“More Than Their Trauma”: Teaching Michelle Good’s Five Little Indians in a Christian School
In the early part of the twentieth century, Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was a bustling urban center; it was a space where all […]
Disability in Children’s Literature: Eight Books You Should Have in Your Classroom Library
Christine Scholma and Bill Boerman-Cornell Teachers face increasingly difficult challenges when they make choices about children’s and young adult texts to use […]
The Overwhelming, Never-Ending Silence of God: Teaching Shūsaku Endō’s Silence in a Christian School
In our modern North American churches, we often sing of the “overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God” to remind us of how […]
Found Families: An Idea for Blending Whole-Class Novels and Student Choice in Middle School and High School English Classrooms
The ideas in this article spring from three important identities I carry in my heart: reader, teacher, and child in the family […]
Hi, My Name Is . . .
We have all been there before. One hand in your pocket, the other hand holding a beverage while you engage in small […]
Citizen Science: Real Data for a Real Need in the Real World
I am standing on the bridge in a local park near our high school in Fridley, Minnesota. It is a beautiful day […]
Embodying Climate Change Education: Stories in the Secondary Science Classroom
Climate change education. What do these three words call to mind? When you hear these three words, how do you feel? What […]
Six Amazing Young Adult Books You Should Read
The world of young adult literature continues to turn out some amazing novels and non-fiction with every new year. The following books […]
Using Pre-recorded Lectures during the COVID Pandemic
by Dr. Timothy D. Veenstra and Dr. Elisha Injeti The arrival of COVID-19 brought rapid changes to seemingly normal routines within our […]
Ten Excellent Young Adult Books and Graphic Novels You Should Probably Read as Soon as You Can
Young Adult (YA) literature is exploding. A broad range of stories is coming out right now in the unprecedented numbers of books […]