- Fact or Fiction (Lunch Day Mixer) [1]
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Based on Icebreakers and Introductions Each person writes down four facts about himself or herself, one of which is not true. Each person takes turns reading his or her list ... - What’s Your Name? (Lunch Day Mixer) [2]
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Based on Crossing Borders/Border Crossings and What's In a Name?" Have students go around their table and introduce themselves, and tell people about their name. ... - It’s About Me (Lunch Day Mixer) [3]
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Loosely based on "What Are You?" Students bring a photograph to school with them that shows someone or something important to them. It might be a picture of them at an ... - Buddies (Lunch Day Mixer) [4]
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Based on Musical Chairs Students sit at cafeteria tables with people they don’t usually sit with. (You can use a technique such as distributing playing cards, or “Life Savers in ... - Mix It Up With a Deck of Cards (Lunch Day Mixer) [5]
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Based on Mixing It Up with Purpose As students enter the cafeteria, give each student a playing card. Tell them to sit at a table where everyone has a card of the same suit or at ... - Human Scavenger Hunt (Lunch Day Mixer) [6]
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Based on Mixing It Up with Purpose Before students leave their classroom for lunch, give each student a Popsicle stick with a word on it. Within each class, each student ... - That’s Teamwork (Lunch Day Mixer) [7]
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Based on Mix It Up: Score One for Humanity Give students lollipops and have them sit at a table with people who have the same color lollipop. Have each group solve a ... - Top Ten Ways to Be Successful (and Happy) in Literacy (and in Life) [8]
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One language arts educator's guidance for her new students. 10. Remain calm. Try to avoid banging your head against the table (or the wall) (or the window) (or another ... - Stars for Diversity [9]
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This is one of my favorite tolerance activities. It helps students think about leaving others out of groups and tolerating differences within the classroom. You will need many small self-adhesive stars of six ... - Let the Hot Air Out of Bullies! [10]
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Here is an activity that is fun and teaches kids to recognize the problems associated with bullying. They learn to use critical thinking and empathy skills to come up with ... - Who We REALLY Are [11]
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Sometimes students get stuck on superficial notions of identity, both in understanding themselves and in looking at their classmates. This activity uses literature to challenge stereotypes and help children ... - Compliment Tag! (Lunch Day Mixer) [12]
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As an elementary school counselor, I am continually amazed at the number of students who do not know how to give and receive a compliment. Students seem to have no trouble, however, with the occasional teasing ... - It’s Okay to Feel Different [13]
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The beginning of the school year is such an exciting time. Students and teachers arrive full of dreams, goals and enthusiasm. There are the prospects of new friends, interesting learning and becoming part of ... - Cliques in Schools [14]
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Friendship circles are groups of people who share some common interests or values. They can be healthy, nurturing and supportive. Being bonded to others because of a shared love of sports, music or ... - Editorial Cartoon: Bullying [15]
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Activities will help students understand how artists use images to represent an idea. This is the tenth lesson in the series " Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach Social Justice ... - Reading for Social Justice [16]
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It is often said that reading opens up new worlds. It also opens up the opportunity to ask deep questions about the world that we—and the literature we read—exist in. Book clubs or literature circles are one ... - Defusing School Violence [17]
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In this lesson, students imagine themselves attending a high school that is polarized by violence between U.S.-born students and foreign-born African immigrants. After learning about the situation, students ... - What’s So Bad About “That’s So Gay”? [18]
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Almost every teacher has heard students use the expression, “that’s so gay” as a way of putting down or insulting someone (or to describe something). These lessons will help students examine how inappropriate ... - The Gift of Community [19]
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Building on the common early grades theme of “neighborhood and community,” this lesson uses a free, downloadable children’s book, “The Gift,” to drive home the idea that people—and their diverse interests—are ... - Poverty and Natural Disasters: Exploring the Connections [20]
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In 1989 a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck San Francisco. Sixty-three people died. This year, a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. A month after the disaster the Haitian government estimates that more than ... - Hate Crimes Legislation [21]
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In October 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The new law expands the definition of hate-crime victims, requires additional ... - A Song for Anti-Bullying [22]
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This activity involves a simple song that can help younger students deal with the issue of bullying and bullies. When students are bullied, they are often reluctant to let teachers ... - Ground Rules for Discussion [23]
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Students work to draw up a list of “ground rules” for classroom discussion through whole class and small group work. Time 50 minutes, plus preparation and optional activities. ... - School Lunches: Cultural Relevancy in the Cafeteria [24]
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This lesson seeks to open students’ eyes to the variety of experiences that they and their classmates have at lunchtime. By thinking about diverse students’ needs and experiences, students who complete this ... - Mixing and Mattering [25]
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Last year at Seth Johnson Elementary, in Montgomery, Ala., the fourth- and fifth-grade students participated in the National Mix It Up at Lunch Day. In preparation for the day, we challenged fifth-graders to ... - Should Your Hairstyle Be A Constitutional Right? [26]
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This lesson uses the strategies of “student questioning for purposeful learning” (SQPL) and jigsaw grouping to engage students in examining Constitutional issues related to school-based grooming policies. ... - Rooting Out Termites [27]
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Termites, small and overlooked, can knock down forests and turn buildings to powder; intolerance operates in much the same way. It’s not uncommon to hear students — including ... - Core Samples [28]
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Core samples are fascinating columns of rock and mineral cut from deep below the earth's surface with a drill. They are marbled with shades of color. This activity helps students to identify their own ... - Brush Up on Respect [29]
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Whenever I feel that students are starting to pick on each other and get disrespectful, I use this activity to get them to think about their behavior. For this activity, you need a tube of toothpaste, a ... - Celebrate Each Other [30]
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On the first day of each school year, my students and I form a circle and I ask them these questions: Do we all have the same hair color? Do we all have the same eyes? ...
