Confronting Chicago’s History of Racial Violence: A Conversation with Dr. Eve L. Ewing
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Virtual
Listen to Dr. Eve L. Ewing discuss the history and legacy of The Red Summer in Chicago. Known as the “Red Summer,” the summer of 1919 saw hundreds of African Americans murdered at the hands of mobs in small towns and big cities across the country. The racial violence of 1919 and its legacies are essential to confront in developing an understanding of the systemic racial injustice we witness today.
News Literacy in a Digital Age
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Virtual
This webinar explores ways teachers can help their students to become informed and effective civic participants in today’s digital landscape.
Preparing Your Classroom for Conversations about Antisemitism
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Virtual
Introducing your students to sensitive subjects such as historical and contemporary antisemitism requires a supportive and reflective learning environment. Join us as we model pedagogical approaches and tools that are central to creating such a classroom community. You will leave with concrete strategies you can use to engage your class when discussing cases of antisemitism, as well as other difficult issues.
School Closures and Online Learning: Creating Community, Centering Students
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Virtual
Explore strategies and approaches to creating community and sustaining student-centered learning in a digital environment. We consider the challenges of creating an equitable digital experience, share strategies for nurturing your classroom learning community, and consider promising practices to engage students in inquiry, reflection and discussion both online and off-screen.
Teaching Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution in China
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Virtual
Watch this webinar where we’ll examine Ji-li Jiang’s affecting memoir of growing up during the Cultural Revolution and discuss ways to introduce the concept of memoir to your students, particularly as they grapple with a historical narrative of the Cultural Revolution.
Teaching the Rise of the Nazis Through Images
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Virtual
This webinar explores how images from Holocaust and Human Behavior can be used to support students' understanding of key themes in the history of the rise of the Nazis.
Teaching Through this Pandemic: Looking Back, Looking Forward
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Virtual
Explore resources for bringing closure to an extraordinary school year, helping students stay connected to learning, and rebuilding community when school resumes.
Teaching in a Time of Terrorism
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Virtual
This webinar provides support for educators to think about what and how they will teach in a time of terrorism.
Back-to-School: Building Community by Prioritizing Students' Social-Emotional Needs
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Virtual
Explore teaching strategies and flexible resources designed to help you begin getting to know your students as individuals and facilitating the process of creating an open, supportive, and reflective classroom community.
Current Events in Your Classroom: Fostering Dialogue in Divisive Times
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Virtual
Learn tips, strategies, and tools you can use in your classroom to help engage students in productive and meaningful discussions about current world issues.
Fostering Civil Discourse in Our Students
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Virtual
Learn effective strategies to share with your students so that during the summer they can better listen, empathize and engage in the world around them.
Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism in Canada
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Virtual
Learn about the increasing number of hate crimes fueled by antisemitism in recent years in Canada, as well as examples of individuals, groups, and civic leaders standing up and speaking out against hate. Jeff McGuire, Executive Director of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police will speak about the rising rates of Antisemitic hate crimes in Ontario and the ways that police units across Ontario are responding. We will also explore the role of upstanders, and provide models for addressing hatred and intolerance for all of us to follow.