Thanksgiving Ideas for the Classroom
Celebrate the Thanksgiving season in the classroom and at home with interdisciplinary lesson plans, quizzes, activities, games, trivia, books, and movies compiled by Phil Nast for NEA. Resources For: Grades…
Building Meaningful Relationships Between School and Home
Successfully engaging families and communities is one of the most important means schools have of ensuring student success, yet community engagement frequently isn’t the priority it deserves to be. Today,…
Veterans Day Lesson Plans, Activities, and Resources
On November 11, we honor the wartime service and sacrifice of men and women in the armed forces. Originally proclaimed Armistice Day in 1919 to commemorate the end of World…
Preventing Bullying by Focusing on School Culture
Many schools talk with students about bullying during the month of October, which is known as National Bullying Prevention Month, but not all techniques for combating bullying are equally effective.…
Resources for Safe Schools Week
This week is America’s Safe Schools Week, and NEA has compiled a variety of resources for educators. Check out the links below to help students and parents learn about and…
Avoid Readicide: Tips for Keeping the Joy of Reading Alive
Students who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better in school than other students, but some schools’ overemphasis on testing and following prescribed curricula are endangering children’s opportunities…
StoryCorps’ the Great Thanksgiving Listen Offers Special Opportunity for Social Studies Teachers & Students
Thanksgiving is a time for sharing stories and history for many families, and this year NPR’s StoryCorps wants to help students capture some of those stories. StoryCorps is working with…
Autumn-Themed Resources for Your Classroom
It still feels like summer today, but fall does officially begin next week and we’ll soon be encountering a nip in the air and red and yellow on the trees.…
11 Back to School Resources for Teachers
There are just a few short weeks of summer left before educators and students will find themselves back in the classroom. To prepare, check out the tips, strategies, and ideas…
50 Best Books for Summer
Are your children are running low on reading material for the summer? If so, Scholastic has a list of the 50 Best Books for Summer that you might want to…