| By Gale Staff | Falling on April 1 each year, April Fools’ Day is a playful occasion for harmless pranks and hijinks. Elementary educators no doubt have a little something up their sleeves already, but why not build a themed lesson plan around the holiday as well? April Fools’ Day is celebrated worldwide, with … Read more
| By Gale Staff | It can be particularly tough to be an educator between winter and spring break. Students are restless, the days are still bitterly cold, and there are far too few hours of sunshine, leaving everyone with a shortage of vitamin D and in serious need of some positive vibes. Teachers set … Read more
| By Gale Staff | As the tail end of winter drags on, with its chilly, gray days making everyone a bit stir-crazy, we’re all looking forward to the arrival of spring—and, with it, National Reading Month. This celebration of literacy is just what students need to shake off the winter gloom and spark their … Read more
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| By Gale Staff | From muggy, late summer days to crisp, Friday night football games, the changing seasons serve as a backdrop to the passage of our school year. Of course, stark seasonal changes vary depending on where you live, but with spring on the horizon, elementary school teachers can build seasonal topics into … Read more
| By Carol Brennan | Each February, we’re awed at how long a list of achievers and icons we compile from the vast and frequently updated archives of Gale In Context: Biography in honor of Black History Month. We hope you agree after joining us here on a short but thought-provoking gallery tour of both … Read more
| By Gale Staff | You have to have a particular kind of passion to be an ELA teacher. One that compels you to dig deep past the words on the page to find the soul of the story—the era in which it was penned, the societal norms that the author faced, and the personal … Read more
| By Gale Staff | It can be nerve-wracking to invite high schoolers to engage in discourse about controversial topics. You run the risk of sparking what Lee Warren of Harvard University’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning calls “hot moments.” However, it’s our job as educators to ensure that our classrooms are safe … Read more
| By J. Robert Parks | Although George Washington may be known as the father of his country, Simón Bolívar is known as the liberator of his continent—South America, in his case. It was 200 years ago this week, on February 10, 1824, that Bolívar became Peru’s ruler after liberating it from Spanish colonial control. … Read more
What does lesson planning look like for you? If you’re like many educators, it consists of carefully evaluating resource after resource, hand-selecting the best material, and figuring out a way to weave it all together into a logical, organized flow. You spend time scrubbing through YouTube videos to check for inappropriate language, creating text sets … Read more