Category: Classroom Practices

  • Summer 2026: Professional Learning and New Curriculum

    A Kentucky social studies educator shares his summer 2026 professional development plans — Holocaust education, the 14th Amendment, and America 250. #2026KEDC #TOLI #BelferConference #USHMM #America250

  • AI In The Classroom: The Architect’s Dilemma

    AI agents can make classroom activities run more smoothly — and quietly remove the cognitive friction that made them worth doing. Here’s how to design AI-assisted activities that preserve metacognitive load instead of offloading it.

  • Vintage world map with miniature flags of countries involved in the Revolutionary War and a colonial soldier figurine standing on the Atlantic Ocean area

    What’s in a Name? Why War Naming Confuses Students More Than It Teaches Them

    War names aren’t neutral — they’re political choices that shape what students think conflicts were about. Explore why the “French and Indian War,” the “Korean Conflict,” and the “Vietnam War” teach students the wrong lessons before class even begins, and what to do about it.

  • More Than a Memory: Why Jewish American Heritage Month Belongs in Every Classroom

    Jewish American Heritage Month has been federally recognized since 2006, yet it remains absent from many school calendars. This post traces the Jewish American story from the Alhambra Decree of 1492 through the colonial Atlantic world, the American Revolution, the labor movement, and the civil rights era — making the case that May belongs in…

  • Teaching Justice Through Classic Horror and Science Fiction: A Five-Film Mock Trial Series

    Use classic films like Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers to teach justice, responsibility, and legal reasoning through engaging mock trial activities.

  • Adobe Express April Creativity Challenge

    For the April Creative Challenge Adobe Express in your classroom, combine images from the nasa photo library to help teach Alignment + Juxtaposition to students. If you have never done this in your classroom, follow the link to see a walk thru activity for all three image options. adobe.ly/aprilchallenge26 My space-themed images used a combination…