The Institute for Humane Education has a great collection of activities, many of which could be used with English language learners. Most of them are aimed at younger learners, but many could also be used effectively with adults. I haven’t yet had a chance to go through the whole site, but I took […]
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The Institute for Humane Education
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments
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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: human rights · fair trade · maps · k-12 · history · racism · child labor · food and hunger · global issues activities · reading · war · politics · poverty & wealth · blog
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 […]
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A Class Divided
July 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
A Class Divided is a wonderful episode of Frontline that shows an ingenious two-day activity undertaken by the third grade class of teacher Jane Elliot. In this activity, devised the night Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Elliot divides her class into blue-eyes and brown-eyes. On the first day, the blue-eyed students are […]
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Global Issues Activities for K-12 ESL Classes
July 17th, 2009 · No Comments
I was recently asked for suggestions for materials that could be used with younger learners. Here are a few of my favorites.
Facing the Future has a collection of activity-based, global issues lesson plans for students of all ages. In addition to the great stuff they offer for sale, they have a ton of […]
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