Rethinking Winter Holidays
Many schools enjoy celebrating a non-religious "holiday season" but clearly favor Christmas in their traditions and decor. Moreover, important non-Christian holidays that don't occur in December are often overlooked completely. This edition of The Moment offers resources that can help your school community become more inclusive by reflecting on how and when holidays show up in your hallways, assemblies and classrooms.
Avoiding the Holiday 'Balance Traps'
The December Dilemma
Analyzing the School Holiday Calendar
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
With the news of U.S. Border Patrol officers using tear gas against asylum-seekers in Mexico—affecting, among others, small children—we are reminded of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As its 70th anniversary approaches, we invite you to introduce its depth and relevance to your students with these resources—and to remember its enduring words: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights."
Commemorating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
The Social Justice Standards
The Social Justice Standards allow educators to use backward design when planning lessons and provide a framework for discussing social justice topics at every stage of K-12 instruction. Get to know the anchor standards, grade-level outcomes and the four domains of anti-bias teaching and learning—Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action—with the resources in this edition of The Moment.
Lead Your Own Training: The Social Justice Standards
Social Justice Standards
Teaching MLK With the Social Justice Standards
National American Indian Heritage Month 2018
November is National American Indian Heritage Month! In this edition of The Moment, you'll find resources and recommendations that can help ensure Native histories and experiences are respected and represented in your classroom.
Rewriting History—for the Better
Q&A: Native Knowledge 360°
With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
Thanksgiving 2018
For far too many students, Thanksgiving stories and celebrations serve as their first introduction to the histories and cultures of American Indians. The resources in this edition of The Moment offer the opportunity to teach a more accurate story about the origins of Thanksgiving.