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Wikipedia at 22
Writing and editing Wikipedia entries is an excellent task for older writers who are pursuing specialized knowledge. In this piece, the authors describe a rationale and process for their college-aged writers to participate in Women's History Month by adding to and editing entries on women.…
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Place-Conscious Education with the Nebraska Writing Project
Since the mid-1990s, the Nebraska Writing Project has been investigating place-conscious education and designing curricula and partnerships with place-conscious goals in mind. This seven-part audio series, created in 2020 out of their work with the National Parks Service partnership,…
Environmental Problem Solvers
This lesson plan invites students to look closely at how small steps at home can make a global environmental impact.
Green City Remix
This lesson engages learners in improving their historical thinking skills, building critical understanding of change, and creatively visualizing their learning with hands-on making.
Using the Film True Justice in Your Classroom
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality follows 30 years of the Equal Justice Initiative’s work on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. The Kunhardt Film Foundation has created lessons, engagement guides, and interviews to support educators in teaching the film…
Shared Inquiry: A Means to Building Sustainable Partnerships between Organizations
Chris Butts and Michah Lauer of the Boise State Writing Project share lessons learned from their work developing a partnership between the Boise State Writing Project and the Discovery Center of Idaho. Embedded, readers will find a set of questions they may find useful in beginning new…
Chemical Phenomena in Everyday Life: An Adventure in Writing Across the Curriculum
Chemistry teacher Laurie Smith shares how she adapted the Writing Marathon format to help her students explore and find examples of chemistry in action around them, then articulate and share their findings through writing. Laurie was introduced to the Writing Marathon and all its…
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Transitioning from Conventional to Connected Teaching: Small Moves and Radical Acts
By illuminating the stories and experiences of those who lived behind barbed wire at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, these lessons ask students to think critically about the Japanese American experience during World War II and how it connects to events today. This resource shares links to…
Bioethics, Informed Consent, and Open Networks: The Story of Bioethics Day
After reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, high school teachers work across schools to design and facilitate a “Bioethics Day” and then reflect on the ways it supported a more connected learning for their students. Included are details about planning the day as well as inquiry…
From the Tule Lake Segregation Center to the Virtual World
By illuminating the stories and experiences of those who lived behind barbed wire at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, these lessons ask students to think critically about the Japanese American experience during World War II and how it connects to events today. This resource shares links to…
Write Now Teacher Studio
Where teachers write, share, and talk shop about writing and the teaching of writing
Hosted by the National Writing Project, the Write Now Teacher Studio is an open, online community of educators for educators. It’s a place to write together, examine our teaching, create and refine curricula, and work toward ever more effective and equitable practices to create confident, creative, and critical thinkers and writers in our classrooms and courses.