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Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
Amid school closures, online classes can offer new opportunities for culturally responsive teaching. Here’s what one educator is trying with her fifth grade students.
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How Culturally Responsive Lessons Teach Critical Thinking
Rigor and cultural responsiveness are not mutually exclusive.
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Nurturing Optimal Classroom Community for Culturally Responsive Conflict Resolution
Materials Copy of Questions for Reflective Practice for each participant Framework At its best, facilitative mediation creates positive multicultural spirit and climate, emphasizes careful, respectful listening, and
July 26, 2017
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News Consumers' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
This lesson focuses on PEN America's News Consumers' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Students will read the bill of rights, rephrase some of the rights and responsibilities, and rank the rights in order of importance. Finally, students will work together to construct a short dramatic skit that shows the significance of one right of their choosing.
February 12, 2018
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Informational
Who is Responsible for the War?
In this speech, Alexander H. Stephens appeals to his fellow Southerners to vote against secession by highlighting what the consequences of secession might be.
December 15, 2017
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Why I Teach
Justice: The Original world wide web
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Teach 2016
You want to teach about the election, but there's a lot of hostility and tension getting in the way. Here's your quick guide to surviving the weeks leading up to November 8.
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Japanese American Responses to Incarceration
This video clip addresses reactions from Japanese Americans to the 8 p.m. curfew, forced imprisonment in internment camps, and creation of the 422nd Regimental Combat Team.
February 5, 2019
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Cultural Relevancy in the Cafeteria
This lesson seeks to open students’ eyes to the variety of experiences that they and their classmates have at lunchtime. Students learn about the dietary guidelines of various ethnic and religious groups and then analyze their cafeteria's food offerings.
July 12, 2017
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Media Consumers and Creators, What Are Your Rights and Responsibilities?
This lesson focuses on the concept of "fake news" and the responsibilities of news and media creators and consumers. Students will explore PEN America's News Consumers' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities and read an article about "fake news" that presents strategies on how to approach digital sources.
February 13, 2018
