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Center Relationships and Care: Reflection Prompts and Action Steps

As you prepare to welcome students back to school, use these reflection questions and action items to help you center relationships and care in your teaching.

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English & Language Arts
History
Social Studies

Language

English — US

Updated

July 14, 2021

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Center Relationship and Care: Reflection Prompts and Action Steps

Date of Publication: June 2021

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The prompts in this handout will help you identify ways that you can use social-emotional learning strategies to build relationships and foster empathy in your classroom.

The handout is part of our Back to School Toolkit, which also features a variety of back-to-school activity ideas and suggestions for establishing classroom routines.

Facing History & Ourselves, “Center Relationships and Care: Reflection Prompts and Action Steps”, last updated July 14, 2021.

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