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In honor of Teacher Appreciation week, Morningside Center offers this Circle-based lesson as an invitation for students and Circle keepers to reflect on the impactful teachers and “teachers” in their lives; what lessons were learned; and ways they’ve passed this learning forward.
Spring is a natural time for transformation, for embracing new beginnings while shedding those attitudes or mindsets that no longer serve us. It’s also an ideal time to consider the changes in our lives and their impact. In this lesson students reflect on change, grief, and loss through a scrawl wall, a circle, and building a collective playlist.
In this lesson students examine New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration speech to learn what a speech can reveal about a leader’s values, priorities and vision for democracy—and how a speech can shape how people see themselves and others in a community.
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
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In a group and one-on-one, students consider their similarities and differences and see that it's okay to talk about diversity.
By spending a little informal time each week with a student not from their class, a teacher mentor can play an important role in a young person's life.
Students observe that even friends may disagree in their opinions. The lesson includes an "opinion continuum" exercise that encourages students to respectfully express and listen
Regularly instituting these two approaches in your classroom will build your students' problem-solving skills and create a more congenial classroom atmosphere.
Through an exercise and roleplays, students consider the importance of understanding another person's point of view in solving a conflict.
A series of classroom activities culminate in students interviewing a peacemaker in their school or community.
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
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Students learn about the cyclone that devastated the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on March 14, 2015, and how it relates to climate change, then send a message to Vanuatu's UN
Through reading, discussion, and small group activities, students learn about three relatively unknown women in the civil rights movement: Diane Nash, Virginia Durr, and Claudette
Students consider nonviolence and violence by discussing the reactions of activists, the police, and others to the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, MO, on March 12
Francis Perkins would not agree to become FDR's secretary of labor until he met nine bold demands.
Students consider anti-Semitism through reading, discussing, and writing about a recent controversial incident at UCLA.
Students learn about and discuss the US Department of Justice's report on the Ferguson Police Department and consider reforms that would address the injustices described in the