In a role as the director of tourism for a student-selected city, state, or country, learners conduct online research to create travel newsletters enticing tourists to visit their chosen areas. Newsletter content includes location,...

Learn about the civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination in jobs, education, housing, public accommodations, and voting.

After Reconstruction, states in the South passed laws that barred African Americans from voting and segregated schools, restaurants, and public accommodations.

This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that it was constitutional to keep black and white people segregated as long as the accommodations for each race were "equal." Students learn about the concept of...

"Wazaramo" is the preferred name for the people who live in the coastal area of Tanzania, in the vicinity of the capital city, Dar es Salaam. "Wazaramo" refers to the ethnic group, "Mzaramo" to an individual, and "Kizaramo" to the...

The iconic twin towers of downtown Manhattan's World Trade Center were a triumph of human imagination and will. Completed in 1973, the towers stood at 110 stories each, accommodating 50,000 workers and 200,000 daily visitors in 10...

This mini-instructional activity explores the Supreme Court's decision that required the Professional Golf Association to accommodate competitors with disabilities in its tournaments. Students learn about the Americans with Disabilities...

Humans have a great capacity to accommodate to changes in physical environments. Flood, drought, and even global warming lead pragmatic peasants and farmers to assess current ways of operating and seek ways to maximize production....

Explore Disability Employment law and career information using the Employment Spot career resources.

Technology-and especially the subset of technology tools known as assistive technology-can be an effective element of the writing curriculum for students with disabilities. Assistive technology (AT) can be defined as a technology that...

This is an excellent resource on the life and work of the Swiss educational psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980).

This site is the home page for the Disabilities Resources Organization. You may wish to choose the link to your state to find local agencies and organizations. The link to "Alphabet Soup" lists acronyms--it is a great link to follow.

Learn how to identify students who are both learning disabled and gifted and help keep them interested in class activities, prevent them from falling behind, and encourage them to explore and demonstrate their academic and creative...

At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that people associate certain conflict styles more strongly with women than with men (and vice versa) and that people often act "as expected to" by their culture in conflict. It is...

Are you interested in learning about special education issues in college planning? This guidance site has developed an extensive list of resources related to special education issues.

A lesson plan to help students interact with each other. The focus is on special education, but could be used productively in any elementary classroom.

This well thought out article introduces dyslexia to teachers, as well as causes and symptoms of dyslexia. The author also includes a synopsis of the teacher's role, and teaching methods designed for students with dyslexia. This site is...

Students must pass a high stakes tests to graduate high school. These tests are a major barrier for students with learning disabilities who often do not test well. Accommodations can help. Learn how to help children with learning...

As more and more American households acquired telephones, the pressure was on to create a better cable to accommodate the increasing demand. Engineers Lloyd Espenschied and Herman Affel answered the call.

This site details "proposed extensions of clef notations for abc." The author has suggested a method of "extending the abc syntax to accommodate clefs other than the treble clef." The author makes it very clear in the opening two...

This lesson plan explores the adaptation of life forms through natural selection to fill various niches and accommodate changing environmental conditions.

This site has a list of questions that can be utilized in very common situations when traveling and checking into hotels. Click on the underlined Spanish words to hear how they're pronounced.

"The basic reason for this international attention was the unquestionable fact that Piaget was the founding father of a branch of psychology that tries to unravel the mysteries of the human mind, how it grows and how it comes to know."...

At the end of this lesson, the learner will understand the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Assessment and the five conflict styles it presents. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Overview of 5 Conflict Styles."