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    Teaching Reading When You're Not a Reading Specialist

    This webinar with Dr. Brandon Abdon, author of our AP Language and Composition and AP Literature and Composition AMSCO coursebooks, and guest ELA teacher Angela Hardin aims to help teachers learn strategies for helping struggling readers engage with...

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    Book Dating Profile

    In this activity, each student will create a "dating profile" for a book. By highlighting key characteristics of the book, students will craft...

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    Finding the Demand Curve - AP Economics Activity

    We want students to discover and wonder about the world around us. That is at the core of social science education. How do we explain the world...

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    Nailing the 5 and Shooting for the 6 on an AP History DBQ

    Join AP experts Brandon Abdon, Colin Baker, and Bob Topping to discover scaffolded approaches to teaching the APUSH, AP Euro, and AP World History...

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    5 Ways to Bridge the Gap Between Concept and Curriculum

    As an educator, there might be one question you dread above all others: “But when am I ever going to use this?”

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    Tips for Avoiding Teacher Burnout

    Even if it's your life's passion, teaching can be draining.

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    Strategies for AP English Teachers: Second Semester Success

    Most AP English teachers now find themselves well into this critical second half of the school year. With the AP exam quickly approaching in May (I...

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    The Importance of Including Native and Indigenous Literature in AP English

    In AP English Literature classrooms, it is essential to recognize that everyone’s literature matters. The canon of literature has historically been...

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    10 Ways to Teach Vocabulary If You Have No Time

    ELA Teacher and creator of languageartsteachers.com Laura Kebart walks you through 10 easy ways to integrate vocabulary instruction in your Middle...

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    5 Ways to Empower English Language Learners

    In American K-12 public schools, English language learners (ELLs) make up over 10% of students. 10% may not sound like much, but that’s over 5...

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