Launch a remote book club that builds connectedness, fosters empathy, and provides opportunities for student-driven learning with the help of these resources.
Launch a remote book club that builds connectedness, fosters empathy, and provides opportunities for student-driven learning with the help of these resources.
This collection of back-to-school activities for remote/hybrid settings are designed to create welcoming learning environments that prioritize care, relationships, and community.
Incorporate these community-building routines into your 2020 back-to-school lessons to set a welcoming tone, allow students to connect, and encourage goal setting.
Use the documentary film Reporter to explore the changing landscape of journalism and challenge students to consider their roles as creators and consumers of news.
As a first step in your 2020 back-to-school planning, explore these reflection prompts and strategies that will help you center relationship and care in your teaching.
Explore the transformation of traditional Jewish life in late 19th- and early 20th-century eastern Europe through the story of renowned playwright and author, Sholem Aleichem.
Learn how to incorporate civic education, ethical reflection and historical context into a literary exploration of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird.
Explore an award-winning collection of diaries written by young people during the Holocaust with the help of this resource collection.
Created in partnership with Girl Rising, this teaching idea invites students to engage with the story of a young refugee and to consider the power of storytelling to spark empathy.
For National Poetry Month, introduce students to spoken word poetry and explore its power to give voice to issues that impact our communities.
Use these activities to help students reflect on the themes in Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Day poem and consider how their unique experiences and voices can help America “forge a union with purpose.”
Explore classroom resources that support your teaching of Jeanne Wakatsuki's memoir about the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II.