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link to Help Students Develop Geographical Thinking & Mental Maps

Help Students Develop Geographical Thinking & Mental Maps

Close your eyes and picture the world. Can you see all 7 continents including their approximate shapes? Can you identify many of the countries on each continent as well as some of the geographic...

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link to What Should My Bathroom Pass Policy Be as a High School Teacher?

What Should My Bathroom Pass Policy Be as a High School Teacher?

Bathroom Pass Philosophy To pee or not to pee -- that is the question. Bathroom pass philosophy runs deep and divides. Should you monitor and micromanage that magical pass? Or should students...

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link to 4 TIPS ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE AS A NEW HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER

4 TIPS ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE AS A NEW HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER

Have you gotten a new job teaching high school? Congratulations! You have entered a unique profession that is full of thrills, chills and spills — literally and figuratively! Starting any new job...

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link to 17 Test Review Game Ideas for Middle & High School

17 Test Review Game Ideas for Middle & High School

Why should you use games as review in your class?  -Games are fun, and test review games are useful and AWESOME. Reviewing for an exam can be an enlightening formative assessment in and of...

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link to What are Bell Ringers aka Do Nows & How to Use Them (with examples)

What are Bell Ringers aka Do Nows & How to Use Them (with examples)

What do you call the first activity that you assign students as they enter your classroom? Are they warm-ups, do-nows, bell ringers, the hook, sit-down-and-start-working-or-else? Everybody has a...

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link to Save Time Lesson Planning, a Step-By-Step Guide

Save Time Lesson Planning, a Step-By-Step Guide

WHY IS LESSON PLANNING SUCH A CHALLENGE? One 45 minute lesson can EASILY take 2 hours to plan. This translates to 10 – 30 hours per week of planning, depending upon how many courses you teach. The...

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