Abolitionists Working Together Students learn about the women in the abolitionist movement by reading a poem, a speech, and...		Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit" This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for...
Differentiated Curriculum: A Successful Experience Differentiated curriculum is individualized to meet the diverse needs of all the students in...		Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...
Tough Love: How to Work with a Disruptive Student You're a teacher challenged with a difficult student. You've tried being nice and not so nice,...		Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.
The Ultimate Organized Classroom Ultra-organized classrooms seem practically to run themselves. Here are five steps you can...		Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations Learn about the use of fractions in music.
Putting a Positive Spin on Peer Pressure Peer pressure has the potential to be a powerfully positive force. By leading students through...		Class Meetings Class meetings can be an excellent multipurpose tool for your classroom. This simple strategy...
Expeditionary Learning: Building Confidence by Risking Failure Expeditionary Learning is a unique program that emphasizes hands-on, project-based, group...		Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a...
Learner-Centered vs. Curriculum-Centered Teachers: Which Type Are You? The difference between learner-centered and curriculum-centered classrooms is philosophical....		Student Guide to Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is...
Structure of learner-centered classrooms A description of learner-centered classrooms can be found on this page.		Women Following Washington's Army Learn about the women who followed Washington's army. Practice writing hypotheses.
Structure of curriculum-centered classrooms Read about what a curriculum-centered classroom looks like in this description.		Exploring Suffragists Students will do research to learn about suffragists, those who fought for the right of women...
John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor Read about the invention of the steamboat while teaching your students about note-taking.		Lee Yick: Fighting Racism Students learn about a case that made it to the U.S. Supreme Court concerning racism towards...