As a creative brain, I am always striving to make connections so I love word play! Bonus points if you spot all my cheesy examples within the post. Analogies, Metaphors, and puns-oh my! Figurative language is the spice of…
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In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the week of September 15th Hispanic Heritage Week. It remained as such for almost 40 years until President George W. Bush changed it to span September 15th-October 15th ! There are tons…
Teaching Tolerance has rebranded to be “Learning for Justice” https://www.learningforjustice.org/. Their previous website URL will redirect. I am sure some of the features of the site may have changed but I have no doubt their content is still top tier!…
Well, I put off ending The Civil War with my 5th graders as long as I could. I think we are supposed to be done with Reconstruction by now. Oops. I wish our curriculum was The Civil War-WWII,…