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Land Regions of a State: Interest Groups

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Sandie

I am sharing some units and projects which I’ve used with groups of students of widely varying ability and achievement levels. Since I teach thematically (no matter what grade or type of class I may be working with), I tend to think … Continue reading →

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Egypt: Lesson Accommodations

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Sandie

For the next few weeks I’m going to share some lessons which I’ve used with groups of students of widely varying ability and achievement levels. Since I teach thematically (no matter what grade or type of class I may be … Continue reading →

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Integrating Instruction: Organizing Themes

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Sandie

Now that you can see all the themes you’ll be working with, you can organize them in a way that is supportive and cumulative.  This example shows nine themes for the year (themes are underlined and in bold type) for … Continue reading →

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