Read the introduction to Teaching, Learning, and Trauma, Grades 6-12, where the authors discuss the need for this book, define what ACEs are, and discuss the impact of ACEs on students and their education.
In this free excerpt from Teaching, Learning, and Trauma, Grades 6-12, the authors discuss the importance of self-care for teachers and students alike, and provides strategies and tips for maintaining your own mental health so that you can better support students.
Excerpted from Thinking Through Project-Based Learning, this list of over 75 project ideas—complete with guiding questions and grade ranges—is a great resource for getting started. (K-12)
Try out these screencasting tools from Creating Media for Learning if you want to learn how to make quality instructional videos.
Compliments of Creating Media for Learning, find here four easy e-book tools for helping students showcase what they know.
Get started with QR Codes, Augmented Reality, and other scannable technology in your classroom with this handy graphic from Deeper Learning Through QR Codes and Augmented Reality.
Try out these three instructional strategies on leveraging movement from Marcia Tate's Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites. (K-12)
In this activity from Energizing Brain Breaks, students move their thumbs in different directions at the same time, which forces the brain to think two things at the same time. (K-12)
In this activity from Energizing Brain Breaks, each student moves a piece of paper around his/her waist without grabbing it. (K-12)
In this activity from Energizing Brain Breaks, one partner twists another partner's arms so that his/her brain really has to think to decide what finger to move.
This lesson from The Education Revolution is designed to help teachers introduce the concept of mental shift in a manner that increases student participation.
Excerpted from The Education Revolution, this lesson groups brain-based learning strategies for increasing the rate of recall and retention more efficiently.