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 Tuesday October 10, 2000
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LESSON PLAN OF THE WEEK Read All About It! Ten Terrific Newspaper Lessons! Education World celebrates National Newspaper Week with ten lessons to help you integrate the newspaper into your classroom curriculum.  |
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Coming to America: Immigration Builds a Nation Help your students discover how a century of immigration built a nation and changed the world. 10/02/2000 Lessons for Hispanic Heritage Month! Learn about the cultures and contributions of people of Hispanic heritage. 09/25/2000 Gold Medal Olympics Activities! Go for the gold! 09/11/2000 
What's Black and White and Read Later? Students learn what makes "lasting news" as they work in groups to create a newspaper about the year in which they were born (1986, 1987, or 1988). 10/05/2000 And the Streets Are Paved With Gold Visit Ellis Island and relive the immigrant experience. 09/28/2000
Testing Teachers Makes Teachers Testy! Is there a correlation between teachers' test results and classroom competence? 09/26/2000 Work Ethic Earns Texas School National Spotlight KIPP Academy featured at Republican Convention and on 60 Minutes. 09/21/2000
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month New books honor the uniqueness and diversity of Hispanic culture. 09/27/2000 An Education World e-Interview With Hank Nuwer, Author of High School Hazing: When Rites Become Wrongs Hazing builds coffins, not character, says Nuwer. Replace hazing rituals with "welcoming rituals"! 09/20/2000
EduHound EduHound is a directory of resource links for K-12 education. 10/09/2000 Butterflies On-Line Third graders at Jack Hulland Elementary School, in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, have put together an impressive site on butterfly metamorphosis. 10/06/2000
 Sponsored by American Fidelity Education Services Do You Know the 5 Keys to Financial Success? Following 5 basic planning principles can help you reach financial success. |
Interest Grows in Checkbook Math Lessons Teachers bring real-world math into classrooms! 10/06/2000 The First 180 Days: First-Year Teacher Diaries Two young educators share their hopes and fears, their triumphs and disasters, in this first-hand look at the realities of the teaching profession! (Week 6) 10/05/2000
Museums This week's sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about museums. 10/10/2000 Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur L'shanah tovah! -- "For a good year! 10/05/2000
Sponsored by Lightware Sherril Steele-Carlin surveys online tools for creating Web-based calendars! Can't find the software you need? Try your local university! 10/06/2000 Do Teachers Really Work 180 Days a Year? The Education World Tech Team reveals the truth about those enviable three-month summer "vacations"! 09/29/2000
Parent- and Community-Involvement Strategies That Work Five programs that work plus links to dozens of other resources! 10/03/2000 Ending Social Promotion -- Does It Work in Chicago? Does retention help students or hurt them? 09/29/2000
First Day of Fall (Autumnal Equinox) Education World "falls" back on some favorite teaching ideas for the Autumnal Equinox! 09/22/2000 Sports! Join education World as we dive into the wonderful world of sports! 09/15/2000
 Sponsored by Cisco Systems Coyote Creek Elementary School Highlands Ranch, CO 10/09/2000 Eastchester Middle School Eastchester, NY 10/02/2000 |
