This short guide shows teachers how to use Duolingo to increase their students' Spanish vocabulary and usage. Students can download the free app on their laptops, tablets, or cells. The app is easy to use and engages students with its colorful content. The interactive drills include verbal, visual, and auditory items and require students to use both reading and writing skills. Self-assessment is built in, allowing students to repeat items using various approaches and learning material for multiple intelligencies. Repeated content and assessment help conceptualize content and remember related vocabulary and usage. This guide also includes a link to a VoiceThread that provides more ideas for individualizing and differentiating Spanish learning.

In honor of African-American History Month, Gettysburg University in Pennsylvania is sponsoring a production of flow theater's iconic choreopoem, "Our Young Black Men Are Dying and Nobody Seems to Care," written by my late brother in 1983. First performed at the Castillo Theatre in New York''s Theatre District in 1990, this series of vignettes addressing the violent deaths of black youth has been staged across the nation in colleges and universities, as well as other venues. I am offering this series of five units based on the themes presented in OYBMADANSTC free of charge to high school and college/university teachers. These materials are also suitable for advanced middle school students. The subjects addressed include history, civics, English and composition, and social problems. One of the units includes research projects specifically for students interested in service careers. These materials will be offered free of charge through March 2016. (c) 2016, Geneva J. Chapman. All rights reserved.