MAY/JUNE 2024

CONTENT SPOTLIGHT

New this month! Engage your students in Claim, Evidence, Reasoning writing with our Innovation and Global Impact Activity utilizing Gale In Context: Global Issues.

SOCIAL STUDIES UPDATES

  • Prepare for Pride Month with curated Gale In Context: High School Topic Pages and a complete Escape Room Activity.
  • What do your students know about Bitcoin? Empower them to learn about digital currency with Gale In Context: Middle School. Check our Blog Post.
  • How did cars change U.S. culture in the 1920s? Find out with Gale In Context: U.S. History and our Blog Post.

ELA UPDATES

  • Practice Lateral Reading with our Gale In Context: High School Lateral Reading Activity.
  • Gale In Context: For Educators can help you curate subject-area text sets. Learn how!
  • Read how one high school ELA teacher is making Gale In Context: Literature their go to resource for engaging students.

STEAM UPDATES

  • Celebrate World Environment Day and World Oceans Day with these Gale In Context Activities.
  • Teaching weather and climate? Check out our 5E Lesson Plan for Gale In Context: Environmental Studies.
  • Discover Interactive Simulations within Gale In Context: Science using our Tip Sheet.

ELEMENTARY UPDATES

  • Leverage Gale to avoid interrupted learning. Check out our summer activities and support here.
  • Teach about the science of summertime with Gale In Context: Elementary - explore our Blog Post.
  • Support National Inventors Month instruction with our Themed Materials including a Research Project, Tarsia Puzzle, and Escape Room.

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  • April 2024

    CONTENT SPOTLIGHT

    What is going on with TikTok? Is the government overstepping? What are the chances of a total ban? Help students understand this complicated current event with our TikTok Ban CER Lesson Plan.

     

    SOCIAL STUDIES UPDATES

    • Start prepping for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with our pre-made Activities.
    • Can social studies teachers use Gale to help students personalize history? Gale’s Heather Bassett and Cynda Wood explain how in this eSchool News Article.
    • Help your students better understand mental health with our Mental Health Awareness Materials.

     

    ELA UPDATES

     

    STEAM UPDATES

    • What are estuaries? Why should students care? Utilize our new Estuaries Topic Page within Gale In Context: Environmental Studies to find out.
    • May is National Inventors Month. Help your students learn more about famous inventors and their inventions with our Themed Materials.
    • Teach your Middle Schoolers about what they can do in the fields of science and technology with our Science and Technology Careers Lesson Plan.

     

    ELEMENTARY UPDATES

    • This Arab American Heritage Month, teach about influential Arab American figures with Gale In Context: Elementary. View the activity here.
    • Emotions are hard, but Gale In Context: Elementary can help students figure them out! Utilize our Emotions KWL Activity to get started.
    • Help your students develop their search skills with our Searching Skills Scavenger hunt!
  • March 2024

    CONTENT SPOTLIGHT

    Research season is here! Utilize our Search Like a Pro Searching Skills Activity to help students develop their resource searching skills.

     

    SOCIAL STUDIES UPDATES

    • Looking to incorporate more Primary Sources? Take a look at our Primary Source Lesson Plan Collection for full, ready to go lessons.
    • Enhance your Financial Literacy curriculum with our on demand webinars, activities, and scavenger hunts. Take a Look.
    • April is Arab American Heritage Month. Access our elementary, middle, and high school activities on our Theme Page.

     

    ELA UPDATES

    • Gale In Context can help your students engage critically with literary works. Take a look at our Blog Post to learn how.
    • Start collecting content to support National Poetry Month by using the Poetry and Poetry Terms Topic Pages within Gale In Context: Literature.
    • Help students with CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning) writing. Check out our recorded Webinar and pre-made Activity for ideas.

     

    STEAM UPDATES

    • Preparing for the solar eclipse? Use the Gale In Context: Science Eclipse Topic Page to find content (including a few experiments) to support your lessons.
    • Gale In Context: Science includes Experiments and Simulations. Check out this Flyer.
    • Want to teach your students about famous scientists? Gale In Context: Science has a huge collection of Biographical Topic Pages to get you started.

