lesson planning

Presents fifty document-based lesson plans designed to help students learn about world history, geography, government, and economics.

Describes twenty strategies teachers may use to engage students' brains in the learning process, based on the findings of learning style theorists and neuroscientists, including the use of humor and stories, the incorporation of games in lessons, singing and dancing, and others.

Educator and technology consultant Monica Burns shares strategies, tools, and insights that all teachers can use to effectively incorporate technology in the classroom.

A guide to teaching English as a foreign language, with planning models, suggestions for teaching beginner and elementary classes, as well as for intermediate, and advanced levels.

Explains how to use Socratic seminars to teach in middle and high schools with block schedules, covering rules and responsibilities, classroom preparation, text selection, question composition, lesson design, and assessment, and provides lesson suggestions for different school subjects.

Provides twenty educational techniques to maximize retention and minimize forgetting in students of all ages. Techniques are drawn from both neuroscientific research and learning style theory and are described step-by-step for immediate classroom use. Includes information on how to incorporate interactive fun to existing lessons, including field trips, games, humor, music, and more.