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Earth Day Lesson Plans: Teaching About the Environment

Use these Earth Day lesson plans for kindergarteners and elementary school students to teach them about sustainable practices in their daily lives.

Shaped Staff

March 19, 2020

5 Social-Emotional Learning Strategies Teachers Can Use Now

Schools that integrate social-emotional learning into instruction equip students to persevere and master rigorous content. Start with these five tips.

Brenda Iasevoli

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March 18, 2020

How to Calculate Social Media Engagement: A Math Activity

Download these free math activities for students to teach them how to calculate the engagement of both real and fictional Instagram users.

Ally Zmijeski

Associate Learning Architect, Math

March 17, 2020

Teaching Supreme Court Cases: Goss v. Lopez Due Process Lesson Plan

Download this lesson plan to teach students about the 1975 Supreme Court case regarding the role of the Fourteenth Amendment in student suspensions.

Shaped Staff

March 16, 2020

Teaching World History: Age of Imperialism Lesson Plans

Teach students about the actions taken by Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to acquire new territories.

Shaped Staff

March 16, 2020

Teach Students How to Identify Fake Quotes Online: 5 Tips

It's very easy for people to publish false information and attribute it to someone else, but your students need to be vigilant in determining what's real and what isn't.

Erik Palmer

Program Consultant, Into Reading and Into Literature

March 13, 2020

What Does It Mean to Have a Limitless Mind?

In Jo Boaler's book Limitless Mind, the author attempts to make the case that we are capable of learning anything and dives into the six keys of learning.

Richard Blankman

Shaped Staff

March 12, 2020

How to Talk to Kids About the Coronavirus

Children likely have questions, concerns, or fears about the coronavirus (COVID-19), and many experts and educators agree on the best ways to respond.

Glenn Greenberg

Shaped Contributor

March 11, 2020

How to Create a Good Study Environment at Home

Encourage parents and students to build comfortable study spaces at home as schools take measures to prepare for possible coronavirus outbreaks in their communities.

Brenda Iasevoli

Shaped Staff

March 11, 2020

Coaching SEL Through Literacy: Ideas and Things to Look For

By folding social-emotional learning into instructional strategies educators already use to teach literacy, SEL begins to feel less daunting.

Sherry St. Clair

Senior Fellow, ICLE

March 11, 2020

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