Teaching

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Three Questioning Strategies for Any Lesson

Teachers know—questions play a different role, depending on when they're used.

http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2012/03/questioning-strategies.html

Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core

http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html

I walked in to my first college class, Political Science 101, eager to learn.

Analyzing Primary Sources

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html

The Library of Congress

The Power of Oratory in the United States

http://edudemic.com/2012/06/currency-of-learning/

Defining 21 st century skills is an editorial matter. There are dozens of examples floating range with a range of authority behind them—some inspired, grassroots efforts, other core brands of multimillion dollar organizations making a national push. There is even debate as to whether they are truly necessary, the idea being that learning habits and priorities are timeless, and do not change because the world itself changes.