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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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This collection of light, fun activities invite you and your students to come together and enjoy each other’s company during these stressful times, and take a break from more

This activity, aimed at caregivers and their middle or high-schoolers, provides a student-driven process for young people to think flexibly and creatively about their opportunities

A poem, a free-writing exercise, and class sharing can provide support for middle and high school students during this difficult period.

A yoga activity and a story about change and loss can provide support for students in grades 3-5.

Sharing feelings and discussing a story about change and loss can provide support for preK-2 students during this difficult period.

The coronavirus crisis has thrown our nation’s economic disparities into stark relief. In this activity, students use a set of interactive charts to investigate the current state

This activity uses a poem and a feelings word-creation activity to engage students in identifying and sharing their feelings. 

In these stressful times, this activity encourages students in grades 3-5 to see that we all feel a range of emotions, and that it's okay to feel them and to express them.

In these stressful times, this activity encourages our youngest students to see that we all feel a range of emotions, and that it's okay to feel them and to express them.

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Students hear the story of one Asian American family, consider some key dates in the history of racism against Asian Americans, and learn about and discuss their own family history

Students learn about and discuss why people around the world are calling for a “people’s vaccine” to protect everyone against Covid.

Students explore the accelerating move toward electric vehicles and consider how we might address some of the remaining obstacles to this transition.

In this two-minute video, staff developer Iris Laurencio demonstrates a breathing technique that can help both young people and adults reduce stress on the spot. 

Students engage in inquiry to uncover the history of redistricting and gerrymandering and discuss the provisions of H.R.1, which proposes an end to partisan redistricting.

Students grapple with numbers in the news, from the minimum wage bill to Bezos's billions.