Planning and Resources

Teaching Tools

Looking for a new idea to try in your classroom or help with a pressing teacher concern? Teaching Tools and Tips gives you content-specific help in your subject area, as well as targeted help to middle school teachers and teachers who need information on school-to-career programs.

Foreign Languages
The foreign language home page contains links to articles with practical suggestions for foreign language teachers. Articles cover topics from helping learning disabled students learn a second language to implementing block scheduling in the foreign language classroom.

Language Arts
The language arts home page has links to articles that give language arts teachers tips on teaching poetry, creating a humanities-based literature program, teaching writing through literature, and much more.

Math
The math home page contains some workshops for math teachers, including a workshop on using graphing calculators and algebra tiles. It also includes a link to a Connected Mathematics home page.

Science
The science home page includes links to articles that help science teachers address pertinent issues in the science classroom. The topics range from teaching problem solving in the science classroom to initiating cooperative learning activities.

Social Studies
The social studies home page contains interdisciplinary lesson plans for social studies teachers and help with subjects such as teaching religion in the classroom.

Helping Children Cope with School Violence
This article discusses ways that parents can help their children deal with violence in school and suggests resources and reading links.

Teaching to the Middle
This folder addresses issues that middle school teachers frequently face, such as helping adolescents develop self-esteem and adapt healthy lifestyles.

Career Awareness
This folder contains information about career academies, youth apprenticeships, and much more.

"Reading in the Content Areas"
This guide helps teachers of all disciplines determine the readability of textbooks. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this document.)