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SEL & RP

SEL & RP

Activities to support students' social and emotional learning and restorative practices

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Classroom activities to engage students in learning about and discussing issues in the news

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SEL & RP
Social & Emotional Learning & Restorative Practices
Current Issues
Current Issues
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The police killing of George Floyd has ignited outrage, grief, and protest across the country. Here are some suggestions to give your students space to share their thoughts and

This lesson has young people explore how we can use breathing to care for ourselves during times of stress – and reflect on how that works for different people. 

This lesson has young people explore how we can use breathing to care for ourselves during times of stress – and reflect on how that works for different people. 

This lesson has young people explore how we can use music to care for ourselves during times of stress - and share music they find calming with their peers. 

Invite young young people to enjoy and reflect on a video recitation of the uplifting poem Sometimes. 

Music can be healing, uplifting, and calming for both adults and children. This lesson has young people experience how we can use music to care for ourselves during times of stress

Music can be healing, uplifting, and calming for both adults and children. This lesson has young people experience how we can use music to care for ourselves during times of stress

Students hear the voices of the food workers who harvest, deliver, serve, and sell our food, and consider how these workers are on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic.

Get students moving and and enjoying each other with one of these fun activities. 

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Students discuss two different visions of policing and racial justice - and consider how the thinking of one organizer and lawyer evolved over time.

Build classroom community by making a practice of sharing appreciations.

Students learn about efforts by European nations to ban Muslim face coverings, discuss the impact of these laws, then reflect on the voices of Muslim women on this issue.

Students share their thoughts and feelings in response to the conviction of police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd.

Students learn about and discuss the current state of the youth climate movement and how young people are helping to shape our nation's response to the climate crisis.

Students practice identifying and using stress management strategies to better cope with upsetting news.