Gifted Education

Feature Writer: Alex Sharp
Working with gifted children is a challenging privilege, and Suite101 is please to offer an ever-growing library for teachers, parents, administrators. Anyone concerned about the needs of gifted students can find information about the complex social, emotional and academic needs of gifted students. Suite101 offers resources for both the regular classroom and enrichment classroom teachers.
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Alex Sharp
Nov 22, 2009
Online Court and Trial Games
In: Gifted Education (general)
Three online games can be used for both mock trials and studies of the Bill of Rights. Students get to use critical thinking in a fun framework.
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Nov 15, 2009
Teaching the 3rd Amendment to Gifted Students
In: Teaching Gifted Students
Unlike other amendments, the third amendment has little chance of going to court, so teachers can use it as a history lesson to show how the United States grew up.
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Nov 8, 2009
Veteran's Day Essays for Gifted Advisory Classes
In: Gifted Classes Materials/Lessons
An advisory class can increase student understanding of issues facing veterans who are returning home from war by listening to or reading about interesting experiences.
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Nov 1, 2009
A Requiem for Baby Mozart
In: Gifted Education (general)
Sure, the marketing department went too far, but across the decade that spanned Baby Einstein's rise and fall, a lot of families were exposed to art and music.
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Oct 26, 2009
Teaching the 2nd Amendment to Gifted Students
In: Gifted Classes Materials/Lessons
When teaching a controversial topic, teachers should allow students expansive room to draw their own conclusions.
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Oct 26, 2009
Teaching the 8th Amendment to Gifted Students
In: Teaching Gifted Students
As gifted students learn the concepts powering the Bill of Rights, no where is there a greater chance to see how far civilization has evolved than with the 8th amendment.
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Oct 21, 2009
Teaching the 1st Amendment to Gifted Students
In: Teaching Gifted Students
When teachers bring the Bill of Rights into the classroom, gifted students are often enchanted by the abstractions of the first amendment.
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Oct 20, 2009
Teaching the 4th Amendment to Gifted Students
In: Gifted Education (general)
Understanding personal rights is important for every citizen, but some amendments feel more distant than others. The 4th amendment has direct protections for students.
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