Beloved: Teaching Resources(High School, College)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved by Toni Morrisson is set several years after the Civil War and is acclaimed for its experimental style as well as its powerful subject matter. Follow this link to a blend of online literary, historical, and biographical resources about Beloved.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Teaching Resources(High School, College)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was a major literary and motion picture success and is set among patients and workers in a mental institution. The story revolves around a combative inmate who battles a dictatorial Nurse and is punished severely for his individualism. Find discussion questions, vocabulary, and biographical information on author Ken Kesey.

Kindred: Teaching Resources(High School, College)
Octavia Butler's Kindred is the story of a twentieth-century black woman who is mysteriously transported back to the antebellum South. Reminiscent of a slave narrative, Kindred is a powerful examination of slavery's oppressive nature and prompts readers to deal with slavery's long-term consequences.

Walt Whitman & Leaves of Grass: Teaching Resources (High School, College)
Whitman's treatment of race and slavery in "Song of Myself" -- the first untitled poem in Leaves of Grass (1855) -- reflects prejudices of his culture despite his era but also his efforts to rise above them. Discover critical essays, biographical and historical context, a bibliography, quotations, and various other teaching resources.

What is Creative Non-Fiction and How Does One Write It? (High School, College)
Use these internet resources to learn about the art of writing creative non fiction and discover anthologies, collections of short works, and more.

Jo Cool or Jo Fool: An Online Game about Savvy Surfing (Middle School, High School)
This engaging resource from the Canadian Media Awareness Network helps teach students effective internet surfing skills. It includes a checklist for helping you decide if "Jo" is making a good surfing choice. Features a 20-question quiz at the end, and a 50 page pdf to help teachers use the site.

LiteracyCenter.net (K-2)
LiteraryCenter.Net is a site designed to help improve literacy in the early childhood years and is especially useful in ESL classes. The LiteracyCenter.Net serves more than a million free literacy lessons a month to children in 141 countries.The site offers interactive games as well as audio feedback in English, French, Spanish, and Dutch.

Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (High School, College)
Luminarium contains searchable texts and supplemental materials for Medieval, Renaissance, and seventeenth-century British literature. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Sixth Edition, has been the main authority consulted for accuracy of dates and details. There is a list of authors and for each author there is a set of links (mostly external) that lead to biographical information, secondary sources, texts, and more.

The Online Medieval and Classical Library (High School, College)
Part of the Berkeley Digital Library, OMACL is a collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization. You may search all of the texts in this collection or browse by Title, Author, Genre and Language.

THWT/TLWT Spring & Summer 2005 Workshops

Blogging in History and English Courses (Online Workshop)
Introduce your students to a great communication tool that extends conversation outside of the classroom and provides many opportunities for shared writing as well. Blogging can be used to form a reading discussion forum or literature circle, post short current events articles and invite students thoughts, foster communication between multiple classes, post photos and and homework assignments online, and much more. The three-week "Blogging in History and English Courses" workshop is taught in asynchronous environment where all instruction and materials are online and weekly lessons can be accessed at one's convenience. Each participant is set up with his/her own blog to share comments and feedback. In addition, all participants receive personalized feedback from Mr. Daccord. The workshop will run between and April 25 and May 16 and participants can register now. The cost is $95.

Teaching the Cold War with the Internet (Online Workshop)
"Teaching the Cold War with the Internet" is an opportunity for history and social studies educators to learn the best ways to use internet resources to enrich their Cold War curriculum. The three-week workshop presents multimedia resources, thematic strategies, lesson plans, online quizzes and tests, inquiry-based projects, document-based questions, and writing assignments. The workshop consists of three one-week sessions. In this asynchronous environment all instruction and materials are online and weekly lessons can be accessed at one's convenience. Each participant is set up with his/her own blog and encouraged to share comments and feedback with the class. In addition, all participants receive personalized feedback from Mr. Daccord. The workshop will run between March 29 and April 30 and participants can register now. The cost is $95.

Teaching History With Technology Workshop (Boston, July 11-14 or Online)
The third-annual "Teaching History With Technology Workshop" is an intensive four-day "hands-on" opportunity for history and social studies teachers and professors to explore practical ways to use technology to enrich the history curriculum and engage students. The workshop will explore innovative ideas, effective techniques, and ready-made plans for incorporating Web-based resources and desktop software packages into classroom instruction of history. Workshop topics include: Integrating the Best History Resources on the Web, Lesson Plan Preparation and Implementation, and Project-Based Learning and Research.

Each participant will be supplied with a laptop or desktop computer for the duration of the workshop and have extended "hands-on" time to master the information and skills presented. The workshop will be held July 11-14 at the Noble and Greenough School, located seven miles west of Boston in Dedham, Massachusetts. Participants may register now. Cost is $395.00

Other workshops taught by Tom Daccord:

Internet Applications: Impacting Teaching and Student Learning™ (Boston, June 27-July 1)
"Make Internet technology an integral element of classroom learning. Practice accessing, using, and critically evaluating services such as the World Wide Web, file transfer protocol (ftp), and Telnet. Learn proper “netiquette” and ways to maintain security and safety on the Internet. Practice using Web browsers, customizing browsers, and locating resources with metasearch engines. Develop ideas for educational projects by incorporating the Internet into curriculum." Cost is $495.00 Go to ConnectingLink to register.

Microsoft® PowerPoint®: Impacting Teaching and Student Learning™ (Boston, July 25-29)
"This course provides an in-depth exploration of the classroom applications and educational uses for Microsoft PowerPoint. Learn how to develop professional-looking and pedagogically effective presentations for classroom use. Explore the principles of graphic design and the basics of Web publishing. In addition to technical skills, you’ll develop a framework for creating and evaluating technology-based learning activities." Cost is $495.00 Go to ConnectingLink to register.

"The Effective Laptop Teacher: Tools, Strategies, and Lessons" (Presentation in Connecticut and Tennessee)
“The Effective Laptop Teacher: Tools, Strategies, and Lessons” is a presentation designed to help middle school and high school humanities teachers incorporate technology effectively into their laptop courses. Participants will be shown how blogs, chats, simulations, audio-video, and other tech tools can engage students and drive an entire lesson or 'jump start' a class. Classroom-tested activities and recommended online resources will be presented and classroom-management, time-management, and troubleshooting techniques will be outlined. Two Locations :
The Laptop Institute -- East Memphis, TN, Tuesday, July 19 from 11:45 to 1:00.
CAIS Teaching With Technology Conference -- Avon Old Farms, CT, June 20-24 (day and time TBA)

"Inquiry-Based Technology Projects in the History Classroom" (Presentation in Connecticut and Tennessee)
“Inquiry and Technology-Based Projects for the History Classroom” is designed to show teachers how to combine online resources and common software applications to construct inquiry-based learning learning experiences where students formulate historical questions, collect and analyze data, and determine historical significance. Tom Daccord will present useful depositories of online primary sources as well as sample inquiry-based technology activities and projects designed for middle and secondary school students. He will also introduce technology tools that can, among other uses, serve as inquiry-based templates or evaluation rubrics.
Two locations:
The Laptop Institute -- East Memphis, TN, Monday, July 18 from 3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
CAIS Teaching With Technology Conference -- Avon Old Farms, CT, June 20-24 (day and time TBA)