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Managing paperwork: top priorities for organization

Suggestions for keeping track of your teaching materials, your students, and their work.

By Mitch Katz.

Twelve rules for arranging your classroom

In The First Year, page 1.1

You'll want to set up your classroom as quickly as possible, but consider these factors before you start.

By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Lines of children in uniforms walk out of school ground in Danang

This elevated view shows lines of children in uniforms walking out of a school ground in Danang. Children are filing out of the large school building in the back and past a cement wall in the front. They all wear dark pants, white shirts, and cloth hats. Women...

Format: image/photograph

Dazelle Foster Lowe at NC A&T

An exhibit of Home Demonstration work assembled to be sent to the Negro Exposition in Chicago is captured in this black and white photograph from June 27, 1940 at North Carolina A and T College in Greensboro. Mrs. Dazelle Foster Lowe, District Home Agent,...

Format: image/photograph

The First Year

Essays on the author's experiences in her first year of teaching: the mistakes she made, what she learned from them, and how she used them to become a better teacher — and how other first-year teachers can, too.

Format: book (multiple pages)

Working with available space

Despite a space with limited possibilities, Becky Smith has organized a high school biology classroom where she can work and her students can learn. A classroom profile.

By Sydney Brown.

Postal polynomials

In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.6

In this lesson, students use polynomials to solve problems, and discuss how polynomials are relevant in some careers.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)

By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.

Sample welcome letter and syllabus

Dear Parent or Guardian, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and express my excitement about working with your child this semester [or year]. I love teaching [insert subject] because I care deeply about each of my students....

By Kristi Johnson Smith.

A camp meeting scene

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.3

Description of a typical camp meeting during the Second Great Awakening of the early nineteenth century, including preaching, conversion experiences, and the physical arrangement of the meetings.

Format: book

A perspective on inquiry

In this interview, Norman Budnitz, cofounder of the Center for Inquiry Based Learning, talks about inquiry and how to teach with it in a K–12 classroom.

Format: article/best practice

By Waverly Harrell.

Hands-on biology

Hands-on science exploration clarifies difficult concepts and engages learners who have difficulty in more traditional classrooms. This article looks at an inquiry-based classroom that meets the needs of all of its students.

Format: article/best practice

By Waverly Harrell.

A room for students

A learning environment where students feel that they belong is the key to success for this eighth-grade language arts teacher. A classroom profile.

By Kathleen Casson.

Plessy v. Ferguson

The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations (particularly railroads), under the doctrine of “separate but equal.”

Format: court decision/primary source

Resources on the web

IRS: Understanding Taxes

An interactive website that incorporates activities, tutorials, and simulations to help you learn the ins and outs of the American tax system. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Internal Revenue Service

Mughal India Room

This site from the British Museum provides information, artifacts, and primary sources from the Mughal period of India's history. The attractive, clever interface is certain to keep users engaged while they explore the many interactive features of the site.... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: British Museum