Making Connections is a new textbook (w/ teacher’s guide) from Facing the Future. This new research-based teacher’s guide helps students develop English language skills through highly engaging real-world investigations of current global issues. Designed for intermediate-level English language learners and striving readers, Making Connections combines language learning with opportunities for students to think critically about [...]
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Making Connections: Engaging Students in Language, Literacy, and Global Issues
March 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: ESL activity · blog · climate change · food and hunger · global issues activities · health · history · human rights · k-12 · poverty & wealth · racism · reading · textbooks · the environment · visual prompts · war · water · writing
A Young People’s History of the United States
February 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
I just became aware of A Young People’s History of the United States,a version of Howard Zinn’s classic targeted towards younger readers. I haven’t seen the book myself yet, but I suspect that it would work well with English learners, too.
Tags: blog · child labor · fair trade · food and hunger · global issues activities · history · human rights · k-12 · maps · politics · poverty & wealth · racism · reading · war
Rest in Peace: Howard Zinn (1922-2010)
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Howard Zinn passed away on Wednesday. He is one of my favorite authors and educators, and he will certainly be missed. Recently, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change launched the Zinn Education Project, a collection of resources for teaching A People’s History of the United States. There are tons of great materials here for introducing [...]
Tags: blog · global issues activities · history · human rights · k-12 · politics · poverty & wealth · racism · reading · war