Names and Identity Graphic Organizer
Students take on assigned roles to collaboratively answer questions about Jennifer Wang's essay "Orientation Day."
The Costs and Benefits of Belonging
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Use these slides to help students learn about group membership and explore the range of responses available to us when we encounter exclusion, discrimination, and injustice.
Rose, Thorn, Bud Template
Students use this printable template to consider recent successes, challenges, and opportunities they experienced this week.
Defining Human Rights
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Use these slides to help students consider what rights should belong to every human being on earth, as well as the challenges of creating an international framework of rights.
Compass Points
Students share what excites them about class, their needs and worries, and suggestions for making the the class a positive learning environment.
Teach the Teacher Exit Ticket
Use this Exit Ticket Template to give students an opportunity to tell you about themselves at the start of the school year.
Teach the Teacher Exit Ticket (En Español)
Use this Exit Ticket Template, translated to Spanish, to give students an opportunity to tell you about themselves.
My Very Special Item
This handout gives students a starting place for telling a story about the item they choose to frame and its significance.
My Community Exit Card
At the end of your lesson on community, students complete this exit card with prompts about a community they belong two.
What Is Community? Anticipation Guide
Students decide if they agree or disagree with a set a statements about community.
The ABCs of Community
Students generate a word for each letter of the alphabet that represent to them an aspect of “community.”