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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 1
   Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is in May!
   Students consider the portrayal of Asians in popular culture by exploring images from classic and contemporary films and comparing them to historical and cultural reference materials.
2. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Connecting with Intention
   Join Franki Sibberson and Bill Bass, authors of Digital Reading: What's Essential in Grades 3-8, to explore how these connections can change the way that students interact with their ideas and each other.
3. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning
   This book helps educators unlock Internet and digital media resources to classrooms while respecting the rights of copyright holders.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Copyright Law: From Digital Reprints to Downloads
   Students investigate how and why copyright law has changed over time, and apply this information to recent copyright issues, creating persuasive arguments based on the perspective of a particular group.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Creating Better Presentation Slides through Glance Media and Billboard Design
   This lesson introduces the concept of "glance media" through an analysis of billboards. Students apply design concepts by creating a slide presentation to accompany an existing historical speech.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Investigating Junk Mail: Negotiating Critical Literacy at the Mailbox
   Students increase their media literacy skills by critically examining and revising junk mail.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Judging a Book by its Cover: The Art and Imagery of The Great Gatsby
   Students explore The Great Gatsby's allusion to art and its use of visual imagery and conclude their study by designing their own cover for the novel.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Lights, Camera, Action: Interviewing a Book Character
   Students get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Media Literacy: Examining the World of Television Teens
   Pop culture and the classroom collide in this lesson when students go behind the scenes to analyze a television series for characterization to use in an original television show proposal.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 22
    Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premiered in 1967.
    After thinking about TV shows, books, and movies from their childhood, students write about what they remember and revisit how they feel about it at an older age.

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