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Activities for the Equinox at Chicén Itzá: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 4.2; Art project Create a painting or mural of a scene involving a reconstruction of an ancient Mesoamerican city. You could try your hand at scientific or architectural drawing, or a work of art, sculpture, jewelry making, or mosaic informed by what you...; Format: activity

March Madness and relationship-building: In The First Year, page 3.9; Taking time away from instruction to build relationships with your students can pay off in the long run.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Improving your technology utilization: A quick review can help you determine whether your school is making the most of its technology budget.; By Chris Hitch.

Persuasive speaking: A classroom model: In Arts of persuasion, page 3; A plan for teaching persuasive speaking in the middle school classroom, with tips for speakers and on how to recognize bias.; By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.

The importance of recess: How classroom elementary teachers can promote physical education.; By Timothy Meyler and Sarah Banks.

Teach what you love: Stephen Mullaney works as a half-time ESL resource teacher/half-time second grade language arts teacher at Club Boulevard Elementary in Durham. This article focuses on his advice for teachers working with ESL students.; By Sydney Brown.

Bring history to life with a Living History Day!: In Rethinking Reports, page 3.4; A Living History Day turns students into teachers and challenges them to think historically.; By Melissa Thibault.

Don't put it down, put it up!: In a fifth grade classroom based around projects, everything has its place. This classroom profile shows you the design and purpose of Debra Harwell-Braun's fifth-grade classroom.; By Kathleen Casson.

Arranging for independence: Erin Espinoza's kindergarten classroom encourages children to learn on their own. A classroom profile.; By Sydney Brown.

Oral history and student learning: In Oral history in the classroom, page 2; Oral history enriches historical knowledge; enhances research, writing, thinking, and interpersonal skills; gives students a connection to the community; and helps all students feel included.; By Kathryn Walbert.

It's an ad!: How do marketers target kids — and how can we teach kids to know the difference between advertising and fact? These websites provide strategies to build critical thinking skills for media literate kids.; By Melissa Thibault.

Number sense every day: Number sense – an intuitive feel for numbers and their relationships – develops when children solve problems for themselves.; By Lisa Wilson Carboni.

Setting the tone: Building a student-centered classroom culture starts on the first day of the school year.; By Victoria Lunetta.

Designing your gym class: From classroom organization to warm-up procedures, one physical education teacher provides a blueprint for a structured physical education program.; By Bozena Mielczak and Kim Campbell.

Two paths to knowledge: For students who who always finish their class work early or want more information than you have time to give, try curriculum compacting.; By Waverly Harrell.

Making reading passages comprehensible for English language learners: English language learners can read the same content-area material as their peers, but may need special help. Teachers can make difficult reading comprehensible by building vocabulary, decoding difficult syntax, and teaching background knowledge.; By Ellen Douglas.

Women's ACC Basketball Tournament School Day curriculum: Four collections of basketball-based units for grades K–8 teach all areas of the curriculum through the lens of the 2010 Women's ACC Basketball Tournament.; Format: activity

Classification and attributes: In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.7; In their study of classification and attributes, students will use “doohickey kits” to classify objects based on their attributes, and explain that scientists and specifically archaeologists use classification to help answer research questions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)

The forest people: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.3; Paleoindian culture died out across North America by 8000 BC. Archaeologists say this was bound to happen. The Ice Age had ended, the megafauna were extinct, and the boreal forests faded as deciduous ones spread across the East in the warmer climate. Faced with significant environmental changes, the Native Americans adapted. Archaeologists call their way of life and the time in which they lived Archaic.

The village farmers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.5; North Carolina sat on a crossroads by AD 1000. Cultural ideas from other places breezed through it and around it: how to decorate pottery, how to orient political and social life, how to honor the dead, how to structure towns.

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