- Music for Justice [1]
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This activity focuses on musical explorations building on justice and inclusion themes. Perspective Before conducting this activity, provide students with historical ... - Why Frogs and Snakes Never Play Together [2]
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This Pourquoi of Prejudice is used to promote tolerance in the classroom. The Plot A chance meeting of a family of frogs and a family of snakes in the woods one day ... - Classroom Community Building [3]
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Activities for all grades to build community in your class this year. Early Grades • At Kensington Avenue School in Springfield, Mass., teachers build community every day ... - Getting To Know Each Other (Lunch Day Mixer) [4]
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The game centers on a question: "Could you be friends with someone who. . . ?" The book Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick (Flashlight Press, ISBN# 0972922555, $15.95), by ... - What Can We Learn from a Box of Crayons? [5]
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Central elementary, a school in transition with an increasingly diverse student body, decided to focus this school year on diversity. I wanted to help the 2nd- and 3rd-graders ... - Friendship Without Barriers [6]
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Friendship Without Barriers is excerpted from the teaching kit "Rhinos and Raspberries: Tolerance Tales for the Early Grades," a literature-based teaching kit. Objectives ... - A Bullying Survey [7]
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In this lesson, students evaluate group practices and propose measures to improve the classroom climate. Objectives Students will evaluate group practices and propose ... - Collective Poetry [8]
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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 ... - Building Community, Day by Day [9]
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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. ... - Of Science and Heroes [10]
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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 ... - Lessons from Goldilocks [11]
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Teach inclusive, respectful behavior using storybooks lessons and art. The kindergarten students at Blakeburn Elementary School in Coquitlam, British Columbia, have definite opinions ... - Family Ties and Fabric Tales [12]
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Exploring family roots and immigration. Lesson Overview After exposure to relevant literature in class, students will research their family history by interviewing their ... - Migration and the Spirits of Life [13]
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Celebrated annually on November 2, Dia de los Muertos, or "Day of the Dead," embraces life as it pokes fun at the Grim Reaper. (Note: In some regions, the celebration spans two days, from November ... - Happy Birthday! [14]
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Activities for African American History Month Happy Birthday (Grades K-3) In establishing Negro History Week (now African American History Month) in the month of February, ... - Bringing Sight to the Sightless [15]
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Commemorate the life of Louis Braille. January 4 marks the birth of Louis Braille (1809-52), perhaps the greatest benefactor of the sightless. Through his creation of the Braille ...
