Huntington Beach, CA (PRWEB) May 26, 2017
Educational publisher, Teacher Created Materials, was honored to recently receive two awards, including the prestigious Golden Lamp Award at the Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) special awards event in Philadelphia.
The Golden Lamp was awarded to Shell Education, a division of Teacher Created Materials, for Analyzing and Writing with Primary Sources, in the Professional Resources Instruction and Classroom Practice category. Part of Shell Education’s line of professional and classroom resources, this unique resource provides high-interest, engaging primary sources that bring history to life for students and help develop their close reading and writing skills. With easy-to-implement lesson plans for teachers, it is easy to see why this resource stood out among the other finalists. Being “very teacher friendly” is a long-standing goal of Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education, and gave this product an advantage.
“Each year the Revere Awards seek out the best in educational resources. Receiving the Golden Lamp Award reaffirms our commitment to developing the best resources possible---products that really work and are easy to use. Being teachers ourselves, we know the importance of success in the classroom and strive to continuously improve,” says Rachelle Cracchiolo, Chief Executive Officer.
In addition to the Golden Lamp Award, Teacher Created Materials was honored with a Revere Award for TIME® Nonfiction Readers, a supplemental curriculum series designed to support focused reading instruction through complex and engaging informational text. The grade 6 kit won in the category of Reading Whole Curriculum Language Arts.
About Teacher Created Materials
Teacher Created Materials develops innovative and imaginative educational materials and services for students worldwide. Everything the company does is “created by teachers for teachers and students to make teaching more eff¬ective and learning more fun.” Shell Education, a division of Teacher Created Materials, creates professional and classroom resources that are field-tested and based on valued input from teachers. Through current educational research and best practices, Shell Education provides practical ideas and approaches that are specifically designed to meet the needs of teachers, students, and parents. For more information about Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education and their products, visit http://www.teachercreatedmaterials.com.
About the Association of American Publishers
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) represents nearly four hundred member organizations including major commercial, digital learning, education and professional publishers alongside independents, non-profits, university presses and scholarly societies. We represent the publishing industry’s legislative, regulatory, and trade priorities regionally, nationally and worldwide. These include copyright and related intellectual property rights, piracy and enforcement strategies, digital growth and related business models, funding for education and libraries, fair tax and trade policies, and freedom of expression and literacy debates.
