Help early learners build healthy social and emotional skills with this special collection on promoting kindness, being just, and creating a caring classroom community! These activities, videos, tips, articles, and guides offer...

Concept to Classroom is a free series of award-winning professional development workshops covering important and timely topics in education such as: after-school programs, cooperative and collaborative learning, inquiry-based learning,...

Civics Online offers teachers, students, and parents many excellent resources to enhance the learning of civics in the classroom and at home.

This lesson plan explores opportunities to build connections and community within the classroom based on shared favorite texts. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

Educators can incorporate ESRI GIS into their classroom to enrich geography lessons and use this community to trade ideas with other educators.

Workshop 1 explores the components of a community of writers and what teachers can do to create and foster such a community. After a brief introduction to the goals of all eight workshop sessions, middle school teacher and writing expert...

Classroom Earth is a part of a nationwide community of high school educators teaching about the environment. This resource has many offerings to plan a comprehensive unit on many environmental topics.

Listed here is a wealth of information and articles all pertaining to the idea of critical thinking. Much of the information here can be useful in understanding what critical thinking is and how to apply it to your classroom.

A multi-part NPR program on the views of students about civic participation. Part 1 discusses Voting, Part 2 discusses "Bringing the First Amendment into the Classroom," and Part 3 talks about the strong messages teenagers have grown up...

Teachers have the opportunity to guide students of ways to develop or expand community and school projects through a series of informative and explorative lessons.

This is a topic suggested for a UDL PLS session. Teachers are asked to create a digital story highlighting examples of how they plan for and implement UDL in the classroom, then share it in the PLC.

Exercise in which participants introduce themselves by sharing information about their ethnicities and backgrounds, highlighting the similarity and diversity among members of the class.

Enhance classroom learning about community helpers with this thorough collection of lesson plans, activities, interactive sites and more.

Art Education 2.0 is a social networking site for art teachers run by university professor Craig Roland. Find answers, inspiration, and more from dozens of other art teachers just like yourself who have questions and ideas to share.

A broad view of life as a pioneer or homesteader in the prairie lands of the United States or Canada in the 19th century. Learn about the work and play of pioneer families, and how their towns developed.

ISTE, among its other goals, seeks to provide the education community with access to high-quality professional development and organizational development services "to support and improve learning, teaching, and administration in K?12...

Our Virtual Professional Learning Series is created for teachers-by teachers-to bring together content experts and educators from all backgrounds. With an emphasis on fun, engaging, accessible, and free tools for classrooms, these...

The "Seeing Reason Mapping Tool" is a free online tool that teachers and students can use to foster cause and effect understanding. Teachers must register for free access and set up projects; then their students can use the projects...

A variety of activities, resources, and tips designed to help kids explore cultural diversity within their own communities and around the world. All suggestions based on books from the "Arthur" series, which airs on most PBS stations....

Get the creative juices flowing while students work on activities for a community Fourth of July celebration.

Sixth graders will role play with the teacher to reinforce classroom procedures.

Start With Hello asks students, educators, parents, and other community leaders who interact with children to take steps in class, the lunchroom and/or on the bus to be inclusive and connected. This easy-to-use guide is designed to...

School in the Park is a unique program connecting inner city schools and students with academic and cultural experiences through local museums to offer opportunities which might not otherwise be available to them. This particular program...

How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.