Teaching Tolerance in the Classroom
WHAT: For teachers who want to bring a social justice framework into their classroom, but aren’t sure how, Teaching Tolerance is here to help. From film kits and lesson plans to the building blocks of a customized Learning Plan—texts, student tasks and teaching strategies—our resources will help you bring relevance, rigor and social emotional learning into your classroom.
HOW: Helpful tools available at https://www.tolerance.org/clas...
Be Internet Awesome (Digital Citizenship Curriculum)
WHAT: To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world with confidence.
HOW: Start being awesome here: https://beinternetawesome.with...
WHAT: An educational grant program that provides financial support to teachers to purchase and maintain small animals in the classroom. The program was established by the Pet Care Trust to provide children with an opportunity to interact with pets—an experience that can help to shape their lives for years to come.
HOW: To see if you qualify, visit http://www.petsintheclassroom....
WHAT: Make your classroom awesome by creating your own learning games with Kahoot! Upload your own set of multiple choice questions, add images and videos, and get playing! Your students play from their own devices, keeping them engaged throughout the lesson.
HOW: https://kahoot.com/welcomeback...
WHAT: Thousands of free lesson plans for all grade levels and subjects! Join this learning community to get ideas from other educators, or share your own.
HOW: Get inspired here: https://sharemylesson.com/
WHAT: This website allows you and your students to create “glogs” — interactive multimedia posters that allows ideas to be expressed easily by combining images, graphics, video, audio, and text on one digital canvas! Gather inspiration from over 40,000 glogs from students and educators around the world, or create your own using the templates provided.
HOW: Start creating here: http://edu.glogster.com/
“ISIS and American Foreign Policy” Lesson
WHAT:
This website offers tools that
students can use to analyze what actions
the U.S. has taken against ISIS and how
those actions relate to our overall foreign
policy. There are free lesson plans and
educator resources.
HOW:
For more information, go to www.billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator- resources/lessons-plans/current-events/isis-american-foreign-policy/
Teacher Checklist for Creating Positive Classrooms
WHAT:
This website provides a free,
downloadable Teacher Checklist—a
research-based practitioner checklist to
help establish positive classrooms.
HOW:
To download, go to www.coachingwhatworks.com/tcl2.
WHAT:
The Portland Art Museum has
created posters featuring works across the
permanent collections. Posters are available free of charge to educators in Oregon
and Washington. Hang them in classrooms,
hallways, and libraries or take them out for
specific activities and lessons.
HOW:
To preview posters, access re-
sources, or request a set by mail, visit the
Poster Project, http://portlandartmuseum.org/learn/educators/resources/posters/.
Free Lesson Plans and Documentaries
WHAT:
POV, a production of American
Documentary, Inc., offers free resources for
educators, including 200+ online lm clips
connected to 100+ standards-aligned lesson
plans, discussion guides and reading lists.
Registered educators can use any of 80+
full-length films in the classroom for free
through their documentary lending library.
HOW:
For more information, go to www.pbs.org/pov/educators.
WHAT:
To help integrate Black History
Month into the classroom, NEA offers a
selection of lesson plans that cover a variety subjects and that can be adapted to t
multiple grade levels.
HOW:
For more information, go to
http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/black-history-month.htm.