way it was when there … More

Folks have been pestering me about why I haven’t released any new plays lately. Like you, I’m a practicing classroom … More

Yup, the last weeks of the school year can be rough. The end is near, and the kids (and teachers) … 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