Looking at the Boston Tea Party through Primary Sources
On December 16, 1773, angry colonists, dressed as American Indians, destroyed 342 chests of tea to protest recent tax hikes imposed …
Celebrating Emily Dickinson!
Poet Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. Today, Dickinson’s work is considered among the greatest in American literature. …
Learning from Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) is best known for her refusal to give up her seat on a crowded bus. On her bus …
NCTE Position Statement on Indigenous Peoples and People of Color (IPOC) in English and Language Arts Materials
Since 1990, November has been known as National Native American Heritage Month. Many organizations such as the Library of Congress …
Building Your Professional Learning Community
The best professional learning often relies on the teacher-to-teacher method—teachers sharing their successes and challenges with one another to build …
Get Ready for #NCTE20 with #NCTEchat!
Join us on Sunday, November 15, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat on #NCTE20, the 2020 NCTE Virtual Annual Convention, led …
World Kindness Day 2020
World Kindness Day is an international holiday, launched in 1998, with the goal of promoting kindness throughout the world. It’s …
Do You Plan to Write this Month?
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) happens every November — an exciting writing event where the challenge is to draft an entire …
It’s Time for Media Literacy Week 2020!
October 26–30, 2020, is Annual Media Literacy Week in the United States. The mission of this week is to highlight …
Celebrating The National Day on Writing® with Texts from NCTE – Part 3!
The National Day on Writing® celebrates writing—and the many places, reasons, and ways we write each day—as an essential component …