School Climate

Photocopy or create a large map of the school, including the school grounds and the cafeteria. Then have students identify places that cliques or self-segregating groups gather. ...

In this lesson, students evaluate group practices and propose measures to improve the classroom climate. Objectives Students will evaluate group practices and propose ...

Lesson includes resources for tackling the bully problem. Nearly one out of every three students between the ages of 11 and 18 has experienced some form of bullying. Our school chose ...

Collective poetry is an exercise designed to encourage students to work from a shared pattern in order to join their voices in a collective rhythm. We all have stories. In telling ...

Morning Meetings help students and teachers connect and start the day on a positive note. It's the start of the school day at Kensington Avenue School in Springfield, Mass. ...

Artifacts of hate help middle school students see result of bullying, racist behavior. Slave shackles, a mangled piece of the World Trade Center's south tower, video of a ...

Teacher/musician uses music to help students deal with images of war. When the daily newspaper depicted gruesome violence with horrifying headlines about the war in Iraq, my thoughts ...

Implement an intervention program built on shared music and individual counseling sessions. "Dom ti-dom di-ga di-ga dat dat" — tubano drums that mimic speech resound ...

Teach students about the right to safety with a project based on the 1989 Charter of Children's Rights. It isn't very hard to get middle school students thinking about ...

Combat stereotypes by creatively combining science and social studies activities. As a teacher, I've watched too many children hit one another because they have to "kill ...

Teach inclusive, respectful behavior using storybooks lessons and art. The kindergarten students at Blakeburn Elementary School in Coquitlam, British Columbia, have definite opinions ...

Examine identity and assimilation with an activity that asks the essential question: Was there ever a part of your identity you had to hide? In the essay, "Magic Carpet", ...

Middle school students build their own Bill of Rights. Lesson Overview Team Harmony taught other students about the UN's Declaration on the Rights of a Child during ...

This activity invites students to identify aspects of culture that influence our own behavior and sometimes make it difficult to understand the behavior of other people. Culture is a complex idea, and teachers ...