Promising Practices

Effective Methods, Techniques, & Activities

Black History Month Lessons & Resources
To help you integrate Black History Month into your classroom, we offer a selection of lesson plans that cover a variety subjects and that can be adapted to fit multiple grade levels.
Presidents' Day Activities
Seven interdisciplinary lesson plans, adaptable for all grade levels, help students learn about U.S. Presidents, their role in government, and their impact on American life and history.
Integrating Arts Across the Curriculum
Arts programs are frequently the first to be cut when school budgets are tightened. Preserve them by integrating them across the curriculum.
Four Lessons for Frosty Days
Counter the coldness outdoors with the warmth of great learning experiences indoors - with these lessons on snow, skiing, snowstorms, and other winter wonders.

Promising practices in education are those methods, techniques, and activities that help educators be more effective.

C.A.R.E. Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gaps - A multi-themed approach to closing the achievement gaps, focusing on Culture, Abilities, Resilience, and Effort (C.A.R.E.).
Research Spotlight on Best Practices in Education - NEA reviews of the best pedagogical practices.