Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Rohma A. Khan, "South Asian Immigrant Cab Drivers in New York City"
This article focuses on South Asian immigrants from Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh in the late 20th century attempted to infuse home with their interactions in America, to negotiate their own positions in society. In their pursuit of...
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Comma Before And
This page focuses on the use of a comma before the word "and." It explains using a comma between items in a series with the use of "and" and before "and" when it is in front of an independent clause. Examples are provided.
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: What Does It Take for a Project to Be Authentic?
An article discussing the four ways a project can be considered authentic within the project based learning framework. Article gives examples of projects that maybe completed in class and discusses their authenticity.
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Gerund Phrases
The Tongue Untied is a guide to grammar, punctuation, and style for journalists, but it has great information on the gerund phrase. The site provides numerous examples along with information on usage and tips for recognizing gerund phrases.
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Prepositional Phrase
The Tongue Untied is a guide to grammar, punctuation, and style for journalists, and it has great information on the prepositional phrase. The site provides numerous examples along with information on usage and tips for recognizing...
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Phrases: Infinitive
After examining the infinitive and the object of the infinitive in previous lessons, this lesson focuses solely on the infinitive phrase. A definition is provided along with several examples.
Other
Lo Mexicano: Spanish and Mexican Cooking Terms
More than just a translation of words, this site also gives explanations of just what a true "enchilada" or "gordita" is, for example. Great reference tool!
PBS
Pbs.org: Education: 7 Ways Teachers & School Leaders Can Support Students in a (Post) Pandemic Year
The Multiple Pandemics and the Impact on Emotional Health: As students return to school, remediating learning loss is a high priority for school leaders and teachers. While some educators may feel better equipped to address the learning...
Character Lab
Character Lab: Making Kindness Common: How to Raise Kind Kids
Kindness is contagious and kindness spreads. If we want our kids to be kind, not only should we model kindness ourselves, we should go out of our way to expose them to examples within their own age group. Read an example in this blog.
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Verbals: Infinitives
Part of a larger section on verbals, this site defines infinitives as verbal phrases and provides several examples, but it also goes through several steps to infinitive identification.
Donald Clark
Blended Learning
While the concept of blended learning has probably been around since the beginning of Instructional Design, the term was not coined until the late nineties. However, blended learning is probably the closest thing we have to a silver...