Students read about AP calculus online. In this calculus lesson, students learn real life usage for calculus. They read about instructors and their experience teaching and incorporating calculus into the real world.

Young scholars read an article to explain the reasoning behind theorems. In this calculus lesson, students understand the underlying principles of theorems and how it helps them make sense of the problems. They know why they do what they...

This article surveys three strategies to incorporate into classroom repertoire. They include guided reading, choral reading, and readers' theater.

This article provides tips for using nonfiction with guided reading and independent reading. The following strategies are shared: ways to help kids select "just right" nonfiction books; lessons to use with nonfiction in guided reading...

This lesson focuses on the importance and purpose of reading. It features an article entitled "The Benefits of Leisure Reading."

Even though this article is aimed at young guitarists, this is an excellent read for any young musician. This well- written column provides strong legitimate reasons for considering private lessons.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This read aloud passage shares the fable of a monkey that other animals did not trust. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...

How you can use Khan Academy's content for in-class guided and independent practice.

Learn how pilot libraries in the Revitalizing High School Libraries Initiative, seeking to support adolescent literacy, doubled their circulation, increased visits from students and teachers, and expanded the role of library media...

Research and ideas about the use of technology to aid in reaching content area literacy goals.

Research and ideas about the benefits of implementing project-based learning.

Research and ideas about developing literacy communities for special needs students to practice literacy skills.

Readings, activities, and lesson plans from KIND News Online. Teach children social responsibility with focus on animal protection and environmental conservation. News articles available in both English and Spanish.

From lesson plans and classroom tools to free books and opportunities to publish students' work, nonprofit organizations have a lot to offer parents, teachers, and struggling readers themselves. Learn about some nonprofits with a...

Many people in America and the rest of the world are currently struggling to have enough to eat. Learn about the hunger crisis, view a map of the world hunger problem and read about the work being done to help those in need.

This teaching tool focuses on teaching poetry in less than 10 minutes per day. Turn your students into poetry pros with a quick structured poetry analysis. Focus Poetry is a technique of shared reading that provides multiple...

Learn how to spot inferences plus strategies for answering reading comprehension questions.

Read about the economic downturn of the 1970s and the OPEC oil embargo of 1973-1974.

Read about the tense 1962 standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union that nearly resulted in nuclear war.

Read about the impact of nuclear proliferation in the 1950s, including fears of atomic bombs and increasing militarization.

Read about resistance to desegregation and the nine African American students who dared to integrate Little Rock's Central High School.

Read about the brutal murder of a fourteen-year-old boy that became a rallying point for the Civil Rights Movement.

Read about the US's early attempts to contain communism through economic and military aid.

As the United States became a major industrial power, conflict between workers and factory owners intensified. Read about the Homestead Strike and the Pullman Strike, two of the most famous labor battles in American history.