For the second week in a row, I was left partnerless in my graduate class. It was my own fault, I guess. I didn’t feel like moving. As I scanned the room, no one made eye contact with me or motioned toward me. It was clear that I would have to make the first move to ask to be included in a group—and, after a day filled with hundreds of tiny setbacks, I just didn’t feel like it.
Following the president’s approval of the contentious Keystone XL Pipeline, students may be wondering what the decision means. Use this mini-guide to inspire discussions about this current event in your classroom.
As a middle school student, I was perplexed by a quote by George Santayana that my history teacher posted on the wall. It read, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” As a budding history teacher, it continued to puzzle me.
To develop the next generation of civic leaders, educate children early and in age-appropriate ways about their identities and key concepts about race.