On-Demand Learning
Brought to you by the Hammer Family Foundation, our on-demand webinars cover a wide range of topics including social studies, history, civics, ELA, equity and inclusion, and classroom culture. Many of our webinars qualify for professional development credit.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Navigating Difficult Conversations: Building Trust
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This webinar focuses on how to cultivate safe spaces for students so that open and respectful dialogue can take place in the classroom.
Memphis 1968: Lessons for Today
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Learn interdisciplinary teaching strategies to examine the events that brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis in 1968 through a critical lens.
Literacy with a Social Studies Lens: Writing for Deeper Learning
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Virtual
Learn strategies that will help your students build informative, explanatory, and argumentative writing skills needed to address the Reconstruction Era and compelling issues in today's world.
Literacy with a Social Studies Lens: Reading, Speaking and Listening for Deeper Learning
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Virtual
Learn teaching strategies that help students interrogate text, think critically, and discuss controversial issues respectfully.
An Introduction to Facing History's Approach to Teaching 'An Inspector Calls'
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Learn about our Teaching An Inspector Calls Unit, which provides all of the resources and strategies for you to deliver this titan of texts in an academically rigorous, thought-provoking, and compassionate way.
Fostering Civil Discourse: Teaching Kids to Respectfully Disagree
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Virtual
Learn strategies to support your students to develop effective skills for civic participation.
Fostering Civil Discourse in the (Remote) Classroom
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Virtual
Explore ways to critically examine your identity as an educator, examine teaching strategies to build community and trust, and share methods to facilitate reflective conversations.
Fostering Civil Discourse in Our Students
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Virtual
Learn effective strategies to share with your students so that during the summer they can better listen, empathize and engage in the world around them.
Current Events in Your Classroom: Fostering Dialogue in Divisive Times
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Virtual
Learn tips, strategies, and tools you can use in your classroom to help engage students in productive and meaningful discussions about current world issues.
Students as Changemakers: A Conversation with Mary Beth Tinker
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Virtual
Explore how educators can support students as changemakers today. This webinar will feature a conversation with activist Mary Beth Tinker, insights from educators, and a new teaching unit designed to promote civic skills in your students.
School Closures and Online Learning: Creating Community, Centering Students
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Explore strategies and approaches to creating community and sustaining student-centered learning in a digital environment. We consider the challenges of creating an equitable digital experience, share strategies for nurturing your classroom learning community, and consider promising practices to engage students in inquiry, reflection and discussion both online and off-screen.