Music To Teach With: Hurt, By Johnny Cash
Students love music. It’s engaging, and offers an accessible and authentic format to access ideas and draw standards-related teaching from.
Author: Terrell Heick
Founder & Director of TeachThought
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A Single Set Of National Standards Is Just Creepy
Our fascination with uniformity has something to do with our constant need to “scale” everything across billions and billions of people.
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An Example Of A Socratic Discussion With A Student
Here is a simple question that, asked with the right tone, can provide a lifeline to any student in any context.What do you think?
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The Next Time You’re Ready To Give Up On A Student
The Next Time You’re Ready To Give Up On A Student by Terry Heick Few teachers will ever admit to “giving up” on a student. None that I know would ever outright turn their back on a child, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to know how to give that support–especially when they seem…
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11 Classic Hip-Hop Songs You Can Teach With
In short, the evolution of hip-hop as an art form, critical cultural voice, and medium to reach youth is a complex & hugely ‘human’ concept.
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Education’s Curious Fascination With Uniformity
While decent, the adoption of a set of national standards for K-12 public schools doesn’t solve the challenges in mass compulsory education.
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Genius Hour In The Classroom: 6 Principles
Genius Hour in the classroom is driven by curiosity. Critical principles include inquiry, purpose, socialization, and design.
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101 Things I’ve Learned So Far In Teaching
From knowing your own biases and modeling mistake-making, here are 101 teaching tips and things I’ve learned so far about teaching.
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A 6-Step Process For Teaching Argument Analysis
A 6 Step Process For Teaching Argument Analysis by Terry Heick How “basic” this is depends on who your audience is, but this is more of an overview to help students systematically look at an argument piece by piece–and these are the pieces. This is one of the organizers I use as a teacher–there’s a…
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Teaching Google Natives To Value Information
Digital natives–students born into our digital, connected world—have always had Google to bail them out. And maybe that’s okay.
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8 Common Grading Mistakes Most Teachers Should Avoid
Our system of letter grades is a lot of work for teachers and punishes some students. Here are 8 grading mistakes teachers should avoid.
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25 Signs You’re A Modern Teacher In A Modern Classroom
These are odd times we live–and teach–in, the following 25 signs as proof that you’re a modern teacher in a modern classroom.
