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Town Hall Circle

Students mimic a town hall meeting as they share their perspectives on a topic.

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Two-Column Note-Taking

Use this teaching strategy to help students learn how to take notes by identifying "key ideas" in one column and their "responses" in another column.

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Two-Minute Interview

Students interview classmates to gather evidence and ideas about a topic as they practice being active listeners.

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Word Wall

Support students’ tracking of new or important vocabulary by displaying these words in a shared space in the classroom.

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Wraparound (Whiparound)

Encourage all students to share their quick reactions to a question, topic, or text.

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Bullying & Ostracism

Wonder: A Whole-School Read Planning Guide

Get tips for planning your whole-school read of the young adult novel Wonder. This guide provides direction on how to structure classroom discussions and includes pre- and post-reading activities. It also features a "write your own precept" template for use in a final school-wide activity.

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Map showing area inhabited by Kurds across the borders of Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran.

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Kurdish-Inhabited Area

This map of the Middle East shows the area presently inhabited by the Kurds. At the end of World War I, the Kurds were promised their own independent homeland under the Treaty of Sèvres. The treaty was never ratified, and the Kurds were divided mainly between Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria.

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A large white sheet of paper with handwritten student comments annotating a text.

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Big Paper Example

In a Big Paper activity, students respond silently to a text excerpt or image by writing their comments on a shared paper.

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World map highlighting in green which countries recognize birthright citizenship.

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Justice & Human Rights

Global Immigration

Birthright Citizenship Worldwide (2015)

Who can be a citizen? Many countries recognize birthright citizenship, meaning that anyone born within a country's territory is automatically a citizen, even if the parents are not citizens. See full-sized image for analysis.

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Map of Africa in 1914 identifying colonial presence. Map of Africa in 1878 indicates far less colonial presence.

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Colonial Presence in Africa

At the Congress of Berlin in 1884, 15 European powers divided Africa among them. By 1914, these imperial powers had fully colonized the continent, exploiting its people and resources. See full-sized image for analysis.

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