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How did a meeting intended to revise the Articles of Confederation lead to the new Constitution for the United States? Discover how a handful of men--sitting in sweltering heat and shrouded by secrecy--changed the course of history for America in 1787.

How did a meeting intended to revise the Articles of Confederation lead to the new Constitution for the United States? Discover how a handful of men--sitting in sweltering heat and shrouded by secrecy--changed the course of history for America in 1787.

This is a site worth exploring for nonfiction reading in diverse subject areas. Teachers can choose simplified text or more complex text for the same article(s). Common core standards are embedded.

Teaching Social Justice from a Biblical perspective to Middle School Aged Children

When lee's army-exhausted, starving, and outnumbered-surrendered at Appomattox, the proceedings went remarkably smoothly. Generals Lee and Grant shook hands and signed articles of surrender, Lee gratefully accepted Grant's offer of rations for his troops, and Grant prevented his men from cheering or firing celebratory salutes. "We did not want to exult over their downfall," he later explained. "The war [was] over. The Rebels [were] our countrymen again." But the fall of the Confederacy meant the invalidation, all at once, of all authority in the South, and order inevitably broke down. In the final segment of his seven-part Atlantic series (see "A Rebel's Recollections" for excerpts from his earlier installments), the former rebel soldier George Cary Eggleston described the chaos of the days following surrender, as marauders robbed, looted, and terrorized the countryside, and no police force, justice system, or municipal government had the authority to keep them in check. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the federal army came to the rescue, helping to reestablish order and "protect all quiet citizens."

This article is a description of the current lives of refugee children and youth as a result of the Civil War in Syria.

A growth mindset is the secret to maximizing potential. Want to grow your staff? Give them tasks above their ability. They don't think they could do it? Tell them you expect them to work at it for a while, struggle with it. That it will take more time than the tasks they're used to doing. That you expect they'll make some mistakes along the way. But you know they could do it.

"Every inventor in history has failed more often than he or she has succeeded. Hands-on teaching allows kids to fail -- and to thrive."

"I would rather that they ask, What can you actually do with an iPad?" Beth Holland gives many examples of how her students have used iPads

Looking at iPad integration. Making the full use of iPads means not only looking for content apps just for one subject area, but finding apps that can adapt to what you want/need. Don't think of it as a replacement to a laptop, because it promote active learning due to its tactile nature.

"Our brain uses two different types of cognitive processing when doing these two operations: typing and writing. As tested on a group of undergrads, the research proved that laptop users type almost everything they hear without processing the meaning or devoting much thought to what it is they're taking notes on. Basically, when you type, all you're doing is mindlessly transcribing, and that does not require much cognitive activity."