It's important for teachers to have a strong support system—especially in the first few years of their career. Help teachers' partners, spouses, and friends understand the most compassionate ways to provide emotional support with a...

Here's a switch--a lesson plan designed for prepare class members for a substitute! The plan highlights six behaviors that demonstrate respect and responsibility. 

What are the benefits of developing social awareness? Using the resource, readers learn strategies for fostering civil discourse, creating a participatory classroom, and enhancing family involvement. Scholars also take a personality...

What self-management techniques help scholars achieve their goals? Readers review a list of strategies for managing stress, increasing motivation, and setting goals. They discover how to monitor their emotions, create checklists to stay...

A PowerPoint presentation prepares instructors for teaching learners about self-efficacy, a key competency of social-emotional learning. The 29-page presentation is designed to give administrators and teachers a deeper understanding of...

Research-based programs for beginning reading instruction provide comprehensive, well-organized instructional plans and practice opportunities that allow all students to make sense of reading. It offers two free downloads: Beginning...

A learning module that begins with the poem "Out Where the West Begins" by Arthur Chapman, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

This is a great resource for beginning band and orchestra students. You will find informative articles, information about musical instruments and general advice about joining band and orchestra.

This site from ibiblio.org gives a detailed biography on Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel until 1983.

This site from the Nobel Foundation of the Nobel eMuseum allows you to read about Menachem Begin (1913-1992 CE), who shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize with Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat. This article includes a general overview of Begin's...

Describes the beginning of the Great Depression in Germany and how Hitler's tactics now shifted to getting himself elected in order to achieve his goals.

A learning module that begins with "Orphans' Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape a Child's Brain" by Jon Hamilton, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...

Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" by James Wright provided by the Academy of American Poets.

Very thorough account of the life of Menachem Begin, the 6th Prime Minister of Israel, detailing his many accomplishments.

A Zionist, peacemaker, and politician, Begin became Prime Minister of Israel in 1977. Here you can learn his life story including winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Camp David Accords.

For this lesson plan, learners will consider Lesson 1: The Phoenicians and the Beginnings of the Alphabet. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.

How did the universe begin and how is it expanding? CERN physicist Tom Whyntie shows how cosmologists and particle physicists explore these questions by replicating the heat, energy, and activity of the first few seconds of our universe,...

Beginning level exercises on the process of dam building. Examines dam building from the human and animal perspectives.

A five question quiz over the concepts about the beginning of life on Earth. Test your knowledge of this topics.

A gallery of information about how life begin and became more complex.

This primary set uses photographs, letters, posters, and publications to explore the beginnings of the American Red Cross under the initial leadership of Clara Barton. Includes teaching guide.

The resources in this set highlight the artists and sounds that were central to the rock 'n' roll musical genre that contributed to social and cultural change in America beginning in the 1950s.

English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of ten nouns needed in beginning English.

English for Everyone, a site geared to English Language Learners, shares answer keys for 20 of its low-beginning level worksheets.