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1. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Great Films and How to Teach Them
   Costanzo offers high school and college teachers an updated, expanded edition that contains 80% new material on teaching film, including study guides of 14 new film with relevant ways to engage their students through a medium that students know and love.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   History Comes Alive: Developing Fluency and Comprehension Using Social Studies
   Let the power of imagination and inference serve as a "time machine" to bring Benjamin Franklin into the classroom! History and science come to life in a dialogue with Franklin the inventor, developed through lesson activities that incorporate research, imagination, writing, visual arts, and drama.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 5
   In 1952, Paul Fleischman was born on this day.
   Some of Fleishman's memories in his essay "My House of Voices" are shared with the class. Students then write a descriptive essay that gives a tour of the voices in their homes, school, etc.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance
   Make connections across genres and across cultures to engage students in the study of literary voice and themes. Comprehension skills and vocabulary also come into play, especially for English language learners, as students read a novel and related poems, then write and perform original poems related to the novel.
5. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Reading in the Dark: Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom
   In this practical guide, John Golden makes direct links between film and literary study by addressing reading strategies (e.g., predicting, responding, questioning) and key aspects of textual analysis.