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Paraphrasing and summarizing exercises help ELL students improve at [...] »
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Help students reflect on the purpose of learning history and of education in [...] »

Classroom discussions need not be argumentative and unproductive. Discover a [...] »

Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical [...] »

Teachers guide students to create interactive digital maps detailing the [...] »

Help students understand the how policy and structural forces have shaped [...] »
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