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World Teachers’ Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994 – when it was created by UNESCO – celebrates teachers worldwide (in the United States, National Teacher Day is Tuesday in the first full week of May). Here are few quickly put together resources you might find useful/helpful:

Here’s some interesting data from The New York Times comparing class size and teacher pay in countries around the world.

ESL Holiday Lessons, one of many great sites developed by Sean Banville, has an excellent lesson on the day.

There are two interesting videos on YouTube that trace the history of teachers over the past four hundred years:

The Evolution of Educators – Part 1 (1600-1900)

The Evolution of Educators – Part 2 (1900-Present)

I’m not embedding them here because I think it’s worth watching them at the YouTube site and seeing the surprising number of other videos related to the history of schools you’ll see on the side of the page.

You might also be interested in The Best Places To Learn About (And View Video Clips Of) Teachers In The Movies and The Best Quotes About Education — Contribute Your Own Favorites.

8 Teachers Who Changed History is a nice, short article.

Here is a list of “Teacher Days” celebrated on different dates in different countries.

K – 12 America Since 1981 is a multimedia feature from Education Week.

ESL Holiday Lessons has a lesson plan for the day.

 

Source: obizmedia.com via NEA on Pinterest

National Teacher

Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.

 

 

Teachers around the world share their stories – interactive is from The Guardian.

Where Children Learn: Inside Classrooms Around the World is a great photo gallery from NBC News.

A Typical School Week Around The World

From Visually.

World Teacher Day

CELEBRATING WORLD TEACHERS DAY WITH 18 OF THE BEST TEACHERS IN MOVIE HISTORY

Yes, it’s a Kleenex ad, but you’ll still want to watch it:

Spotify Puts Teacher Appreciation Week to Music is from Ed Week.

UN Says 69 Million New Teachers Need To Be Recruited By 2030 – That’s A Lot Of Teachers!

Who are the world’s most valued teachers? is from CNN.

What 150 Years of Education Statistics Say About Schools Today is from Ed Week.

Video: “Fareed Zakaria: Teachers make other professions possible”

Century-Old Decisions That Impact Children Every Day is from NPR, and is an interesting history of education.

TED-Ed Launches A New Channel For Talks From Teachers

USE GOOGLE EARTH & CHECK OUT SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD WITH “THIS IS SCHOOL”

“EVERYTHING” YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TEACHING PROFESSION, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK….

George Lucas, Venus Williams, Stephen Colbert—and the Teachers Who Inspired Them is from Ed Week.

Here’s What Teachers Look Like Around The World is from BuzzFeed.

How Have Teachers Taught: A Look Backwards is by Larry Cuban.

THIS IS PRETTY INTERESTING: AN ONLINE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF NOTEBOOKS USED BY SCHOOLCHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD

 

This World Teachers’ Day, here’s what teachers want you to know is from CNN.

World Teachers’ Day 2020 celebrated in re-released Google Doodle is from Google.

VIDEO: DAVE GROHL HONORS TEACHERS AT INAUGURAL CONCERT

Video: I Think Every Educator Could Benefit From Watching This Short Stacey Abrams Address On Teachers

From President Biden: A Proclamation on National Teacher Appreciation Day and National Teacher Appreciation Week, 2021

VIDEOS: TODAY’S GOOGLE DOODLE IN THE U.S. CELEBRATES TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK!

The Dos and Don’ts of Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week is from Ed Surge.

‘Who Will Clean Out The Desks’ — A crowdsourced poem in praise of teachers is from NPR.

Quote Of The Day: Teaching Students To Think

On Teaching (Elliot Eisner) appeared in Larry Cuban’s blog.

What Students Are Saying About How Their Teachers Have Shaped Them is from The NY Times Learning Network.

A letter to educators this Teacher Appreciation Week is from Google.

JOE & JILL BIDEN ADDRESSED TEACHERS TODAY – I THINK HE HAD A STRONG ENDING

Infographic: Where the Global Teacher Shortage Is Hitting Hardest | Statista You will find more infographics at Statista

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