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ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
ACTIVE LISTENING (FOR GRADES 3-6) Active Listening Checklist. 1. Focus on the person who is speaking. 2. Show by your tone of voice, your friendly expression, and your "bodylanguage" that
SHOULD THE WEALTHY PAY MORE TAXES? A number of high-profile politicians have proposed that the wealthy should pay more in taxes. In early 2019, newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a minor uproar in Washington, DC by proposing to nearly double the income tax rate on top earners. DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MAKE US MORE OR LESS CONNECTED Gathering. Ask students to share one word or reaction they have when they hear the phrase “social media.” Alternatively, make a visual web of their reactions by writing the term “social media” in the center of the board, circling it, then asking students for their associations with the phrase. ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS, FROM VIETNAM TO TODAY This lesson consists of two readings that consider anti-war movements, past and present. The first reading gives an overview of the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s and discusses its impact. The second examines the status of anti-war activism in more recent years, exploring the movement to oppose wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as NATURAL DISASTERS: WHAT CAUSES THEM? HOW DO WE RESPOND Student Reading: A Short History of ‘Natural' Disasters. We know from scientific evidence that there were natural disasters long before human beings were writing history, but most people trace the first written description of a natural disaster to the flood described in the Epic of Gilgamesh. SHOULD I LET MY TEN-YEAR-OLD READ THE HUNGER GAMES This is a hot topic among parents of the upper elementary set - and it's gotten even hotter since the movie version of Hunger Games came out.For me the decision wasn't hard: I have read the book and when my almost-ten-year old daughter asked if she could read it, I said yesenthusiastically.
HOMEPAGE | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIALENGAGEABOUTBLOGNEWSROOMWHAT WE DOOUR IMPACT Homepage | Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. CHANGE. BEGINS. TeachableMoment. Police Reform vs. Abolition: Two Paradigms for Change. Students discuss two different visions of policing and racial justice - and consider how the thinking of one organizer/lawyer evolved over time. TeachableMoment. FUN ACTIVITIES FOR REMOTE LEARNING: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL Scavenger Hunt. For a simple scavenger hunt, break your class or advisory group into smaller groups of two, three, or four. Give each group a list of common household items and ask each group to find as many of the items on the list that they can. TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Teaching Social Responsibility. Suggestions for guiding students through a class project on an issue they care about--including a student activity that shines a light on group process. "Human existence depends upon compassion and curiosity leading to knowledge, but curiosity and knowledge without compassion is inhuman andcompassion without
ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
ACTIVE LISTENING (FOR GRADES 3-6) Active Listening Checklist. 1. Focus on the person who is speaking. 2. Show by your tone of voice, your friendly expression, and your "bodylanguage" that
SHOULD THE WEALTHY PAY MORE TAXES? A number of high-profile politicians have proposed that the wealthy should pay more in taxes. In early 2019, newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a minor uproar in Washington, DC by proposing to nearly double the income tax rate on top earners. DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MAKE US MORE OR LESS CONNECTED Gathering. Ask students to share one word or reaction they have when they hear the phrase “social media.” Alternatively, make a visual web of their reactions by writing the term “social media” in the center of the board, circling it, then asking students for their associations with the phrase. ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS, FROM VIETNAM TO TODAY This lesson consists of two readings that consider anti-war movements, past and present. The first reading gives an overview of the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s and discusses its impact. The second examines the status of anti-war activism in more recent years, exploring the movement to oppose wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as NATURAL DISASTERS: WHAT CAUSES THEM? HOW DO WE RESPOND Student Reading: A Short History of ‘Natural' Disasters. We know from scientific evidence that there were natural disasters long before human beings were writing history, but most people trace the first written description of a natural disaster to the flood described in the Epic of Gilgamesh. SHOULD I LET MY TEN-YEAR-OLD READ THE HUNGER GAMES This is a hot topic among parents of the upper elementary set - and it's gotten even hotter since the movie version of Hunger Games came out.For me the decision wasn't hard: I have read the book and when my almost-ten-year old daughter asked if she could read it, I said yesenthusiastically.
ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
OUR STAFF | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIAL Some Morningside Center Staff & Staff Developers at a gathering Staff. Cassie Schwerner, Executive Director. Cassie’s life work is dedicated to making positive social change at the intersection of racial justice and public education. Cassie came to Morningside Center in 2018, after two decades at The Schott Foundation for Public Education, most recently as Senior Vice President of National BE STRONG, BE MEAN, OR GIVE IN? Adults call these choices "aggression," "assertiveness," and "submission." With children, we speak of being mean, being strong, and giving in. Although we're partial to assertiveness, there is no one right way to respond to the myriad of complex situations children (or adults) confront daily. Sometimes we'll agree to "give in" and let afriend
SELF-CARE: SELF-TALK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Self-talk is one of many self-care practices that can help us and our students both prevent and respond to stress. (See our units on intentional breathing practices and music ( K-2, 3-5 ), two other self-care strategies that can help us deal with stressful times.) Self-talk is a powerful tool that can help us get through challengingsituations
WHAT ARE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES? What are Restorative Practices? Values cards for a center piece. Restorative practices are a set of processes and tools that help us create a caring school community and keep that community whole. The premise is that people and relationships are valued first and foremost. When people make mistakes or cause harm, restorativepractices can help
NELSON MANDELA & THE FIGHT AGAINST APARTHEID Nelson Mandela's death on December 5, 2013, is being marked by people around the world. Mandela, the former president of the Republic of South Africa and Nobel Peace laureate, spent more than 40 years—27 of them in prison—as a central figure in the struggle against South Africa's brutal and restrictive racial regime called apartheid. In HEALTHCARE ROLEPLAY & SCAVENGER HUNT Single Payer. In this lesson, students take on the roles of patients, doctors, and employers in order to understand some of the challenges of the current U.S. healthcare system. Students go on a "scavenger hunt" to find others to interview, then reflect on what they experienced. Note: The format of this lesson was inspired by theClimate Change
GUIDELINES FOR STOPPING OPPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR 1. Don't let offensive behavior go by. No one deserves to be insulted, threatened or mistreated for any reason. 2. Interrupt inappropriate behavior in a positive, matter-of-fact way. If you make a big deal out of a minor incident, you may further embarrass the targeted student and induce guilt and defensiveness in the student responsible for TEACHING ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL OR DIFFICULT ISSUES As a new school year begins, Paloma, a fifth-grade star goalie, is feeling sad and anxious. She tries ignoring her feelings, but as they start to show at school, her classmates single her out. ACKNOWLEDGING AND EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO INDIGENOUS When I was in Ohio a few weeks back, I visited four different middle schools that recently started implementing circles. I had been asked to do some modeling, so that teachers and counselors who were expected to run circles with their students could get a sense of what a well facilitated circle process looks like. HOMEPAGE | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIALENGAGEABOUTBLOGNEWSROOMWHAT WE DOOUR IMPACT Homepage | Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. CHANGE. BEGINS. TeachableMoment. Police Reform vs. Abolition: Two Paradigms for Change. Students discuss two different visions of policing and racial justice - and consider how the thinking of one organizer/lawyer evolved over time. TeachableMoment. FUN ACTIVITIES FOR REMOTE LEARNING: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL Scavenger Hunt. For a simple scavenger hunt, break your class or advisory group into smaller groups of two, three, or four. Give each group a list of common household items and ask each group to find as many of the items on the list that they can. TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Teaching Social Responsibility. Suggestions for guiding students through a class project on an issue they care about--including a student activity that shines a light on group process. "Human existence depends upon compassion and curiosity leading to knowledge, but curiosity and knowledge without compassion is inhuman andcompassion without
ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
ACTIVE LISTENING (FOR GRADES 3-6) Active Listening Checklist. 1. Focus on the person who is speaking. 2. Show by your tone of voice, your friendly expression, and your "bodylanguage" that
