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Trade Book: The Story of Ruby Bridges

  • by K. Renae P.
  • Posted on March 1, 2018March 31, 2018
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The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, George Ford (Illustrator)

Racism is a grown-up disease, and we must stop using our children to spread it. – Ruby Bridges

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America’s First “War on Christmas”

  • by K. Renae P.
  • Posted on December 19, 2015December 19, 2015
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Think the "attack on Christmas" is new? Think again! The debate has been around for hundreds of years.

Think the “attack on Christmas” is new? Think again! The debate has been around for hundreds of years.

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Einstein’s Miracle Year from Ted-Ed

  • by K. Renae P.
  • Posted on April 6, 2015April 6, 2015
  • Internet Finds
I giggle every time

In 1905, Albert Einstein published four extraordinary papers, each on a different topic, that were destined to radically transform our understanding of the universe. This video and lesson from TED-Ed is a fun and unique way […]

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Using Primary Sources in the Classroom: Bell and the Telephone

  • by K. Renae P.
  • Posted on March 4, 2015January 2, 2016
  • Internet Finds

Background Alexander Graham Bell gets credit for inventing the telephone in 1876. Like most stories about inventions and discoveries, the story about the invention of the telephone is rifle with drama and intrigue. Bell was not the […]

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5 Things Kids Get Wrong (And Adults Too)

  • by K. Renae P.
  • Posted on May 27, 2014January 29, 2016
  • Learning
You make think you know. But your probably don't.

Columbus didn’t sail to prove Earth was round. That and other stuff kids (and probably you) get wrong.

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National World War II Museum

  • by K. Renae P.
  • Posted on May 26, 2014February 8, 2015
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On my first visit to The National World War II Museum, I was dragged kicking and screaming by friends who lived in New Orleans. They said it was amazing, but I had my doubts. I was […]

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From the Horse’s Mouth: Primary Sources

  • by K. Renae P.
  • Posted on April 27, 2014April 12, 2015
  • Internet Finds

Bringing young people into close contact with these unique, often profoundly personal, documents and objects can give them a very real sense of what it was like to be alive during a long-past era. – […]

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