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Find out how to move beyond "Can all students use this?" to "Can all students succeed using this?"

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Every school year brings technological challenges, but remote learning without internet is an entirely new type of challenge. Yet students still need teaching. There are students who do not have reliable—if any!—internet access.

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Download a 1960 election lesson plan to teach your students about the first-ever televised presidential debates in 1960 and their long-term impact.

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Listen to our Ready, Set, School! podcast, developed especially for kids, to get tips and advice for starting this school year wherever you do your learning.

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Though the characters in these stories face challenges and obstacles, they never stop trying to do the right thing.

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Writing for television is certainly one of the more collaborative forms of writing. But collaboration is only the first step of the process, since the goal of The Writers Room is for writers to come away with an episodic assignment to complete.

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TV Writer and Producer

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Have your students explore the exciting world of TV writing with a free lesson plan and insights from producer, writer, and Carmen Sandiego showrunner Duane Capizzi.

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Museums everywhere are offering free virtual tours and hands-on activities for students.

Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor

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These stories will probably stick with you the rest of your life—the characters and what they experience are just that unforgettable! 

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Dystopian novels—often set in the future—depict undesirable or frightening societies where the citizens suffer from restrictions and/or injustices.

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Download a sample chapter from Finish the Fight!, accompanied by activities to engage students and honor 100 years of voting rights for women.

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Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage students in objects in the sky.

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Though we may sometimes disagree with our friends or family members, they are often the ones we rely on to see us through difficult times.

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Use this history of political parties lesson plan and activity to teach your students about how the U.S. political system in time for the 2020 presidential election.

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Read about an entrepreneur on the Oregon Trail and download a free activity to help kids make a business plan.

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Graphic novels are hugely popular with readers of all ages. They capture our attention and keep us turning pages compulsively.

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Explora una variedad de actividades de aprendizaje de ciencias para relacionarte con objetos en el cielo.

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Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage in environmental conservation.

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