SHOULD THE WEALTHY PAY MORE TAXES? A number of high-profile politicians have proposed that the wealthy should pay more in taxes. In early 2019, newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a minor uproar in Washington, DC by proposing to nearly double the income tax rate on top earners. DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MAKE US MORE OR LESS CONNECTED Gathering. Ask students to share one word or reaction they have when they hear the phrase “social media.” Alternatively, make a visual web of their reactions by writing the term “social media” in the center of the board, circling it, then asking students for their associations with the phrase. ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS, FROM VIETNAM TO TODAY This lesson consists of two readings that consider anti-war movements, past and present. The first reading gives an overview of the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s and discusses its impact. The second examines the status of anti-war activism in more recent years, exploring the movement to oppose wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as NATURAL DISASTERS: WHAT CAUSES THEM? HOW DO WE RESPOND Student Reading: A Short History of ‘Natural' Disasters. We know from scientific evidence that there were natural disasters long before human beings were writing history, but most people trace the first written description of a natural disaster to the flood described in the Epic of Gilgamesh. SHOULD I LET MY TEN-YEAR-OLD READ THE HUNGER GAMES This is a hot topic among parents of the upper elementary set - and it's gotten even hotter since the movie version of Hunger Games came out.For me the decision wasn't hard: I have read the book and when my almost-ten-year old daughter asked if she could read it, I said yesenthusiastically.
HOMEPAGE | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIALENGAGEABOUTBLOGNEWSROOMWHAT WE DOOUR IMPACT Homepage | Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. CHANGE. BEGINS. TeachableMoment. Police Reform vs. Abolition: Two Paradigms for Change. Students discuss two different visions of policing and racial justice - and consider how the thinking of one organizer/lawyer evolved over time. TeachableMoment. FUN ACTIVITIES FOR REMOTE LEARNING: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL Scavenger Hunt. For a simple scavenger hunt, break your class or advisory group into smaller groups of two, three, or four. Give each group a list of common household items and ask each group to find as many of the items on the list that they can. TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Teaching Social Responsibility. Suggestions for guiding students through a class project on an issue they care about--including a student activity that shines a light on group process. "Human existence depends upon compassion and curiosity leading to knowledge, but curiosity and knowledge without compassion is inhuman andcompassion without
ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
ACTIVE LISTENING (FOR GRADES 3-6) Active Listening Checklist. 1. Focus on the person who is speaking. 2. Show by your tone of voice, your friendly expression, and your "bodylanguage" that
SHOULD THE WEALTHY PAY MORE TAXES? A number of high-profile politicians have proposed that the wealthy should pay more in taxes. In early 2019, newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a minor uproar in Washington, DC by proposing to nearly double the income tax rate on top earners. DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MAKE US MORE OR LESS CONNECTED Gathering. Ask students to share one word or reaction they have when they hear the phrase “social media.” Alternatively, make a visual web of their reactions by writing the term “social media” in the center of the board, circling it, then asking students for their associations with the phrase. ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS, FROM VIETNAM TO TODAY This lesson consists of two readings that consider anti-war movements, past and present. The first reading gives an overview of the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s and discusses its impact. The second examines the status of anti-war activism in more recent years, exploring the movement to oppose wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as NATURAL DISASTERS: WHAT CAUSES THEM? HOW DO WE RESPOND Student Reading: A Short History of ‘Natural' Disasters. We know from scientific evidence that there were natural disasters long before human beings were writing history, but most people trace the first written description of a natural disaster to the flood described in the Epic of Gilgamesh. SHOULD I LET MY TEN-YEAR-OLD READ THE HUNGER GAMES This is a hot topic among parents of the upper elementary set - and it's gotten even hotter since the movie version of Hunger Games came out.For me the decision wasn't hard: I have read the book and when my almost-ten-year old daughter asked if she could read it, I said yesenthusiastically.
ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
OUR STAFF | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIAL Some Morningside Center Staff & Staff Developers at a gathering Staff. Cassie Schwerner, Executive Director. Cassie’s life work is dedicated to making positive social change at the intersection of racial justice and public education. Cassie came to Morningside Center in 2018, after two decades at The Schott Foundation for Public Education, most recently as Senior Vice President of National BE STRONG, BE MEAN, OR GIVE IN? Adults call these choices "aggression," "assertiveness," and "submission." With children, we speak of being mean, being strong, and giving in. Although we're partial to assertiveness, there is no one right way to respond to the myriad of complex situations children (or adults) confront daily. Sometimes we'll agree to "give in" and let afriend
SELF-CARE: SELF-TALK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Self-talk is one of many self-care practices that can help us and our students both prevent and respond to stress. (See our units on intentional breathing practices and music ( K-2, 3-5 ), two other self-care strategies that can help us deal with stressful times.) Self-talk is a powerful tool that can help us get through challengingsituations
WHAT ARE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES? What are Restorative Practices? Values cards for a center piece. Restorative practices are a set of processes and tools that help us create a caring school community and keep that community whole. The premise is that people and relationships are valued first and foremost. When people make mistakes or cause harm, restorativepractices can help
NELSON MANDELA & THE FIGHT AGAINST APARTHEID Nelson Mandela's death on December 5, 2013, is being marked by people around the world. Mandela, the former president of the Republic of South Africa and Nobel Peace laureate, spent more than 40 years—27 of them in prison—as a central figure in the struggle against South Africa's brutal and restrictive racial regime called apartheid. In HEALTHCARE ROLEPLAY & SCAVENGER HUNT Single Payer. In this lesson, students take on the roles of patients, doctors, and employers in order to understand some of the challenges of the current U.S. healthcare system. Students go on a "scavenger hunt" to find others to interview, then reflect on what they experienced. Note: The format of this lesson was inspired by theClimate Change
GUIDELINES FOR STOPPING OPPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR 1. Don't let offensive behavior go by. No one deserves to be insulted, threatened or mistreated for any reason. 2. Interrupt inappropriate behavior in a positive, matter-of-fact way. If you make a big deal out of a minor incident, you may further embarrass the targeted student and induce guilt and defensiveness in the student responsible for TEACHING ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL OR DIFFICULT ISSUES As a new school year begins, Paloma, a fifth-grade star goalie, is feeling sad and anxious. She tries ignoring her feelings, but as they start to show at school, her classmates single her out. ACKNOWLEDGING AND EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO INDIGENOUS When I was in Ohio a few weeks back, I visited four different middle schools that recently started implementing circles. I had been asked to do some modeling, so that teachers and counselors who were expected to run circles with their students could get a sense of what a well facilitated circle process looks like. HOMEPAGE | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIALENGAGEABOUTBLOGNEWSROOMWHAT WE DOOUR IMPACT Homepage | Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. CHANGE. BEGINS. TeachableMoment. Police Reform vs. Abolition: Two Paradigms for Change. Students discuss two different visions of policing and racial justice - and consider how the thinking of one organizer/lawyer evolved over time. TeachableMoment. FUN ACTIVITIES FOR REMOTE LEARNING: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL Scavenger Hunt. For a simple scavenger hunt, break your class or advisory group into smaller groups of two, three, or four. Give each group a list of common household items and ask each group to find as many of the items on the list that they can. ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Teaching Social Responsibility. Suggestions for guiding students through a class project on an issue they care about--including a student activity that shines a light on group process. "Human existence depends upon compassion and curiosity leading to knowledge, but curiosity and knowledge without compassion is inhuman andcompassion without
BE STRONG, BE MEAN, OR GIVE IN? Adults call these choices "aggression," "assertiveness," and "submission." With children, we speak of being mean, being strong, and giving in. Although we're partial to assertiveness, there is no one right way to respond to the myriad of complex situations children (or adults) confront daily. Sometimes we'll agree to "give in" and let afriend
DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MAKE US MORE OR LESS CONNECTED Gathering. Ask students to share one word or reaction they have when they hear the phrase “social media.” Alternatively, make a visual web of their reactions by writing the term “social media” in the center of the board, circling it, then asking students for their associations with the phrase. SHOULD THE WEALTHY PAY MORE TAXES? A number of high-profile politicians have proposed that the wealthy should pay more in taxes. In early 2019, newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a minor uproar in Washington, DC by proposing to nearly double the income tax rate on top earners. SEL TIP: BE NATURALLY ASSERTIVE The natural assertive message is a simple, straightforward statement of how you’d like the other person to be or what you want them to do. A teacher may use a natural assertive message to give directions in class: “Take out your notebooks” or “Pick one of the problems on page 35 to work on with our partner.” “Raise your hand to let ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS, FROM VIETNAM TO TODAY This lesson consists of two readings that consider anti-war movements, past and present. The first reading gives an overview of the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s and discusses its impact. The second examines the status of anti-war activism in more recent years, exploring the movement to oppose wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as SHOULD I LET MY TEN-YEAR-OLD READ THE HUNGER GAMES This is a hot topic among parents of the upper elementary set - and it's gotten even hotter since the movie version of Hunger Games came out.For me the decision wasn't hard: I have read the book and when my almost-ten-year old daughter asked if she could read it, I said yesenthusiastically.
HOMEPAGE | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIALENGAGEABOUTBLOGNEWSROOMWHAT WE DOOUR IMPACT Homepage | Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. CHANGE. BEGINS. TeachableMoment. Police Reform vs. Abolition: Two Paradigms for Change. Students discuss two different visions of policing and racial justice - and consider how the thinking of one organizer/lawyer evolved over time. TeachableMoment. FUN ACTIVITIES FOR REMOTE LEARNING: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL Scavenger Hunt. For a simple scavenger hunt, break your class or advisory group into smaller groups of two, three, or four. Give each group a list of common household items and ask each group to find as many of the items on the list that they can. ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Teaching Social Responsibility. Suggestions for guiding students through a class project on an issue they care about--including a student activity that shines a light on group process. "Human existence depends upon compassion and curiosity leading to knowledge, but curiosity and knowledge without compassion is inhuman andcompassion without
BE STRONG, BE MEAN, OR GIVE IN? Adults call these choices "aggression," "assertiveness," and "submission." With children, we speak of being mean, being strong, and giving in. Although we're partial to assertiveness, there is no one right way to respond to the myriad of complex situations children (or adults) confront daily. Sometimes we'll agree to "give in" and let afriend
DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MAKE US MORE OR LESS CONNECTED Gathering. Ask students to share one word or reaction they have when they hear the phrase “social media.” Alternatively, make a visual web of their reactions by writing the term “social media” in the center of the board, circling it, then asking students for their associations with the phrase. SHOULD THE WEALTHY PAY MORE TAXES? A number of high-profile politicians have proposed that the wealthy should pay more in taxes. In early 2019, newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a minor uproar in Washington, DC by proposing to nearly double the income tax rate on top earners. SEL TIP: BE NATURALLY ASSERTIVE The natural assertive message is a simple, straightforward statement of how you’d like the other person to be or what you want them to do. A teacher may use a natural assertive message to give directions in class: “Take out your notebooks” or “Pick one of the problems on page 35 to work on with our partner.” “Raise your hand to let ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS, FROM VIETNAM TO TODAY This lesson consists of two readings that consider anti-war movements, past and present. The first reading gives an overview of the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s and discusses its impact. The second examines the status of anti-war activism in more recent years, exploring the movement to oppose wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as SHOULD I LET MY TEN-YEAR-OLD READ THE HUNGER GAMES This is a hot topic among parents of the upper elementary set - and it's gotten even hotter since the movie version of Hunger Games came out.For me the decision wasn't hard: I have read the book and when my almost-ten-year old daughter asked if she could read it, I said yesenthusiastically.
