Professional Learning Community (PLC) Update for the project English Learner Collaborations: Extending the Reach of Primary Sources
Guest post by Jacqueline LaFrance
January, 2023
PLC Update for EL Collaborations
Published on Mon, 01/23/2023
Resources for Education During a Pandemic
Published on Wed, 01/11/2023
We are in the third winter of education during a pandemic, now with the benefit of experience, vaccines, and the expectation that any school closures will be brief and that in-person learning will remain the norm. Teachers are reporting a greater degree of normalcy. Still, the impact of COVID-19 as a teaching challenge that has propelled educators to develop a wide range of digital learning skills and strategies to meet learners where they are, maintains the relevance of the social studies resources that have been collected here.
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Closing the Gap in Civics for Students with Disabilities in Classrooms from K-12
Published on Wed, 09/08/2021
Mind the Gap
Students gain knowledge and skills in civics and history when schools provide effective instruction and when students have opportunities to express their voice and to engage in activities like service-learning. Yet American education is falling far short–in elementary grades in particular–and especially for students with disabilities.
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Winter Course on Using Inquiry and Primary Sources to Increase Access for ALL
Published on Fri, 01/15/2021
Amazing and student-empowering teacher-created lesson plans have been the result each time we offer this course!
Our online graduate-level one-credit course, Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources, offered from January 16 to March 18, provides an opportunity to expand your comfort with finding and using primary sources to engage students of all abilities. Discuss strategies and tools with seasoned educators and creative colleagues around the country through the online discussions throughout the month.
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Single Point Rubric
Rubrics are frequently used to communicate expectations and standards to students. Making expectations as clear, simple, and easily understood as possible is a practice of value to all learners.
A streamlined rubric form, using one column to specify the target standard, offers advantages for accessibility–especially fewer words to absorb–over more typical multi-column rubrics. This Single-Point Mastery Rubric is an example.
History eNews from Emerging America - April 8, 2020
Published on Wed, 04/08/2020
EMERGING AMERICA HISTORY eNEWS Vol. 7, Issue 12 for April 8, 2020
It’s not just about simplifying the English. It’s also about helping to recognize claims of cause and effect.
Published on Sun, 01/05/2020
We are preparing to teach an upcoming section of our course, Accessing Inquiry for English Learners through Primary Sources, and reflecting on what specialists in English language acquisition tell us about making history and social studies accessible.
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Bricks and Mortar Vocabulary for History lessons
Published on Mon, 06/03/2019
“As of last year, I started working with ELL students and have become far more cognizant of vocabulary. I’ve always taken for granted that students know certain vocabulary words, but now I find myself going over many words and to my surprise, it’s not just ELL kids who benefit from it!”
-Kevin, Spring 2019 Online Accessing Inquiry course participant