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Summer Learning: Professional Development Webinars and Resources

10 Lessons and Resources, 11 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.

Shark Science

20 Lessons and Resources, 2 Collections

Sharks are amazing and often misunderstood marine animals. Explore this preK-12 collection all about shark science to get the lesson plans and educational activities you’ll need for the young scientists and curious students you know. Celebrate the educational side of "Shark Week" this year.

Summer Learning with Movies

31 Lessons and Resources

Using movies to teach can provide for valuable learning experiences to keep kids engaged, differentiate instruction and enhance understanding for your students.

Check out Share My Lesson's collection of free preK-12 lessons and educational activities inspired by films and documentaries. You'll find ideas that range from using Disney movies to explore food chains to using the film “National Treasure” to help students investigate primary sources.

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Super Civics 2020: How to get along with our political opposites

PBS NewsHour Extra

2019-07-18

Welcome to “Super Civics 2020,” PBS NewsHour’s new series on civics, designed to help schools engage in thoughtful discussions about democracy,...

Dr. Erika Lee discuss the history of racist language in the U.S.

Racist language, coded speech and the “politics of distraction” in U.S. history

PBS NewsHour Extra

2019-07-18

Read the summary about racist language in U.S. History, watch the video and answer the discussion questions below. You may want to turn on the “CC” (...

Young DC Student Report filming for a story

DC Youth: PBS’ Student Reporting Labs Discover Trove of Stories

PBS NewsHour Extra

2019-07-17

Directions : Watch the video montage below about NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs (SRL) youthjournalism program and answer the discussion questions...

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Teacher discussing topics with children in a trauma-informed classroom

Trauma-Informed Classrooms: An Uphill Battle to Save Our Students

PBS NewsHour Extra

2019-07-18

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Reflections on the Importance of Trauma-Informed Practices in Ferguson, MO I love teaching at Ritenour High School , a public school with about 1,700...

Students in a trauma-informed classroom.

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...

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The lessons that I download from ShareMyLesson.com are lessons that are clearly written and have strong graphics. The visuals are another inroad for my students who may not completely comprehend written instructions.