RESEARCH | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIAL Current Research. Whole School Restorative Practices. Morningside Center, in collaboration with researchers, was awarded a federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to increase equity in schools through a novel combination of SEL, restorative practices, and courageous conversations about race. Through this four-year grant,generously matched
OUR STAFF | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIAL Some Morningside Center Staff & Staff Developers at a gathering Staff. Cassie Schwerner, Executive Director. Cassie’s life work is dedicated to making positive social change at the intersection of racial justice and public education. Cassie came to Morningside Center in 2018, after two decades at The Schott Foundation for Public Education, most recently as Senior Vice President of National HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE YOU ARE MAKING Building an equitable future for public education is a collective effort. It requires connection, care, and co-creation. TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Teaching Social Responsibility. Suggestions for guiding students through a class project on an issue they care about--including a student activity that shines a light on group process. "Human existence depends upon compassion and curiosity leading to knowledge, but curiosity and knowledge without compassion is inhuman andcompassion without
SEL TIP: BE NATURALLY ASSERTIVE The natural assertive message is a simple, straightforward statement of how you’d like the other person to be or what you want them to do. A teacher may use a natural assertive message to give directions in class: “Take out your notebooks” or “Pick one of the problems on page 35 to work on with our partner.” “Raise your hand to let INVESTIGATING TERRORISM: 3 LESSONS Bombing a city that has many civilians, but few, if any, soldiers or military targets. 3. Exploding a bomb in a marketplace, in a department store or on a bus. 4. Imposing an economic boycott on a country that results in a lack of food and medicine and the deaths of civilians. 5. Blowing up a barracks full of soldiers. ACTIVE LISTENING (FOR GRADES 3-6) Active Listening Checklist. 1. Focus on the person who is speaking. 2. Show by your tone of voice, your friendly expression, and your "bodylanguage" that
GUIDELINES FOR STOPPING OPPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR 1. Don't let offensive behavior go by. No one deserves to be insulted, threatened or mistreated for any reason. 2. Interrupt inappropriate behavior in a positive, matter-of-fact way. If you make a big deal out of a minor incident, you may further embarrass the targeted student and induce guilt and defensiveness in the student responsible for WHY PRESERVE ENDANGERED LANGUAGES? Teaching Guaraní is a subject infused with nationalism and competing theories of how to prevent Guaraní from being eclipsed by Spanish, long dominant in the legal system and in business. Meanwhile, Guaraní is treading into new realms. Works like "Don Quixote" and the "Book of Mormon" recently gained Guaraní translations. HAS BLACK LIVES MATTER HAD AN IMPACT? This lesson consists of two readings that encourage students to think critically about the impact of Black Lives Matter. The first reading examines the argument that the movement’s demands for social change need to be more specific. The second reading looks at some of the things the Movement for Black Lives has accomplished in the last twoyears.
HOMEPAGE | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIALENGAGEABOUTBLOGNEWSROOMWHAT WE DOOUR IMPACT Homepage | Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. CHANGE. BEGINS. TeachableMoment. Police Reform vs. Abolition: Two Paradigms for Change. Students discuss two different visions of policing and racial justice - and consider how the thinking of one organizer/lawyer evolved over time. TeachableMoment. FUN ACTIVITIES FOR REMOTE LEARNING: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL Scavenger Hunt. For a simple scavenger hunt, break your class or advisory group into smaller groups of two, three, or four. Give each group a list of common household items and ask each group to find as many of the items on the list that they can. ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Teaching Social Responsibility. Suggestions for guiding students through a class project on an issue they care about--including a student activity that shines a light on group process. "Human existence depends upon compassion and curiosity leading to knowledge, but curiosity and knowledge without compassion is inhuman andcompassion without
BE STRONG, BE MEAN, OR GIVE IN? Adults call these choices "aggression," "assertiveness," and "submission." With children, we speak of being mean, being strong, and giving in. Although we're partial to assertiveness, there is no one right way to respond to the myriad of complex situations children (or adults) confront daily. Sometimes we'll agree to "give in" and let afriend
DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MAKE US MORE OR LESS CONNECTED Gathering. Ask students to share one word or reaction they have when they hear the phrase “social media.” Alternatively, make a visual web of their reactions by writing the term “social media” in the center of the board, circling it, then asking students for their associations with the phrase. SHOULD THE WEALTHY PAY MORE TAXES? A number of high-profile politicians have proposed that the wealthy should pay more in taxes. In early 2019, newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a minor uproar in Washington, DC by proposing to nearly double the income tax rate on top earners. ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS, FROM VIETNAM TO TODAY This lesson consists of two readings that consider anti-war movements, past and present. The first reading gives an overview of the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s and discusses its impact. The second examines the status of anti-war activism in more recent years, exploring the movement to oppose wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as SEL TIP: BE NATURALLY ASSERTIVE The natural assertive message is a simple, straightforward statement of how you’d like the other person to be or what you want them to do. A teacher may use a natural assertive message to give directions in class: “Take out your notebooks” or “Pick one of the problems on page 35 to work on with our partner.” “Raise your hand to let SHOULD I LET MY TEN-YEAR-OLD READ THE HUNGER GAMES This is a hot topic among parents of the upper elementary set - and it's gotten even hotter since the movie version of Hunger Games came out.For me the decision wasn't hard: I have read the book and when my almost-ten-year old daughter asked if she could read it, I said yesenthusiastically.
HOMEPAGE | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIALENGAGEABOUTBLOGNEWSROOMWHAT WE DOOUR IMPACT Homepage | Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. CHANGE. BEGINS. TeachableMoment. Police Reform vs. Abolition: Two Paradigms for Change. Students discuss two different visions of policing and racial justice - and consider how the thinking of one organizer/lawyer evolved over time. TeachableMoment. FUN ACTIVITIES FOR REMOTE LEARNING: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL Scavenger Hunt. For a simple scavenger hunt, break your class or advisory group into smaller groups of two, three, or four. Give each group a list of common household items and ask each group to find as many of the items on the list that they can. ONLINE GAMES TO GET YOUR CLASS ENGAGED & CONNECTED MOVE TOGETHER Objective: This embodied, team-building activity builds visual focus and concentration, and invites non-verbal connection. Steps. This is a physical game that requires participants be on camera. Explain that you will start a movement, and everyone shouldtry
TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Teaching Social Responsibility. Suggestions for guiding students through a class project on an issue they care about--including a student activity that shines a light on group process. "Human existence depends upon compassion and curiosity leading to knowledge, but curiosity and knowledge without compassion is inhuman andcompassion without
BE STRONG, BE MEAN, OR GIVE IN? Adults call these choices "aggression," "assertiveness," and "submission." With children, we speak of being mean, being strong, and giving in. Although we're partial to assertiveness, there is no one right way to respond to the myriad of complex situations children (or adults) confront daily. Sometimes we'll agree to "give in" and let afriend
DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MAKE US MORE OR LESS CONNECTED Gathering. Ask students to share one word or reaction they have when they hear the phrase “social media.” Alternatively, make a visual web of their reactions by writing the term “social media” in the center of the board, circling it, then asking students for their associations with the phrase. SHOULD THE WEALTHY PAY MORE TAXES? A number of high-profile politicians have proposed that the wealthy should pay more in taxes. In early 2019, newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a minor uproar in Washington, DC by proposing to nearly double the income tax rate on top earners. ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS, FROM VIETNAM TO TODAY This lesson consists of two readings that consider anti-war movements, past and present. The first reading gives an overview of the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s and discusses its impact. The second examines the status of anti-war activism in more recent years, exploring the movement to oppose wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as SEL TIP: BE NATURALLY ASSERTIVE The natural assertive message is a simple, straightforward statement of how you’d like the other person to be or what you want them to do. A teacher may use a natural assertive message to give directions in class: “Take out your notebooks” or “Pick one of the problems on page 35 to work on with our partner.” “Raise your hand to let SHOULD I LET MY TEN-YEAR-OLD READ THE HUNGER GAMES This is a hot topic among parents of the upper elementary set - and it's gotten even hotter since the movie version of Hunger Games came out.For me the decision wasn't hard: I have read the book and when my almost-ten-year old daughter asked if she could read it, I said yesenthusiastically.
