| By Gale Staff | Middle school is a time when students are beginning to think more about their futures, and they can benefit from learning about real-world skills and concepts that they can use now and in the future. One topic students may benefit from learning about is personal finance. Financial literacy, or understanding … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Celebrating holidays in your elementary classroom is always exciting—and the topic can be especially engaging from a global perspective. Learning how different cultures approach the same holiday is fascinating and encourages students to identify connections between themselves and those from other backgrounds, encouraging empathy and nurturing curiosity. As the spring … Read more
| By Char Shryock | There’s a large base of reading research that supports the importance of providing students with regular opportunities to work with grade-appropriate text sets. This is different from the traditional canon-based approach that focuses on novel studies or spends large chunks of instructional time on a single story. Most anthologies are … Read more
| By Gale Staff | The American classroom is growing increasingly diverse, bringing students from different cultural backgrounds, abilities, genders, and religions into a shared learning space. As an educator, you aspire to create equally diverse lesson plans that integrate multiple perspectives and encourage young learners to be curious about the complex world around them. … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Whether sharing a meal of corned beef and cabbage, watching a parade through the city, or simply sporting a green outfit, there are many fun and fascinating ways to observe St. Patrick’s Day. While not a federally recognized holiday, more than half of Americans partake in the celebration, regardless of … Read more
| By Carol Brennan | The third Monday of January is a U.S. federal holiday to commemorate both the life and the mission of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968). The leading figure of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and ’60s, King became a beacon of hope for Black Americans of his … Read more
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| By J. Robert Parks | Television commercials that have resonated with the U.S. public have historically relied on jingles, catchphrases, or quirky humor. Yet one of the most famous ads in television history had none of those. Instead, it featured a dystopic vision based on George Orwell’s book 1984 and didn’t even show the … Read more
| By Eric Galis, Chief Information Security Officer, Cengage Group | As Cengage’s chief information security officer (CISO), I have worked my way through the ranks of cybersecurity and witnessed countless examples of tech industries remaining a “boys club.” As a consultant in cybersecurity, I silently heard too many misogynistic jokes; a fact that I … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Many educators try to use different topics and lessons to keep students engaged in the classroom, and using pop culture topics and references is one way that teachers can help attract and keep students’ attention. Although pop culture topics can be entertaining for students and teachers, teachers need to use … Read more