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How to Teach Your Child About Money

By Melanierose

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Money is the big topic for this year, and will most likely be the biggest topic for the next five years ahead. It is vital to teach your children how to handle and manage money. This article will help assist you in this matter... more »

How to Teach Your Child Tolerance

By EasyWriter

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Our news is filled with violent acts. There are terrorist attacks, gang-banging, drive-by shootings, and it is only natural to want to punish the perpetrators. Anger is the first and most natural response to such acts. In a school setting ... more »

How to To Save A Massive Amount Of Money On A New Apple Computer With A Student Discount

By delorean88

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If you are a college student, a teacher, or school staff member, you can use the Apple Education discount to save $100 - $230 dollars on a new Macintosh computer. At certain times of the year, Apple will also throw in a free iPod Touch Or Nano ... more »

How to Transform A Ballad In Class

By Enzo Silvestri

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As an English teacher I have despaired of how to get students to write a ballad in the correct way. A ballad is a good tool to teach the structure of narrative writing because it has the same structure in a more visible format. This is a process ... more »

How to understand earthquake magnitude and intensity ratings

By h0wtobem3

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When we hear about earthquakes in the news, the report often describes the quake as having a particular seismographic measurement. But, how do the numbers on the seismographic scale translate to the impact an earthquake has on the people and ... more »

How to Understand Non-Euclidean Geometry

By Bob Strauss

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In the third century B.C., the Greek mathematician Euclid explored the basic geometry that’s still taught in schools today. It explains the relationships between (and rules of construction of) triangles, squares, circles and other geometric ... more »

How to Understand Prototype Semantics

By laurapayne

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Thirty years ago, a prototype approach to meaning was suggested by Eleanor Rosch. Rosch conducted psycholinguistic research on the internal structure of categories and the influence of categories on word meaning. This research has proven to be ... more »

How to Understand the French Collapse in World War II

By martygit

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No single event in World War II proved more sad and shocking than the German takeover of France, which was accomplished in just six weeks. How was one of the strongest military powers in the world overrun so quickly? Several factors were ... more »

How to Understand the Thirty Years' War

By Bob Strauss

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Unlike some leisurely, low-intensity wars in medieval-to-modern Europe—such as the Hundred Years’ War or the War of the Spanish Succession—the Thirty Years’ War in the early 17th century was a violent, unremitting struggle that, by the time it ... more »

How to Use a Deck of Cards to Teach Your Twins to Count

By Rodney Southern

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Toddler twins are very open to teaching, especially if it is in the form of a game. Learning to count and add is one of the earliest skills they will acquire and this game is a way to help them succeed beyond your wildest expectations... more »

How to Use a Lesson Plan Book as a New Teacher

By Amanda Morin Morin

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Organizing a classroom can be a daunting task for a new teacher. Not only do you need to order supplies and physically set up your room, but you also need to plan your lessons. Many teachers find it helpful to use a lesson plan book to keep track ... more »

How to Use a Marionette Puppet in Illustrations

By YouthServices

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Working with at-risk youth, I try a variety of illustrations to make a point. Use a marionette puppet for peer pressure and/or stereotype lessons... more »

How to Use a Morning Message as a Literacy Tool

By Amanda Morin Morin

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In early elementary classrooms all across the nation, children and teachers begin their day by reading a morning message. The message isn't merely a way for a teacher to greet her students, it's also an important teaching tool. There are ... more »

How to Use Dice Teaching Math Skills

By annie20

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Something as familiar as dice can be a great aid in teaching different math skills. This hands-on approach is fun for children and an inexpensive way to teach addition, subtraction, and multiplication... more »

How to Use Love and Logic in the Classroom

By Sandy Meneses

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Jim Fay and Foster Cline developed the Love and Logic method of discipline several decades ago. Love and Logic utilizes giving children alternatives and consequences. A popular and time-honored method in parenting, Love and Logic is also used by ... more »

How to Use the pdf Format in Your Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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The pdf format is a universal file format (PC or mac) that is the best way to ensure that whatever you are sending someone will print out in 8.5x11 inch format. You never really know large how a jpg will print out. This is the perfect format for ... more »

How to Welcome a New Student to Your Class

By LesleyBarker

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Teachers spend a lot of time during the first few weeks of each school term on activities designed to help students get to know each other. Friendships form and most of the classmates settle into patterns of relationship that can last for years. ... more »

How to Work With Children With Williams Syndrome

By Lori Lucero

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Williams syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that is estimated to occur in 1 in 7,500 births. It affects males and females equally and is present at birth. As a group, they tend to have an unusual pattern of intellectual strengths and weaknesses. ... more »

How to Work With Teaching Aids

By eHow Education Editor

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Working with teaching aids is essential in the modern classroom. Many education topics can be explored more efficiently and in more depth with teaching aids. Teaching aids come in many forms including pre-packaged kits, DVDs and interactive ... more »

How to Write a K-12 Geography Test

By eHow Education Editor

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Writing a geography test should include a mix of different types of questions to accommodate various learning styles. The directions given here are for a ninth grade European geography test. However, it can be modified for most other grade levels... more »

How to Write a Basic Lesson Plan for a Creative Project for non-teachers

By creativemayhem

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When I first became a teaching artist, I had very little experience with actual teaching. Over time and with some professional development workshops, I learned a basic framework for writing lesson plans that are exciting and fun to use in a ... more »

How to Write a Code of Conduct for Your Class

By Paula Dumouchel

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Effective classroom discipline requires structure and limits that are set by the teacher early on in the school year. Most teachers list several rules for students to follow but having such a list puts the focus on what the students should not ... more »

How to Write a Fill-in-the-Blank Exam

By eHow Education Editor

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Testing a student's comprehension of a subject has been around as long as formal teaching has been used for education. There are many methods of assessing a student's learning. Although essay questions will be the most telling of what they have ... more »

How to Write a Four Paragraph Compare and Contrast Essay Using a Chart

By Virginia DeBolt

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It may help to visualize your main points if you use a chart to organize your thinking for a four paragraph compare and contrast essay. Here are some ways to do it... more »

How to Write a Scheme of Work

By eHow Education Editor

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Use a scheme of work to keep yourself organized when you are teaching. A scheme of work is a teacher's lesson plan or outline of the lessons you will teach in a course. Follow these tips to write a scheme of work... more »

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