Articles 

Urban Education 101
By Brian Hollingsworth
Politics, bureaucracy, and the daily struggle to teach something of value to students in Los Angeles Public Schools.

WWF: World Wrestling Literacy Unit
By Andrew Huddleston
Teaching reading and writing by examining the art of the slam-down.

Battles in the Kingdom of Fear: Hunter S. Thompson at Home in the West
By Edgar H. Thompson
A rumination on the contributions of Hunter Thompson

Reality Show
By F. Todd Goodson and Lori A. Norton-Meier
"Dude, I want to be dictator."

Three Useful Punctuation Marks: Colons, Dashes, and Parentheses
By Ed Schuster
Grammar with a twist or is it twisted grammar?

Reflections on Teaching Poetry
By Ed Farrell
Some unconventional, yet enriching views on the teaching of poetry

Entering a Novel Through the Eyes of a Doll: Creative Responses to an African Text
By Nancy King
An innovative, multisensory approach to teaching literature

Websites on Shakespeare, Freud, and Feminism in an Advanced Placement English Class
By Anthony Kunkel
"I began the year attempting empathy, but I’m not very good at being nice."

The Dream is the Truth: Empowering Students with the Help of Socratic Seminars
By Matt Copeland
A novel way to get students engaged in constructive conversation about literary works.

Axes for the Frozen Seas within Us:
Therapeutic, Literature-Based Writing Prompts in the Classroom
By Roy F. Fox and Russell Greinke
An examination of bibliotherapeutic writing prompts focused on Willa Cather’s short story, "Paul’s Case."

Eating Disorders in Young Adult Literature
By Emily Klausing
Works mentioned include: Diary of an Anorexic Girl, Lovesick, and Insatiable.

Teen Suicide

by Megan Tuttle
Works mentioned include: Chinese Handcuffs, Damage, and Fat Kid Rules the World.

Walking as a Teaching Device

by Daniel M. Frye
Works mentioned include: The Places in Between, A Walk in the Woods, Into the Wild.

The Books of Sharon Flake

by Frances Sawyer
Works mentioned include: The Skin I’m In, Money Hungry , Begging for Change, Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives, and Bang!

Comparative Analysis of Educational Systems of American and Japanese Schools: Views and Visions

by Craig C. Wieczorek
Some startling differences in accounts of historical events.

Memoir in Young Adult Literature

By Amelia Ehlen
Works mentioned include: Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany, The Diary of Anne Frank, A Child Called “It,” A Brother’s Journey, The Burn Journals, King of the Mild Frontier, Please Don’t Kill the Freshman, The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun.

Eleanor Updale's Montmorency

By Cristina Toflinski
Works mentioned include: Montmorency-Thief, Liar, Gentleman?, Montmorency on the Rocks, Montmorency and the Assassins, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, The Prince and the Pauper.

Conformity Vs Individuality

By Annette Roberson
Works mentioned include: Romeo and Juliet, Tess of the D’urbervilles, The Awakening, Sister Carrie, Who am I without him?, The Bonesetter's Daughter, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far From Normal, Birdwing, Uglies, Blankets, and The Usual Rules.

Relating the Holocaust

By John E. Johnson IV
Works mentioned include: When Hope Prevails, Maus I, Maus II, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Call of the Wild.

Using Literature to Teach Geography

By Philip Haney
Works mentioned include: The Door to Time, The Long Lost Map, Trapped in Ice, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Montmorency

Mapping Future Instruction in English Classrooms

by Edgar Herb Thompson
"The public, politicians, and education professionals have been debating for some time what the key issues should be for public school education in the future. In particular, there has been a lot of attention given to the area of language and literacy in all of its forms and possibilities.

Best films of 2006 for thinkers
by David Ferguson
A sea of bizarre filmic moments in an up-and-down year.

Interview with Peter E. Morgan, author of Running Out of Summer

From Poetry to Performance by Edgar H. Thompson

The Trouble with Teachers by Lawrence Baines

David's Top Films of 2004 by David Ferguson

The Films of 2005 by David Ferguson

Deliverance from the Worst of Circumstances:  The Biographical and Poetic Writing of Jimmy Santiago Baca by Edgar H. Thompson

Using Art Criticism by Pam Mathews

The Perceived Teacher by Anthony Kunkel

Disengagement and Loathing in High School by Baines & Stanley (This is a PDF from Educational Horizons)

Electrifying the Experience: Using Technology to Create Digital Portfolios by Matt Copeland

Tech Savvy by Todd   Finley (This is a large PDF) 

Cars and Drivers by  Matt Copeland 

Icons of Idolatry by  Matt Copeland 

An Experiment in the Use of Technology as a Means of Teaching Shakespearean Drama to High School Seniors by Alan Perry

Handout for Old South Day, a school-wide, community project by Alan Perry (see also Alan Perry's Powerpoint presentation)

Happy Are Those Who Have Died? Romance and Reality in World War I Literature by Greg Stanley

Lewis and Clark Abducted by Space Aliens:  The Influence of Tabloids on American History, Journalism, and Culture by Greg Stanley

Interview with Virginia Hamilton

Simultaneous Media:   Writing in 3-Dimensions by Lawrence Baines

The Vacation of a Lifetime... a real-life vacation planning experience (a lesson plan) by Julie Hughey.