School violence is becoming an epidemic in America. How can schools protect their teachers—and teach them how to protect their students? Read an important brochure about how violence affects teachers personally, emotionally, financially,...

What is social and emotional learning (SEL), and why is it important? Using a helpful resource, teachers discover ways to enhance SEL in the classroom. They show pupils how to regulate their emotions and behaviors, set personal and...

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...

This complete lesson plan identifies important individuals of the Civil War. Students work together to compile their research into a final project.

Explains what impact socialization has on a person, and how it benefits the individual and larger society.

This site gives brief descriptions of many people currently and historically important to the internet. Includes photos of most of the individuals.

In this interactive lesson, students will identify important Supreme Court cases, evaluate their decisions, explain the precedents they established, and analyze their importance to our society today.

This 2nd grade unit introduces children to the history of environmental protection in the U.S. Beginning with three types of environment - mountain, grass plain and forest - the lessons explore some of the natural resources found in...

Important cases from Aguilar v. Felton to Everson v. Board of Education are reviewed. Discussion questions are included on this site.

Sequencing is an important skill for kindergarten students. This lesson uses nonfiction texts to allow students to make a real-life connection to the skill of sequencing and learn about the plant cycle at the same time! Included are...

The Constitution spelled out the powers of the national government, but many Anti-federalists felt there should be equally explicit a guarantee of individual rights. Read about the compiliation of what became known as the Bill of Rights...

These interviews with individuals central to the development of ISI (import substitution industrialization) in Latin American economies features discussions of the controversial practice of ISI and its subsequent failure to jump start...

Summary of Mill's most important writings as tied to the events in his life. His most controversial was "On Liberty," written in 1859, on the decline of individualism and the fear of mass democracy. Some critics point to the influence of...

"Abaluyia" refers to the nation, tribe, or ethnic group, Omuluyia" to an individual, and "Luluyia" to the language they speak. There are seventeen Luluyia-speaking sub-nations in Western and Nyanza provinces of Kenya. The Abaluyia are...

NOVA Addiction is a film that explores the impact of the opioid epidemic on individuals and society, examines the neurobiology of opioid addiction, and discusses current harm reduction approaches and treatments and how they might be...

The ratification of the Constitution was placed at the hands of the state legislatures. Read about which states supported the ratification, which were opposed, and why. Find out why, even after the requisite number of states had voted...

Many Americans take for granted the freedoms contained in the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. As students play this game, they will discover surprising facts about the story behind the Bill of Rights and gain a clearer...

A podcast [0:39] describing the main characteristics of chemical elements, including the importance of a chemical symbol, atomic number, and atomic mass.

The CIA provides an excellent resource for every country of the world that describes its economy in a nutshell. Important aspects include the type of economy, level of development, unique areas of specialization, major economic events...

Offers tips to help facilitate a meeting effectively. Provides several important suggestions along with examples and details.

Explains what socialization is and its importance in personality formation, and how this process varies between cultures, resulting in the prevalence of different personality types. The socialization of children in different cultures is...

This interactive resource allows students to understand important differences in different types of body language across cultures.

If you've seen the lesson on the one-time pad, you know that it is the ultimate shift cipher. It involves the application of a random list of shifts equal to the length of the message. It's important to understand exactly how and why the...

This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that gave defendants in state criminal courts the right to a lawyer. Students learn about the 6th Amendment right to a lawyer, why the right is important, and how the...