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    AP® History: Piecing Together The Complexity Puzzle

    With just one percent of students earning the complexity point on the 2021 AP® World History DBQ, is teaching it even worth it? John Maunu says, "YES!"

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    Three Perfection Learning Programs Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in Transforming Education through Technology

    The EdTech Awards were established to recognize, acknowledge, and celebrate the most exceptional innovators, leaders, and trendsetters in education...

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    5 Books I've Slept On

    We've all been there– you hear endless praise for a book and buy it, fully intending to learn what all the hype is about. But then it sits on your...

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    "But That's What I Wrote..." — Argument and Line of Reasoning

    The concept of a "Line of Reasoning" is not unfamiliar to students, but the terminology and various approaches to developing a line of reasoning may...

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    Women's History Month Webinar: Celebrating Women Storytellers

    Join us for a conversation in partnership with Simon & Schuster with women YA and children's authors about the experience of being a woman in the...

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    Celebrating Women Storytellers

    Join us for a conversation in honor of Women's History Month in partnership with ‪Simon & Schuster with authors Alicia D. Williams, Priyanka Taslim,...

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    AP® Lang: Mapping Setting Collaborative Activity

    Students will map a setting specific to a text, most likely a longer work of fiction, and specifically as that setting (or place/location) might...

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    Active Reading Notes & Purpose Statement

    Whether teaching literature or rhetoric, close reading is an essential and often difficult skill to teach. This note-taking system, which is a...

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    Tough Topics But Important Stories

    Many adults forget teens are experiencing a lot for the first time—friendships, love, heartbreak, and peer pressure. Sometimes these experiences lead...

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