In the early 1990s an American researcher named Catherine Lewis was working on a book about education in Japan. The book had nothing to do with how kids learned math, but sitting for hours in Japanese ...

There’s a form of cogent professional development that requires teachers to collaboratively create, participate in, and reflect on a lesson. It’s called lesson study, and it’s research-based, ...

What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

In other articles we’ve discussed the benefits of STEM lessons and activities and the value of inquiry based teaching strategies. Now we know the value of STEM but how can you create STEM lesson plans ...

In my first months as a social studies teacher, I struggled each time I sat down to plan lessons for the upcoming school week. When I opened my laptop each weekend, I spent hours at a time trying to ...

Curriculum and lesson planning can seem daunting, especially as a new teacher. How do you plan an entire year of learning before it even begins? How do I make each individual lesson relevant and ...

Here you'll find information about our latest series of Live Lessons which launches in September with a 500 Words 2025 Live Lesson. Safer Internet Day 2026 – Live Lesson: LIVE at 11:00, Tuesday 10 ...

We’re launching a new series of eight Live Lessons for primary schools, broadcasting from September 2025. The series kicked off with an exciting new 500 Words literacy lesson and also includes fun ...

This one-day lesson provides an introduction to the Holocaust by defining the term and highlighting the story of one Holocaust survivor, Gerda Weissmann.