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One Survivor Remembers
This Oscar-winning documentary presents Gerda Weissmann Klein’s account of surviving the Holocaust as a child. (Available for streaming only)
June 29, 2017
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When a Student Dies
How does a school community deal with the violent loss of a student? Unfortunately, this is a question my school has had to answer too often. Still, no matter how many times I’ve been through it, trying to understand my own pain while holding space for my students to feel theirs is something that pushes me beyond my capacity as a teacher.
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Mindfulness Helps Reduce Unequal Discipline
Mindfulness a not only a great tool to help students focus, but it also helps educators to be more culturally responsive.
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Engendering Inclusivity in a Language Class
Language classrooms allow students to grapple with how gender affects their understanding of the world, but they also allow teachers to engender their own classrooms as inclusive and safe places for all students.
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Literature
The Prince and the Rhinoceros: An Indian Tale of Speaking Kindly
The prince and his pet rhinocerous have a special friendship. He showers her with kind words until one day he lets the thought of gold get in between his and the rhino's special bond.
July 3, 2014
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Literature
The Breadwinner
After spending months talking to women in Afghan refugee camps, Deborah Ellis penned this timely novel about life under Taliban rule. Living in Afghanistan with her family, Parvana is a rarity—a girl who can read and experiences life, even for just a few hours, outside the four walls of her home.
July 3, 2014
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Measures of Success
The mother of a "slow learner" champions respect for learning differences.
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Literature
Shoulders
In this poem, the speaker sees a man carrying his son across the street and is struck by the tenderness the man displays for the child. The speaker realizes that humanity must cloak itself in this same caring nature.
July 2, 2014
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Informational
Families
This excerpt explains that families are defined by love, caring and sharing, not the number or gender of its members.
November 7, 2014
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A Classroom Discussion About the Media, Trust and Knowledge
Encouraging students to think through problems in the contemporary media landscape can help them become more active, open-minded knowledge-seekers.