Redefining Home
This culminating lesson invites students to analyze two new poems and revisit their thinking across the unit to explore how they are redefining “home.”
Reimagining Home Summative Assessment Ideas
Help students synthesize the ideas presented in the Reimagining Home Text Set with their own concepts of home in new ways through summative assessment.
Coming of Age in a Complex World
This modular ELA collection for grades 7–12 invites students to explore the complexity of identity and develop a sense of agency as they reflect on what it means to grow up in today’s complex, interconnected world.
Pronouncing Names
Students examine the importance of pronouncing names correctly through this class activity.
Contracting for Back to School
Develop a classroom contract to create a brave and reflective community of mutual respect and inclusion.
Building Connections with Concentric Circles
Students build connections with their peers by sharing small details about themselves in paired discussion.
Create a Goal and Discover Your “Why”
This student goal-setting activity helps students set SMART personal goals for the school year and discover their source of motivation.
Confronting Islamophobia
Students explore the roots of Islamophobia, reflect on its human cost and its impact on those who experience it, and start thinking about the importance of standing up against Islamophobia.
Exploring Islamophobic Tropes
Students explore Islamophobic tropes, their troubled history, their evolution and their present manifestation in further depth, and consider the harm that their circulation can cause.
Addressing Islamophobia in the Media
Students reflect on how Islamophobia manifests in the media and in the entertainment industry, and the potential consequences of being exposed to Islamophobic content.
Understanding Gendered Islamophobia
Students learn how Islamophobia intersects with misogyny and the impact that this has on the treatment of Muslim women.