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Summer Learning At Home

26 Lessons and Resources

All educators and parents want to motivate their students to keep working hard—even when they’re not in school! It is important that students continue to study, and it might be difficult to keep them engaged in learning when they aren’t in the classroom and during a school break.

Use the free resources in this preK-12 collection to support summertime learning and learning at home anytime. These activities are guaranteed to help students have fun while learning and can be used to assess their learning when they return to school.

Summer Learning: Professional Development Webinars and Resources

10 Lessons and Resources, 9 Collections

Summer Learning: You Don't Take a Vacation, Neither Do We

Summer Learning? Yup. We know, as teachers, school support staff, education professionals and parents, you’re incredibly dedicated to giving our kids your all. And that continues over the weekends, during summer break and even holidays! We took a close look at how Share My Lesson members spend their summers—and the numbers speak volumes.

Coping with Natural Disasters

45 Lessons and Resources, 4 Collections

Coping with Natural Disasters:

The devastation and loss of life from events such as hurricanes, earthquakes or wildfires can be emotionally damaging to children. These free prek-12 resources and lesson plans will help you, your students and your school understand and cope with natural disasters.

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Women's Soccer: How the U.S. Winning the World Cup is the Perfect Civics Lesson

PBS NewsHour Extra

2019-07-09

Summary: U.S. Women's Soccer World Cup Win The U.S. women’s soccer team won its fourth FIFA World Cup on Sunday against the Netherlands in a 2-0...

Activist rallying a crowd protesting conditions stemming from today's border crisis

Border Crisis Lesson Plan: The Power of Photographs from Vietnam to Today

PBS NewsHour Extra

2019-07-09

Border Crisis Lesson Overview We encourage you to read through the whole lesson and complete the questions that make the most sense for you and your...

Children exiting the one room schoolhouse in Cody, Wyoming.

One Room Schoolhouse: What's it Like?

PBS NewsHour Extra

2019-07-02

What's it like teaching and learning in a one room schoolhouse? The one-room schoolhouse may seem like a distant memory from U.S. history, but about...

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Proven Methods to Counter Childhood Adversity

American Federation of Teachers

2019-07-01

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As the research in this issue of American Educator makes clear, experiences of childhood adversity literally change the brain and negatively impact...

Helping Students Build a Growth Mindset

Barbara R. Blackburn

2019-06-26

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Discussing the difference between a fixed and growth mindset and how to foster our students' abilities to adapt and overcome challenges. There is a...

Dehumanization and Indifference: Responding to Anti-Immigrant Narratives in Schools

Re-Imagining Migration

2019-06-25

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Note: This post contains sensitive content regarding the pain and stories related to dehumanization and indifference. I don’t remember the first anti...

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