     

    ELEMENTARY UPDATES

    • Gale In Context: Elementary has updated many of its Geography Topic Pages including Continental Divides, Coral Reefs, Dead Sea, and more.
    • Engage your students this National Poetry Month with our Parts of Poetry Escape Room.
    • Noticed any weird weather lately? We have! Help your students understand their surroundings with the Weather and Climate sub-section found in the Science category of Gale In Context: Elementary.
  • February 2024

    CONTENT SPOTLIGHT

    What do other countries think about current events? What actions are they taking to fight climate change or spread vaccine availability and awareness? Gale In Context: Global Issues can help answer those questions for your students. Check out this Blog Post to learn how.


    SOCIAL STUDIES UPDATES

    • Gale In Context resources are perfect for your students’ National History Day projects. Take a look at this Tip Sheet to see which resources are their best bets.
    • Utilize our Content Specific Materials to celebrate Women’s History Month. Engage even more with this Blog Post.
    • Coming soon to Gale In Context: For Educators- African American Studies and Latin American Studies high school lesson plans and topic trees. Expect to see these starting in January and adding until April.

    ELA UPDATES

    • Coming soon to Gale In Context: Literature-new topic pages including “Dracula”, Colson Whitehead, and “Firekeeper’s Daughter”.

    • Use Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints to teach argumentative writing with this Lesson Plan.

    • Gale In Context: For Educators now has a World Literature topic tree.


    STEAM UPDATES

    • Gale In Context: Science has new and updated technology-focused topic pages including Cryptocurrency, Metaverse, and ChatGPT.
    • Gale In Context: Environmental Studies has new interactive infographics to better engage students with relevant data.
    • We support Middle School science too! Utilize this Weather and Climate 5E Lesson Plan designed for grades 6-8 utilizing Gale In Context: Science.

    ELEMENTARY UPDATES

    • Want to add some pop culture into your classroom? Take a look at this Blog reviewing how you can find materials within Gale In Context: Elementary.
    • New to Gale In Context: Elementary? Join our Gale 101 Webinar on February 29th to learn the ins and outs!
    • Bring poetry to life for your students with our Gale In Context: Elementary Parts of Poetry Escape Room.
  • January 2024

    CONTENT SPOTLIGHT

    New York’s Pearl River School District is successfully bridging the library-curriculum gap utilizing their Gale resources. Read about their strategy in our Blog Post.

     

    SOCIAL STUDIES UPDATES

    • Gale In Context: Global Issues supports a deeper understanding of the Russia Ukraine Conflict with a new Topic Page. Learn More.
    • Utilize our Content Specific Materials to celebrate Black History Month. Classroom materials support learning about Black Artists, Mathematicians, and Hidden Figures.
    • Gale In Context: Middle School has new topics pages to explore including: Charles III, King of the United Kingdom, Fast Fashion, Freedom of Religion, Plessy V. Ferguson, and Yom Kippur.

     

    ELA UPDATES

    • New to Gale In Context: Literature? Take a look at our 1-3 minute Tutorials highlighting the unique and valuable tools and content available to you!

    • What better time to talk about love in literature than Valentine’s Day? Take a look at our Student Activities developed with Gale In Context: Literature.

    • Engage your students with our Novel Studies! You’ll find classics like The Catcher In the Rye and more contemporary works like The Hate U Give.

     

    STEAM UPDATES

    • Galileo Galilei’s 460th birthday is February 15th. Teach your students about his life and discoveries with Gale In Context: Science. Learn More.
    • Support Science instruction with Gale In Context: Middle School! New Topic Pages include Extreme Weather, Food Safety, Patterns of Extinction, and Telescopes.
    • Want to bring real-world environmental issues in your state or province to your students? Gale In Context: Environmental Studies contains dedicated state and province Topic Pages.

     

    ELEMENTARY UPDATES

    • Our pre-built Graphic Organizers are great to help students understand Text Structure. Find a document within Gale In Context: Elementary and allow them to organize their thoughts.
    • Help students explore space with our Solar System Trading Cards activity.
    • Looking for a complete Lesson Plan? Check out our Fairy Tales and Fables Lesson Plan for a fun way for students to identify, compare, and contrast fairy tales.