RESEARCH | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIAL Current Research. Whole School Restorative Practices. Morningside Center, in collaboration with researchers, was awarded a federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to increase equity in schools through a novel combination of SEL, restorative practices, and courageous conversations about race. Through this four-year grant,generously matched
HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE YOU ARE MAKING Building an equitable future for public education is a collective effort. It requires connection, care, and co-creation. OUR STAFF | MORNINGSIDE CENTER FOR TEACHING SOCIAL Some Morningside Center Staff & Staff Developers at a gathering Staff. Cassie Schwerner, Executive Director. Cassie’s life work is dedicated to making positive social change at the intersection of racial justice and public education. Cassie came to Morningside Center in 2018, after two decades at The Schott Foundation for Public Education, most recently as Senior Vice President of National TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Teaching Social Responsibility. Suggestions for guiding students through a class project on an issue they care about--including a student activity that shines a light on group process. "Human existence depends upon compassion and curiosity leading to knowledge, but curiosity and knowledge without compassion is inhuman andcompassion without
SEL TIP: BE NATURALLY ASSERTIVE The natural assertive message is a simple, straightforward statement of how you’d like the other person to be or what you want them to do. A teacher may use a natural assertive message to give directions in class: “Take out your notebooks” or “Pick one of the problems on page 35 to work on with our partner.” “Raise your hand to let ACTIVE LISTENING (FOR GRADES 3-6) Active Listening Checklist. 1. Focus on the person who is speaking. 2. Show by your tone of voice, your friendly expression, and your "bodylanguage" that
GUIDELINES FOR STOPPING OPPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR 1. Don't let offensive behavior go by. No one deserves to be insulted, threatened or mistreated for any reason. 2. Interrupt inappropriate behavior in a positive, matter-of-fact way. If you make a big deal out of a minor incident, you may further embarrass the targeted student and induce guilt and defensiveness in the student responsible for WHY PRESERVE ENDANGERED LANGUAGES? Teaching Guaraní is a subject infused with nationalism and competing theories of how to prevent Guaraní from being eclipsed by Spanish, long dominant in the legal system and in business. Meanwhile, Guaraní is treading into new realms. Works like "Don Quixote" and the "Book of Mormon" recently gained Guaraní translations. HAS BLACK LIVES MATTER HAD AN IMPACT? This lesson consists of two readings that encourage students to think critically about the impact of Black Lives Matter. The first reading examines the argument that the movement’s demands for social change need to be more specific. The second reading looks at some of the things the Movement for Black Lives has accomplished in the last twoyears.
SEL TIP: CREATE A SPACE IN THE CLASSROOM FOR PRACTICING Deep learning often begins when students start applying the social and emotional skills you’re teaching to real-life problems.Try setting up a space in your classroom where students can cool down, resolve conflicts, and put their new skills to use. Skip to main contentMAIN NAVIGATION
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Should Public College & PreK Be Free to All? The 2020 election campaign has opened up discussion about whether public higher education and PreK should be offered for free to everyone or only to low-income families. In this lesson, students…TeachableMoment
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Civil Rights History & Mythology Did the Civil Rights Movement only involve the South? Was it the product of a few great leaders? Students explore the civil rights movement and consider how sometimes "history" distorts thetruth.
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Civil Rights History & Mythology Did the Civil Rights Movement only involve the South? Was it the product of a few great leaders? Students explore the civil rights movement and consider how sometimes "history" distorts thetruth.
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Should Public College & PreK Be Free to All? The 2020 election campaign has opened up discussion about whether public higher education and PreK should be offered for free to everyone or only to low-income families. In this lesson, students…TeachableMoment
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Civil Rights History & Mythology Did the Civil Rights Movement only involve the South? Was it the product of a few great leaders? Students explore the civil rights movement and consider how sometimes "history" distorts thetruth.
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