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Bearing Witness to Resistance and Resilience: Holocaust Literature in the ELA Classroom
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Katie Sluiter – English Journal, 2024
The author's eighth-grade ELA curriculum is rich with opportunities for students to bear witness to a variety of experiences. Besides the Holocaust unit, they read "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2018) while exploring police brutality and segregation; "The Giver" by Lois Lowry (1993) while investigating government…
Descriptors: Jews, Death, War, European History
Developing Perspective Consciousness via Middle Grades Trade Books That Feature the Global South(s): A Case for Using Thanhha Lai's "Inside Out and Back Again"
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Elizabeth Barrow; Kathryn Caprino – History Teacher, 2018
Our social studies classrooms are filled with students from many different backgrounds. This article aims to help middle grades (grades 6-8) social studies teachers consider how trade books that feature the global South can be paired with primary historical texts in order to help students develop perspective consciousness. Social studies educators…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Social Studies, Middle School Teachers, Grade 6
Cognitively Demanding Learning Materials with Texts and Instructional Pictures: Teachers' Diagnostic Skills, Pedagogical Beliefs and Motivation
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McElvany, Nele; Schroeder, Sascha; Baumert, Jurgen; Schnotz, Wolfgang; Horz, Holger; Ullrich, Mark – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
Learning materials incorporating written texts as well as instructional pictures are the basis for learning in many subjects. However, text-picture integration makes high cognitive demands of learners, and it seems plausible that the development of this competence is influenced by teachers' instructional skills. The present studies investigated…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Geography, Motivation, Questionnaires
What English Language Arts, Math, and Science Instructional Materials Have Districts in the Mid-Atlantic Region States Adopted? Summary. Issues & Answers. REL 2010-No. 096
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Burzichelli, Claudia; Morrill, William; Bausmith, Jennifer; Mackey, Philip E.; Magarelli, Christopher – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2010
Despite increasing accountability requirements and a national call for transparency in public policy, Mid-Atlantic Region state education agencies indicate that they have little information about what instructional materials districts adopt. This report describes first-year results of an ongoing project to generate and share information on core…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Textbooks, School Districts, Media Selection
What English Language Arts, Math, and Science Instructional Materials Have Districts in the Mid-Atlantic Region States Adopted? Issues & Answers. REL 2010-No. 096
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Burzichelli, Claudia; Morrill, William; Bausmith, Jennifer; Mackey, Philip E.; Magarelli, Christopher – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2010
Despite increasing accountability requirements and a national call for transparency in public policy, Mid-Atlantic Region state education agencies indicate that they have little information about what instructional materials districts adopt. This report describes first-year results of an ongoing project to generate and share information on core…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Textbooks, School Districts, Media Selection
Resource Guide to Mathematics Curriculum Materials for High Ability Learners, Grades K-8
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Center for Gifted Education, 2004
Mathematics education has undergone many changes over the past few decades. Those changes are reflected in the curriculum materials that are currently available. This guide is intended to help the teachers, administrators, and parents of high ability mathematics students explore the materials on the market today. The guide gives a set of criteria…
Descriptors: Resource Materials, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, High Achievement