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Lately, the ancient language has enjoyed a resurgence. Studying Latin enables students to be more conscious of how their own language works.

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Reading textbooks is very different from reading your favorite mystery novel. Naturally, the way you read a textbook will vary depending on how well you know the material already, and the Textbook Surveys you have performed should have started to show you how you can handle each of your books.

Plenty of on-line material to help defray the cost of having to take a course.

This forever will be one of my favorites. I can always find a project to go along with the content we are studying.

This looks like a great website to help with each subject I teach. Math, Science, Social Studies, Music and Art websites to help with teaching these subjects. Something fun for the kids to reinforce what I am already teaching them.

Visual Arts Social Studies- Students engage in a mock trial to decide if a work of prospective public art is "art" and accepted for a city park. -Stephanie Jones

This lesson combines a hands-on activity (making a model of a Viking ship), internet skills (web searches), and cooperative learning/discussions to study the ancient Vikings. The boat building activity will also draw students in with the good-natured competition of sailing their models and rating how they did. Journal entries and guided discussions and research add to the involvement of the students with the subject.

Making Collaboration Work in Your Building Many studies tout the benefits bestowed upon schools that encourage and facilitate teacher collaboration. However, it's not always the easiest practice to put into place. It can require both time and energy that many educators feel they just don't have to spare.