The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe has everything an ELA teacher could ask for — it’s short, spooky, and…
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Of Mice and Men Unit Plan Activities and Teaching Ideas
It feels wrong to say that I’ve ever found joy in making high school students cry, but when it comes…
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Ideas for Teaching Journalism in High School
Some of the most powerful learning happens when students have a real audience and a real purpose — and few…
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Teacher Travel: Flexibility is your Currency
One of the great ironies in life is that teachers have lots of time to travel but limited funds to…
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Teaching “The Battle with Mr. Covey” by Frederick Douglass
Teaching classic American literature becomes a lot more engaging when you find an angle that makes it relative to modern…
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Unhinged Things I’ve Done to Travel as a Teacher
When I was growing up, I thought my teachers were rich because they got to travel. They would spend their…
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