Make your substitute's life easier by using the prompts on a one-page resource to a craft a profile of your classes and your daily routines. A great-first page for a substitute teacher folder.

It's important for teachers to have a strong support system—especially in the first few years of their career. Help teachers' partners, spouses, and friends understand the most compassionate ways to provide emotional support with a...

Kids learn about May Day. The history and facts about this holiday celebrating the start of Spring with maypole dancing.

A wealth of information, activities and lessons are provided here for teachers to educate their learners on May Day and other spring holidays.

A large collection of lesson plans on environmental topics. The lessons are broken up into the broad categories of air, water, and waste, and look at issues around quality, pollution, conservation, and recycling. There are activities for...

If you asked students what comes to mind first when they think of Labor Day, what do you think they would say? The last days of summer? A family picnic? Shopping the Labor Day sales? The purpose of this lesson is to broaden and deepen...

Imagine a world without trees. Students can click on a barren field to see the transformation of the bare dirt by plants and trees. The authors include an online reference guide that lists the benefits of trees and an excellent...

Both students and teachers can find podcasts that can be subscribed to, or downloaded to a computer or any MP3 playing device. Most are free and those that carry a fee are clearly marked. The best place to start is under the Education...

Designed as an online companion for instructors using the Heath Anthology, this site focuses on "Babylon Revisited" and "May Day" (two stories found in the anthology). It discusses classroom strategies for teaching Fitzgerald, along with...

This age group may spend lots of extra time online, and on their devices which is hard to manage. For those who are not yet 13 years old, they may feel extra pressure to join social media to stay in touch with friends. Use our activities...

Younger children may be interacting more with technology right now, than they have done ever before. There are lots of creative and educational ways to help them learn how to do this in a safe and balanced way. Use these activities to...

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication Louis' School Days by Edith J. May, a fiction book for children.

Flooding along the Mississippi River system has been a problem for many states and presidents. Look over this political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast and read a little history behind the problem and see why President Arthur vetoed the...

Detailed report of the May 1, 2006 protest against immigration law reform. Immigrants across the United States boycotted work to show their worth to America's economy. Provides links to a collection of stories about the immigration debate.

A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Baffled for Just a Day or Two --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Lauren Schaffel and can access a printable version of this piece.

A brief look at the nationwide boycott by immigrants that took place across the nation on May 1, 2006 and its effect if any on our economy.

It is easy to compare yourself with the celebrities and models you see every day on TV and in magazines. These pictures sometimes help shape our body image and we begin to think that we should look like these people. The truth is that...

Article reports on a recent study that seems to indicate that what time of day an infection is contracted may impact how severe it is. Includes a vocabulary list of words from the article.

The complete text of many of Alcott's famous works, a brief biography and a portrait are offered here. The most unusual feature is the ability to annotate the works as you read. Great for notetaking, adding marginalia, raising questions,...

Wouldn't it be cool to read someone's mind? Maybe? Neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh are developing a mind-reading computer system to hep people with nerve damage send messages from the brain to parts of the body to create...

Features an obituary for J. Edgar Hoover detailing his life in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (May, 1972)

Posters, banners, notes and tips for speeches and newspaper editorials, a proclamation template, pamphlets and other great materials you can use to raise awareness about children's mental health issues or participate in Children's Mental...

This lesson plan is managed through stations that students will rotate around every 20- 30 minutes. Each second grade teacher conducts one station. Parent volunteers can also be used to manage stations. Students will use an auger to...

This cross curriculum lesson plan encourages independent thought and investigation as students examine images related to the cultures that combined at Jamestown settlement. Encourages the use of art to understand history. An informative...