This Teaching Idea asks students to wrestle with the complexity of policing, public safety, and bias by exploring a variety of contemporary sources on policing.
This Teaching Idea asks students to wrestle with the complexity of policing, public safety, and bias by exploring a variety of contemporary sources on policing.
This Teaching idea prepares students to engage in conversations about policing, bias, and racism by inviting them to co-create class norms and reflect on the emotions and experiences they and their classmates bring.
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.”
This Teaching Idea is a guide for teachers to begin conversations with their students about George Floyd’s death and the events that surround it.
Provide students with a structured space to grapple with their thoughts and feelings in response to the Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald and the trial of Officer Van Dyke.
These activities are designed to help students reflect on the devastating attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Help students develop a framework for analyzing and discussing the incidents of racial bias they’re seeing in the news and on social media.
Inform students about the rising number of antisemitic incidents in the United States and explore the story of one teacher’s response to an antisemitic incident involving high school students in her community.
This Teaching Idea contains guidance on how to discuss the election with your students and activities to help them process their responses, find accurate information, and consider the impact of the results.
This Teaching Idea is designed to help guide an initial classroom reflection on the insurrection at the US Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021.
Explore past and present instances of genocide and encourage students to raise their voices about the devastating impact of such atrocities on individuals, communities, and countries.
Help students analyze recent trends regarding receding Holocaust memory and the resurgence of antisemitism in Europe, and prompt them to consider how history can help us confront hate in the world.