Finding Chika Book Study

Finding Chika Book Study

Class: Staff Development Grade: Elementary Subject: All School/Institution: Tryon Elementary School Tryon, North Carolina I recently lost power due to Tropical Storm Zeta. I’ve had Chika since Christmas last year, but always seemed to never had time to start. I...
Finding Chika Book Study

Teaching in the Age Of Covid

Class: English 9 Grade: High School Subject: English School/Institution: Whitesboro High School Marcy, New York Dear Mitch, First of all, thank you. Thank you for your beautiful words, and thank you for your inspiration. In fact, inspiration is why I’m writing to you...
Finding Chika Book Study

Teaching During a Pandemic

Class: English 11 Grade: High School Subject: English/Literature School/Institution: Huron High School New Boston, Michigan Dear Mr. Albom, I have been teaching Tuesdays with Morrie since it was published and it is consistently a favorite of my students, especially my...
Finding Chika Book Study

5 People The Freshman got to meet

Class: Reading I Grade: High School Subject: English Language Arts School/Institution: Snyder High School Snyder, TX Mr. Albom, I am a first-year teacher. I decided to pursue a teaching career at the age of 40. I was given 3 classrooms of freshmen who struggle with...
Finding Chika Book Study

St. Nicholas Embraces “St. Eddie”

Class: Mr. Sedelmeier's 7th Grade Grade: Middle School Subject: Language Arts School/Institution: St. Nicholas Academy Louisville, KY Seventh graders in my Language Arts class spent a few weeks this fall reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven. They did group...
Finding Chika Book Study

Tuesdays With Lori

Class: Senior English Grade: High School Subject: English School/Institution: Anderson County High School Clinton Tennessee Dear Mr. Albom, I have been teaching Tuesdays with Morrie for 19 years to my high school English classes or should I say Tuesdays with Morrie...
Finding Chika Book Study

Learning in Silence

Class: Death and Dying Grade: College/University Subject: Psychology School/Institution: Southwestern Illinois Community College Granite City, IL The students in the classroom were silent and absorbed, during the movie. The feelings could almost be reached out and...

Skyping with History of Human Thought

On March 7, Mitch took some time to Skype with Scott Minehart’s History of Human Thought class at Gull Lake High School in Richland, MI. History of Human Thought is a trimester long class that explores different religions–and their moral...
Finding Chika Book Study

Lessons from the Five People

Class: Spanish III/IV Grade: High School Subject: Foreign Language School/Institution: Clarksville Academy Clarksville, TN We are students from a private high school located in Clarksville, Tennessee. Recently, our Spanish teacher, Danny Magrans, showed us the movie...

Mitch on NPR with Scott Simon

Mitch spoke with NPR’s Scott Simon on Saturday October 22 about the Have Faith Haiti Mission and orphanage in Haiti, the presidential candidates, and the issues not discussed enough in this election campaign. Listen here: