Suit Up with Kindred Spirits: Professional Resources for Summertime

When we saw that Share My Lesson’s theme for the week was “Summer Learning at Home,” we started thinking about our own summer learning and what professional development opportunities we love and could share. While working on this post, we also discovered some new resources we are excited to pursue ourselves. 

U.S. Pulls Out of Paris Climate Agreement

Sharing My Lessons: Curating a Class

Teachers rarely have enough time to reflect; after all, the days keep on coming, and our students need us to be present, not worrying about yesterday or tomorrow.

Kindred Spirits: The Art of Expression

Several months ago, we received a message from a Los Angeles-based photographer, Jamie Siragusa. She was working on a project titled “Love Us All,” which provides art therapy to help children express their feelings about current events in our country.   At the time, she was working with kids from the Variety Boys and Girls Club in Los Angeles. She started her sessions by asking students to describe how they felt about the way people are treating one another in today’s society. Articulating their feelings with language proved challenging. However, once she provided tools such as paint and markers, they began to express themselves with ease, and Jamie photographed the process and the students’ finished pieces...

Why I Write

Preface from SML Lesson Plan Wizard Katie Gould

Guide to Summer Reading for Teachers

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School Napping Pods Help Reduce Stress

Chronic stress and lack of sleep seem to be the new normal for American teens. Most teens are not getting the 9-10 hours of sleep a night that their bodies require. As a result, some schools are purchasing nap pods—reclining chairs with a dome that blocks out light. The idea is that students can use the pods for 20-minute periods of rest and relaxation. These naps can boost memory and attention and help students perform throughout the day. Listen to learn more about the challenges facing modern teens and how nap pods can help.

The Rule of Law and Why It Matters

John Carey, professor of government at Dartmouth University, believes that next to free and fair elections, one of the most important defining characteristics of democracy is the rule o

What can we gain from useless knowledge?

Robbert Dijkgraaf discusses the relevance of Abraham Flexner’s 1939 essay, “The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge,” to the way we fund scientific research today.