Exploring History
Social Studies teaching strategies that encourage students to simulate historical events, read historical fiction, write persuasive essays, and analyze primary source documents through an inquiry approach to learning.

Books, Subject Based & Interdisciplinary Instruction
Student centered, hands-on lesson plans which encourage cooperative learning and higher level thinking skills. Feel free to download them.

Math: Manipulatives, Instruction, and Assessment
Innovative strategies utilizing manipulative materials to demonstrate math concepts from fractions to algebra. Open ended, problem solving instruction incorporates pictures, words and numbers. Unique journal writing technique for learning and assessment.

Performance and Authentic Assessment
Includes techniques for creating rubrics, standards for criteria assessment, and strategies for negotiable contracting.