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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Amazing Biographies: Writing About People Who Change the World
   After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"—either someone they've heard about or someone they know—and create a book page that highlights this person.
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Beguiling Billboards: Finding Inspiration along the Road
   For this activity, teens study "Pass It On" billboards created by The Foundation for a Better Life either online or on-the-go, and create an original billboard and inspirational phrase for a person of their choosing.
3. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto
   Using Animoto, a free Web 2.0 tool, students can develop short digital videos that include music, photos, video clips, and text as well as share their creations electronically.
4. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Critical Literacy at the Intersections of Sport and Society
   This interactive Web seminar will explore the ways teachers can foster critical literacy practices by engaging students in the meaningful study of sports culture.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 14
   Ernest Thayer, author of the famous poem "Casey at the Bat," was born in 1863.
   In small groups or individually, students make baseball cards for the players in the poem "Casey at the Bat." Students can use a word processor or the Character Trading Cards interactive to create their cards.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Tip & How-To
   How to Start a Writer's Notebook
   Writer's notebooks allow children and teens to take in the world around them and document their daily lives. Use these tips to learn how to start a writer's notebook with your child.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 31
   Jackie Robinson was born on this day in 1919.
   Students read messages sent to the White House from Jackie Robinson and discuss his role as an athlete and a civil rights activist, as well as the role of athletes in society.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 6
   James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, was born in 1861.
   Students look at Naismith's original 13 rules for basketball and write about the rules and how they have changed in small groups.
9. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
   More Than Sports Stories
   Tune in to hear about works of sports fiction and nonfiction that explore issues of identity and belonging, courage and equal rights, and changes over time in American history and culture.
   
10. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
    On Demand Web Seminar Package: Literacy Across the Disciplines
    Take the guesswork out of choosing the best on demand Web seminars while building your professional library on teaching literacy across all content areas.

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