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Living Room Candidate
The Living Room Candidate website contains more than 300 candidate commercials for every presidential election since 1952. The ads can be viewed and incorporated into classroom activities or there are ready-made, high school leveled lesson plans that include discussion questions, assessments, and extensions. The site also has links to additional online resources about political commercials. Read More
USCIS: Study Materials for the Civics Test
Find free materials from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Materials include downloadable flashcards and study booklets, interactive practice exercises, videos, and a practice test. Read More
Project-Based Learning: Explained
This short video explains the essential elements of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and how they enable collaboration, critical thinking, and communication to develop. Read More
Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning
This resource repository contains videos, articles, and handouts on the topic of culturally responsive teaching. The executive director of CCRTL, Dr. Sharroky Hollie, is a nationally recognized leader in the field of culturally responsive education. Read More
Introduction to Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
In this video, education experts Jackie Jordan Irvine, Geneva Gay and Kris Gutierrez explain how to make culturally relevant pedagogy a reality in your classroom. Read More
Authentic English: Communication Activities
Find short videos of native and fluent English speakers discussing a wide variety of topics. Transcripts for the videos are included. Read More
Adult ESL Beginning Level Instruction Videos
Find Low-Literacy Instruction and Classroom Activities videos that feature Minnesota teachers working with ESL Beginning Level learners on a wide variety of activities and skills, including phonics, TPR, speaking skills, and numeracy. Read More
Adult ESL Pronunciation Activities Videos
Created by Literacy Minnesota, these videos feature Minnesota teachers working with English language learners on a wide variety of pronunciation skills, including: final consonant articulation, word stress, word stress routine, voice quality settings, intonation, and contractive stress. Read More
Problem-Based Learning at University of Delaware
The Problem-Based Learning resource collection from the University of Delaware contains a variety of tools that teachers can use to begin implementing a problem-based learning approach in their classrooms, including evaluation tools, videos, and over 100 problem-based learning scenarios with lesson plans. Read More
Progressions: Illustrative Mathematics
Videos and tasks on math content progressions related to fractions in the Common Core standards. Read More