Kamishibai and TV Production
Over the next several days, the students in Ms. LaBrake’s TV Production course, will listen and learn about the traditional Kamishibai theater and storytelling. TV Production students will be...
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee #DisruptText
Task: Is the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, an accurate representation of the south in the 1930s? Choose one of the following topics as the...
Media Bias Chart
Ad Fontes Media mission is to make news consumers smarter and news media better. This is a tall order, because there is a big problem in our news media...
Author’s Craft
Day Three: In a recent School Library Journal article, Holding History in My Hands: Authors, Illustrators and Artifacts by Daryl Grabarek, author Tonya Bolden shares how old newspapers, photographs,...
Primary Sources & Character Traits
Day Two: Character traits are distict features of a person’s behavior. Character traits are often labeled with descriptive adjectives such as patient, unfaithful, or jealous.The old expression that actions...
Examining Primary Sources
Day One: Examining primary sources gives one a powerful sense of history and the complexity of the past. Analyzing primary sources can also help to guide you toward higher-order...
Great Depression Primary Sources: Of Mice and Men
John Stienbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. His most famous books were written in the 1930’s and 1940’s, all set in Califonia. His books deal with the...
How to Cite Images
An image such as a drawing or photograph is protected by copyright. If you want to use an image that you did not create, you must obtain specific permission from...
Primary Source Analysis Tool
Examining primary sources gives one a powerful sense of history and the complexity of the past. Analyzing primary sources can also help to guide you toward higher-order thinking and...
Bilingual Glossaries
Bilingual glossaries are essential and expected test accommodation for ELLs/MLLs in the State of New York. The languages of these glossaries cover the top 10 languages at the state...