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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
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This November, young voters went to the polls in the largest numbers in 20 years. A student reading is followed by discussion questions.
A brief summary of recent criminal investigations of corporations and their leaders, with special attention to Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.
An overview of interlocking energy issues: The growing demand for oil and its effect on U.S. foreign policy; global warming and the need to reduce oil consumption; and the renewed
Student readings explore the Chernobyl meltdown 20 years ago and the pros and cons of nuclear power; discussion questions and suggestions for further inquiry follow.
Thought-provoking reading and exercises for teachers and students on the importance of good questions.
Grassroots organizations of Katrina survivors want a voice in deciding the future of the Gulf Coast after the hurricane. Here, a reading on the rebuilding debate followed by
Two student readings offer an overview of the problems and what is being done about them. Included are suggestions for independent and small-group inquiry projects and information
Three student readings describe the government's system of classifying documents and Bush's attitudes and policies toward the press and the flow of information.
Teach your students a strategy for being assertive when problems come up with friends and family. Then have students practice the skill regularly.
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IRAQ WAR 9th anniversary See our index of the many lessons TeachableMoment has offered on the war since 2003.
What is the human cost of an iPad? The labor conditions at factories making Apple products have been in the public spotlight lately. While Apple is not unique in using low-wage
Students define the terms "prejudice" "stereotype" and "discrimination," read an an article about a group of vets who took a stand against discrimination, and consider the role of
Students view a clip from Colbert's Comedy Central show about his Super PAC, then read and discuss several views on the role of Colbert's spoof of the election process.
Classroom lessons to foster respect for diversity, a concrete way for schools to mark Respect for All Week.
In the wake of the NY Giants' Super Bowl victory, this lesson contrasts the Giants' style of coaching and leading with that of the Jets, a team the Giants recently defeated. In the