Scholastic Names Verizon Thinkfinity
Best In Tech Website for
Professional Development

Scholastic Administrator magazine has named Verizon Thinkfinity a Best in Tech website for professional development! The award was based in part on information submitted to the magazine by teachers and administrators who use Thinkfinity. Thanks to everyone who took the time to send information to Scholastic.

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Adults and Teens Reading Together Podcast from ReadWriteThink
Tune in to hear about eight new novels that all focus in some way on teens and their complicated relationships with family members, peers and the world around them. Grades 6-12. Listen in!

Celebrate To Kill a Mockingbird at 50 with EDSITEment's Summertime Favorites 2010
This feature includes a list of 300 books recommended by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for students at all levels with accompanying lesson plans. Grades K-12. Ready, Set, Read!

The U.S. Civil War
The battles of Gettysburg, Bull Run and Atlanta all took place in July. Verizon Thinkfinity has expert resources that are a must for any Civil War unit.

• Engaging Students in a Collaborative Exploration of the Gettysburg Address from ReadWriteThink Grades 3-5.

• Using Historical Fiction to Learn About the Civil War from ReadWriteThink Grades 3-5.

• Comparing Electronic and Print Texts about the Civil War Soldier from ReadWriteThink Grades 6-8.

• The Battles of the Civil War from EDSITEment Grades 9-12.

• The Gettysburg Address (1863)—Defining the American Union from EDSITEment Grades 9-12.

Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964. These resources from Verizon Thinkfinity examine the fight for equality in the 1960s.

• JFK, LBJ and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s from EDSITEment Grades 9-12.

• The Kennedy Administration and the Civil Rights Movement from EDSITEment Grades 9-12.

Space Exploration
On July 19, 1969, Apollo 11 orbited the moon. On July 20, 1969, man first set foot on the moon. Take your kids to the final frontier with these Verizon Thinkfinity resources that are out of this world!

• Square Off Against Alien Invaders from Illuminations Grades 4-8.

• Blast Off to Learn New Words from ReadWriteThink Grades K-2.

• In 1969, the first human walked on the moon from ReadWriteThink Grades K-12.

• Celebrating Space Exploration from Science NetLinks Grades K-12.

• MESSENGER: A Mission to Mercury from Science NetLinks Grades K-12.

July marks the birthdays of several acclaimed authors, including Henry David Thoreau and Ernest Hemingway. Examine their works with these timeless and classic resources from Verizon Thinkfinity.

Henry David Thoreau

• Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817 from ReadWriteThink Grades K-12.

• Examining Transcendentalism through Popular Culture from ReadWriteThink Grades 9-12.

• Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia from ReadWriteThink Grades 9-12.

Ernest Hemingway

• Novelist Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 from ReadWriteThink Grades 7-12.

• Style: Translating Stylistic Choices from Hawthorne to Hemingway and Back Again from ReadWriteThink Grades 9-12.

• When Less IS More—Understanding Minimalist Fiction from ReadWriteThink Grades 9-12.

• "Three Shots": Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams from EDSITEment Grades 9-12.

New Reading Resource Collections from the Thinkfinity Literacy Network
We’ve pulled the resources together so you don’t have to! Check out our new collection on three components of reading: fluency, vocabulary and alphabetics. Use the courses, interactives and print pieces to gather ideas you can use in teaching adults. Use these valuable tools today!

Verizon Thinkfinity's Summer Learning Portal
It's packed with math, science, literature, and reading and writing activities to help keep kids learning all summer long. Dive in!

Join the Verizon Thinkfinity Community
Join the Verizon Thinkfinity Community where you can connect and discuss issues with colleagues. Join in on one of our current discussions - How can early learners build a math foundation using technology? Don’t forget that you can save and share your favorite Verizon Thinkfinity resources as well!

Verizon's 2009/2010 Corporate Responsibility Report
Verizon is proud of its corporate responsibility achievements, as we are deeply invested in using communications technology to connect people to the larger resources of the community - education, health care, accessibility and safety - in ways that make lives better. See our results.