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A collection of activities and strategies designed for exploring and discussing current events with elementary-age children.
A collection of lessons, tips and videos—solid concrete ideas about how you can integrate restorative practices into your classroom this fall, or anytime!
A listing of novels that take a positive, visionary approach to the subject of climate change, focusing on fighting and adapting to climate change. Includes discussion questions.
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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Well-structured small-group discussion can help students discuss issues of the day that concern them.
In this activity for grades 3-6, students practice the skills of good listening.
These two recent children's books (grades K-12) present a positive opportunity to open up discussions of the Iraq war with students. Both tell the story of Alia Muhammed Baker, the
Encourages students to consider the effect of "put-downs" and to think about how to express "put-ups."
In these two fun classroom activities, students practice sending and receiving messages and consider what communication is.
After two puppets discuss how a bully at their school, youngsters analyze what they've seen and consider how to respond to the bully.
After discussing the news from New York, students explore how the bill came to be passed - including the strategies and personal experiences that influenced legislators' decisions.
In a jigsaw activity, students learn about three Wikipedia controversies, then decide whether they think Wikipedia is a reliable information source.
One student reading considers opposing views on this question; a second examines the debate over how a U.S. withdrawal would affect women's rights in Afghanistan. Discussion
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In this brief activity, students explore a key phrase in the women's movement during the 1960s and 70s.
This 10-15-minute activity touches on key arguments for and against the XL Pipeline proposal President Obama just vetoed.
In three readings and discussion, students examine President Obama's proposal for free community college, weigh arguments for and against it, learn about the historical
The nation's largest private employer just raised its wages. This short activity has students consider the significance of Walmart's move and what motivated it.
This brief activity focuses on the African American girl who refused to give up her seat on the bus, months before Rosa Parks touched off the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. Please
A brief activity on the movement to get colleges, cities, churches and other entities to divest from fossil fuels, pegged to Global Divestment Day on Feb. 13-14, 2015.