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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Fostering Civil Discourse: Teaching Kids to Respectfully Disagree
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Learn strategies to support your students to develop effective skills for civic participation.
Fostering Civil Discourse in the (Remote) Classroom
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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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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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Learn tips, strategies, and tools you can use in your classroom to help engage students in productive and meaningful discussions about current world issues.
Back-to-School: Building Community by Prioritizing Students' Social-Emotional Needs
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Explore teaching strategies and flexible resources designed to help you begin getting to know your students as individuals and facilitating the process of creating an open, supportive, and reflective classroom community.
Teaching About the Holocaust in Middle School Classrooms: Teaching the Rise of the Nazis through Images
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This webinar examines how to use images to support middle school students’ understanding of key themes in the history of the rise of the Nazis and models teaching strategies geared toward helping middle school students analyze historical images.
Teaching About the Holocaust in Middle School Classrooms: New Films to Explore the Holocaust and Human Behavior
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Watch this webinar to learn how to integrate video testimonies and original mini-documentaries into your middle school classroom.
Teaching About the Holocaust in Middle School Classrooms: Explore the Legacy of the Holocaust Today
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In this webinar, we explore some of the immediate and long-term legacies in the lives of individuals, in the course of nations, and in the policies developed in response to the death and destruction of WWII.
Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism in Canada
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Learn about the increasing number of hate crimes fueled by antisemitism in recent years in Canada, as well as examples of individuals, groups, and civic leaders standing up and speaking out against hate. Jeff McGuire, Executive Director of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police will speak about the rising rates of Antisemitic hate crimes in Ontario and the ways that police units across Ontario are responding. We will also explore the role of upstanders, and provide models for addressing hatred and intolerance for all of us to follow.
Students as Changemakers: A Conversation with Mary Beth Tinker
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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.
Preparing Your Classroom for Conversations about Antisemitism
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Introducing your students to sensitive subjects such as historical and contemporary antisemitism requires a supportive and reflective learning environment. Join us as we model pedagogical approaches and tools that are central to creating such a classroom community. You will leave with concrete strategies you can use to engage your class when discussing cases of antisemitism, as well as other difficult issues.