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Nineteen classroom activities and guidelines to help you and your students get your virtual school year off to a good start.
Students reflect on the issues they care about in the 2020 presidential election, consider their sources of information about those issues, and discuss polarization and the need to be able to talk with those we disagree with.
Students consider what “white supremacy” means, what groups in society have supremacy, and explore the origins of white supremacy through a short video and discussion.
SEL & RP
Activities to support students' social and emotional learning and restorative practices
Current Issues
Classroom activities to engage students in learning about and discussing issues in the news
Tips & Ideas
Guidance and inspiration to help build skills and community in your classroom and school
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Aug 02, 2020
Students deepen their knowledge of the civil rights icon and listen to and share their thoughts and reflections.
Aug 01, 2020
Invite students to get some inspiration from athletes who have pursued social justice.
Jul 25, 2020
Students create and share with peers a playlist that tells a story in seven songs as a way to provide support, solace, and inspiration during hard times.
Jul 20, 2020
Students read and think about what other students have to say about Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter and then share their own perspectives. (Grades 3-6)
Jul 20, 2020
Students examine and reflect on other students’ art and writing about Covid and Black Lives Matter, and share their own perspectives, including through art. (Grades 6-12)
Jul 10, 2020
This activity, ideal for the beginning of a school session, helps students get to know each other through art. They pair up, interview each other, and then create a drawing or
Jul 05, 2020
Beginning a new school session with games like these can help you and your students get to know each other, cooperate, and build empathy and connection.
Jul 02, 2020
Students explore the Supreme Court's ruling protecting DACA, discuss the youth-led movement fighting to advance immigrants' rights, and consider what comes next.
Jun 20, 2020
This lesson invites students to listen to and reflect on portraits of 12 Black Lives Matter protesters from across the U.S.
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Aug 28, 2020
Activities to help elementary students develop the key self-care practice of positive self-talk, from affirmations to gratitude.
Aug 26, 2020
Will voter suppression skew the results of the 2020 election? Students examine current efforts to suppress voting in the context of U.S. history and learn about efforts to defend
Aug 17, 2020
Create connections and invite creativity through this virtual or in-person activity in which students share an intriguing object, then write and share a poem about a classmate’s
Aug 02, 2020
Students deepen their knowledge of the civil rights icon and listen to and share their thoughts and reflections.
Aug 01, 2020
Invite students to get some inspiration from athletes who have pursued social justice.
Jul 25, 2020
Students create and share with peers a playlist that tells a story in seven songs as a way to provide support, solace, and inspiration during hard times.