Pay Teachers More: One Solution to Increasing the Quality of Education
What’s one easy way to improve the quality of education? That’s easy: pay teacher’s more. Higher salaries will attract more quality …
Continue Reading3rd Grade Math Lesson on Finding the Area with Decomposition and Addition
Students will investigate the concept of areas of rectangular figures by decomposing rectilinear figures and addition of the areas of the decomposed …
Continue ReadingFinding the Area of Rectangular Figures in the Real World: 3rd Grade Math Lesson
Students will investigate the concept of area of rectangular figures in real world and mathematical problems by multiplying the two sides of the …
Continue ReadingMath Lesson for Grade 3: Finding Area using a Model of the Distributive Property
Students will investigate the concept of areas of rectangular figures by using area models to represent the distributive property. They will also use …
Continue Reading3rd Grade Math Lesson on Finding the Area of Figures using Unit Squares
Students will investigate the concept of area by using “unit squares”(square cm, square m, square in, square ft) to determine the area of geometric …
Continue ReadingA 3rd Grade Math Lesson on Finding the Area of Rectangles Using Multiplication
Students will investigate the concept of area of rectangular figures by tiling the figures using “unit squares” and comparing the areas to the …
Continue ReadingFinding the Area of Figures using Unit Squares: Grade 3 Math Lesson
Students will investigate the concept of area by using “unit squares” to determine the area of geometric figures such as, squares, rectangles, and …
Continue ReadingPaint the Harvest: High School Art Lesson on Harvest Paintings
Let students explore the tradition of harvest paining by creating their own unique harvest art!
Continue ReadingCreate a Pumpkin Patch Pastel Painting: Middle School Seasonal Art Lesson
Introduce your students to the beauty of painting with warm lights and cool shadows! This art lesson is appropriate for middle or high school …
Continue ReadingSusannah Heschel, Harold Kushner & Joshua Rubenstein on Forgiveness: Teaching "The Sunflower" in High School
Do you think it’s right to forgive someone for atrocities committed against another person? This lesson examines three more responses from …
Continue ReadingThe Middle East Today & Reflection Assessments on "The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness" High School Lesson
How can we apply what we’ve learned about the Holocaust to the present day? Finish up your unit with an overview of the state of the middle east …
Continue ReadingDennis Prager & Desmond Tutu on Forgiveness: High School English Lesson
This lesson compares the responses of Dennis Prager and Desmond Tutu to Wiesenthal’s question on forgiveness. The two come to very different …
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