The Key to Quality Professional Learning: Relevant and Beneficial Training

Thinking is hard.

Do you remember your favorite teacher? Who could ever forget that teacher?  Who could ever forget the special way that teacher inspired you and made you a better student and person at the same time?

There can be no doubt that the level of teaching and learning in your classroom would vastly improve if every single student possessed a high literacy level and a consistent reading habit, both at home and school.

The history of ordinary people and everyday life appeals to students.

My last post was about quality novels to teach in the American history classroom.

When I implement a novel study in social studies, there are a few activities that really work for me in terms of aiding student comprehension.

A recent conversation with a seven-year-old has given me a lot to think about.

When I first started teaching history, it was difficult for me to incorporate reading passages in a productive and interesting way.

Author’s mother, Addy Yolanda López de Moguel, quinceañera, 1961, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

Service learning has been a cornerstone of my educational approach for over a decade.