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Writing historical fiction calls for lots of research. Language, clothing, housing, technology are just the tip of the factual iceberg when it comes to building a story based on actual events. Use the following fictional titles, selected by Junior Library Guild editors, to support the Common Core while leading middle schoolers to the facts.
Angela Johnson and E. B. Lewis’s beautiful and evocative and 'All Different Now' (S&S, 2014) commemorates the first Juneteenth (June 19, 1865), when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with the long-delayed news of emancipation.
Crafting standards-based lessons has taught our 'Curriculum Connections' columnists a thing or two. They share their insights in this article.
Seventy years ago, on June 6, 1944, Allied troops launched an audacious assault on a 50-mile expanse of heavily defended coastline in Normandy, France. These resources on the historic event incorporate dynamic writing, stunning visuals, and plentiful primary source materials.
"There’s power in firsthand advice from people in the field who have been recognized for their excellence and expertise" and educators looking to reinvigorate their teaching need look no further than these two books for tips and suggestions on how to do so.
South Carolina recently joined Indiana and Oklahoma as one of the three states that adopted Common Core State Standards—only to repeal them.
In his last column, Marc Aronson raised a number of questions about the recently released Common Sense Media brief on "Children, Teens, and Reading." Seeta Pai, Vice President of Research at Common Sense Media, responds.
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Since All Creatures Great & Small was first published 25 years ago, readers have been delighted with the storytelling genius of James Herriot, the Yorkshire veterinarian whose fascinating vignettes brim with the wonder of life, animal and human. And now there are free Common Core correlations available for use in your classrooms.
If you are connected to a university, you’ve likely already gotten your annual dose of inspiration. If you are connected to a high school, you are either awaiting that traditional commencement moment, or preparing for it. Commencement speeches are also interesting to study. They are primary sources. They are models for learning about rhetoric. And [...]
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