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Whether you teach English, Arabic, Geography or Math, you can integrate computer activities into any subject. Students build computer skills while they learn the content and, most importantly, they enjoy the process. Computer activities mesh easily into language learning and provide numerous benefits.

Citizenship means being a member of and supporting one's community and country. Children need to be taught that citizens of the United States are not free by accident, but because individuals made great sacrifices to protect their rights. Here are 20 ways to do that. 

Just as students are taught to be good citizens, so too students need to be taught how to be effective contributors to and beneficiaries of a community of thinkers. These are some ways that teachers can build critical thinking skills in the classroom. 

Pakistan was hit with devastating floods in 2010. These are some ways Muslim students did help, along with ideas of more they can do in future humanitarian crises to assist those affected. 

Concerned parents might ask, “If I wouldn’t allow my son to see a movie with sex or violence, then why would I allow him to read a book with the same themes?” The logic seems sound at first blush, but it overlooks one important difference: these books are being presented in the classroom setting, not simply as frivolous entertainment. 

For teachers, our colleagues are a storehouse of tried and tested knowledge and best practices. There’s a fancy term called inter-visitation and it means the chance to observe how other teachers do things. It is an excellent tool for teacher development. 
 

Freda hamma receives the Islamic Society of North America's Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication and commitment to education, and specifically Muslim children in the United States, as well as her work developing Islamic children's literature.