Entries by Jim McCabe

Toward the Flame: A War Diary by Hervey Allen

The epub format below is for your Apple and Android devices including Send-to-Kindle. As you may know, Amazon has changed to the epub format to use with the Send-to-Kindle program. A great feature of the Send-to-Kindle program is that the file will go directly to your Library folder, and not have to be searched for […]

Thaddeus Stevens: Militant democrat and fighter for Negro rights

Download the epub version for your Android or Apple device: Download the mobi version for your Amazon device:   The writer makes the political energy and moral intensity of Thaddeus Stevens clear to readers in this short, 40 page pamphlet. What was the fate of the Freedmen after the Civil War? What economic opportunities were […]

Why Reading Volume Matters: Read Anne E. Cunningham and Keith E. Stanovich

See an excellent article titled “What Reading Does for the Mind” that could be used in professional development, or to help convince a school board that the volume of reading  should matter in secondary schools. Online at https://scholastic.vo.llnwd.net/o16/teacherdashboard/live/c13_s2_t1_pa3.pdf or https://www.aft.org/ae/springsummer1998/cunningham_stanovich or https://ebooksforstudents.org/whatreadingdoesforthemind/ in case one of the earlier sites disappears.  

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Convince your staff that the volume of reading matters.

Ask teachers if print exposure can make students smarter. Consider the ideas of Keith Stanovich at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF6VKmMVWEc If they agree with Stanovich, where will more print exposure come from? Will students reading below grade level enjoy World History textbook paragraphs about people of the river in Mesopotamia, or do they need something more engaging? Share […]