| "Remember the Ladies" Women in the Curriculum |
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This ERIC Digest examines (1) treatment of women in standard textbooks and curricula, (2) strategies for including women in the social studies curriculum, (3) available resources for teachers and students, and (4) justifications for improving treatment of women in the curriculum. |
| American Literature Courses |
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Listing of available curriculums, classes, and resources for American Literature at the high school level. |
| Curricula for Teaching about Fractions |
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This digest describes curriculum guides which offer help to teachers wanting to extend student ideas of fraction concepts, use manipulative materials in powerful ways, and help students connect fraction concepts. |
| Empowering Students to Act |
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By Maurice Gibbons. Becoming self-directed is not easy. There is much for students to learn both about managing learning tasks and about managing themselves. Some students who have experience in self-direction or a proclivity for it will readily adapt to the process. Others who are dependent, have low self-esteem or come fresh from a pattern of failure in other classes will find it difficult and need special assistance |
| Fantasy Football |
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What is fantasy football? Put simply, it's a statistics competition with football players generating the statistics. |
| First Period--Fantasy Football |
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Since it appears to be that time of year, I’ve been thinking about what my son will be doing for high school this year. He will be playing fantasy football in our family/friends league. We’ve been doing it since he was ten and we let it count as school work. Why? |
| Helping Your Child with Science |
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"Being "scientific" involves being curious, asking how things happen, and learning how to find the answers. Curiosity is natural to children, but they need help understanding how to make sense of what they see. |
| High School Transcripts for Homeschoolers |
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As a homeschooling parent, you are responsible for creating a transcript. There is no such thing as a standard transcript form even among school districts. Generally, the more competitive the college, the more detailed the transcript. |
| Homeschooling Methods: Charlotte Mason |
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Charlotte Mason opens you to the vast array of education possibilities beyond anyone one curriculum. Learning about the Charlotte Mason approach will rapidly bring you to the heart of homeschooling and help you start your own path best for your family. |
| Learning how to learn |
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I realize that the quality of higher education has recently been cast in doubt by Spelling and company, but nonetheless, I think my post-secondary education has provided me with some valuable lessons for homeschooling. |
| Science in the Home School |
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If your child is among the 700,000 to 1,150,000 currently being schooled at home in the United States, you may have questions about the science he or she should be learning. |
| Secular Homeschooling Curriculum: High School Science |
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As far as I can tell, these resources do not advocate a specific religious world view. |
| Teaching about Africa |
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People from African countries who visit the United States often are stunned by how little Americans know about African cultures. Africa is a large continent more than three times the size of the continental United States, and it contains over 50 independent countries. One out of every three member states in the United Nations is an African country. One out of every ten people in the world lives on the African continent. |
| Teaching about Due Process of Law |
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Fundamental constitutional and legal principles are central to effective and powerful instruction in the K-12 social studies curriculum. To become competent citizens, students need to develop a rich understanding of the principles on which their society and government rest. Few principles are as important in the social studies curriculum as due process of law. This digest traces the history and development of due process of law, contrasts procedural and substantive due process, and highlights World Wide Web resources helpful in teaching and learning about due process of law. |
| Teaching about Japanese-American Internment |
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This period of U.S. history illustrates how the constitutional rights of individuals of a minority group may be at risk during a time of national crisis. This Digest provides six suggestions for teaching about the Japanese-American internment and guides to resources for teachers and students. |
| Teaching About the United States Congress |
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This ERIC Digest treats constitutional foundations of Congress, development of Congress, and World Wide Web resources for teaching about Congress. |
| Teaching About the United States Supreme Court. |
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This ERIC Digest highlights the origin and foundations of the Supreme Court, discusses the changing role of the Supreme Court in the United States, and recommends World Wide Web resources helpful in teaching and learning about the Supreme Court. |
| Teaching Archaeology |
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By using archaeology in the classroom, educators can lead students on learning adventures while engaging them in thinking about life in the past and who we are as humans today. |
| Teaching Learners to be Self-Directed |
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By Gerald Grow. Based on the Situational Leadership model of Hersey and Blanchard, the Staged Self-Directed Learning Model proposes that learners advance through stages of increasing self-direction and that teachers can help or hinder that development. Good teaching matches the learner's stage of self-direction and helps the learner advance toward greater self-direction. |
