This collection of back-to-school activities for remote/hybrid settings are designed to create welcoming learning environments that prioritize care, relationships, and community.
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Establishing Opening and Closing Routines
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.
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Preparing to Welcome Students Back to School
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.
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Teaching Current Events: Bigotry and Hate
These resources offer sensitive entry points to confront troubling violence, bigotry and hate, including terrorism, genocide, and attacks on human rights.
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Teaching Current Events: Democracy and Civic Engagement
Democracies across the globe are increasingly fragile. Examine the health of democracy, voting and elections, and the pivotal role civic participation of young people plays.
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Teaching Resources for the 2020 US Election
Use these resources on voting, media literacy, polarization, and bias for remote and in-person learning to talk about the 2020 US presidential election with your high school and middle school students.
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What Makes Democracy Work?
Explore definitions of democracy, citizenship, and civic participation through new lessons, readings, audio interviews and more.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
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Teaching in the Wake of Violence
This teaching idea contains strategies and activities for supporting your students in the aftermath of a mass shooting, terrorist attack, or other violent event.
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Back to School with Current Events
Use this Teaching Idea to review the events of the summer with your students, learn about how they're processing the news, and discuss what issues resonate most with them.
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Race in US History
Black Women’s Activism and the Long History Behind #MeToo
Use this teaching idea to help your students draw connections between the long history of black women’s activism against sexual violence and gender discrimination with the #MeToo movement today. The questions and activities focus on the experiences of Recy Taylor, Rosa Parks, and Essie Favrot.
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Global Immigration
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Developing Student Voice, Character, and Civic Agency
This middle school curriculum leads students in an examination of identity, membership and belonging, and civic participation through an analysis of historical case studies and literature.
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From Reflection to Action: A Choosing to Participate Toolkit
Get our toolkit to learn how to strengthen your students' civic skills and knowledge. Our guide includes flexible activities and strategies ranging from one class period to a semester-long elective or independent civic action project.
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