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		<title>Top 6 sites for Creating Veterans&#8217; Day Lessons and Teachable Moments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Wednesday is November 11th, an annual day in recognition of the service of the women and men in the military.   This year, I feel, is particularly bittersweet.  It&#8217;s a joyous time because we can celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down; yet it&#8217;s sad because of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/11/top-6-sites-for-creating-veterans-day-lessons-and-teachable-moments/</link>
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		<title>Learning Lessons for English Language Learners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a classroom teacher, the majority of my students were English Language Learners (ELL). That means, that my students knew another language better than they did English.  There is a common misconception that ELL students are not as bright or are slower to learn that English Native Learners.  This is not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/10/learning-lessons-for-english-language-learners/</link>
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		<title>Banned Book Week: Learning Lessons Out of Life Experiences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, September 26th &#8211; October 3rd was Banned Book Week.  Tis is an annual event set forth by the American Library Association
         “Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the     [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/10/banned-book-week-learning-lessons-out-of-life-experiences/</link>
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		<title>Oregon Turns 150</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Oregon!  You&#8217;re lookin&#8217; pretty spry for being 150.
All year long Oregon has been celebrating its Sesquicentennial, a landmark year, turning the big 1-5-0!  If you haven&#8217;t had the time or chance to incorporate some state learning into your lessons, now&#8217;s your last chance.   Below you will find several resources that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/10/oregon-turns-150/</link>
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		<title>Lesson Plans: The Caterpillar Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a game that I created when I was a substitute teacher and I needed a time filler.  Eventually this game became a tool that I used in the classroom on a periodic basis; and now I use it as an instructional tool for tutors and other teachers.
I call it ‘The Caterpillar Word [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/09/lesson-plans-the-caterpillar-game/</link>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Corner: Newspapers&#8217; Value</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newspapers are in trouble.  With adult readership sinking each year, we as educators can be pretty sure that fewer and fewer of our students are seeing newspapers in their homes at all, let alone having any sort of experience reading them.  This is a shame, because newspaper articles can be used to teach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/05/teachers-corner-newspapers-value/</link>
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