To reinforce the concept of tending to the child’s own emotions. Break …
To reinforce the concept of tending to the child’s own emotions. Break cards are made to help the child address their emotions and choose the kind of break based on their emotion.
Students will learn to know and list the difference between bugs and …
Students will learn to know and list the difference between bugs and insects by playing a matching game for the first task and then watching and reading a video for the second task and listing 3-5 facts about something new they have learned. Students will also list 2 bugs and 2 insects, which will show their knowledge in the difference between the two.
Source set where students discover the lost coal mining community of Buxton, …
Source set where students discover the lost coal mining community of Buxton, Iowa, a multiracial town of 6,000 people. Blacks and Whites lived in racial harmony and prosperity during the height of the Jim Crow era.
The necessity of teaching LGBTQ history has never been more apparent than …
The necessity of teaching LGBTQ history has never been more apparent than in the current political climate. Over the past year, hundreds of anti-LGBTQ laws have been proposed across the country. Several have specifically attempted to prohibit teaching about these topics. California educators remain committed to an inclusive curriculum and continue to lead the charge modeling best practices in teaching LGBTQ history.
But, the path has not always been clear. When California educators started to implement this flagship law, SB48, otherwise known as the FAIR Act, which called for inclusion of LGBTQ Americans in U.S. history courses at the K-12 level, so many questions arose. Most of the discussion has centered around how to make our curriculum more inclusive while efficiently managing our limited instructional time.
One of the key issues has been about whether to create stand-alone or integrated lessons. Stand-alone lessons are significant because they allow students to do a deep dive into a specific topic. This can be useful when addressing big issues in the LGBTQ past. Here are a few examples of lessons that do just that:
This unit was written to be used by preschool or elementary teachers …
This unit was written to be used by preschool or elementary teachers working with primary aged children. The unit visits 'Cinderella-like' characters from China, Ireland, Egypt, Africa, Mexico, and the Ojibwa tribe.
Learn about the Wyoming gold rush that occurred in South Pass City, …
Learn about the Wyoming gold rush that occurred in South Pass City, and explore the varied perspectives of the people who experienced the gold rush in the 1840’s-1860’s.
In the accompanying lesson plan (found in the Support Materials), students will watch a video that introduces the gold rush and the people who were impacted by it, and then hold a discussion to understand the multiple perspectives. Then, the students take part in a creative writing activity in which they create a piece of text from one of the perspectives.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students will develop grade level appropriate speaking and listening skills, as described by the standards. Students will learn how to write a fictional narrative based on nonfiction resources, following a set of parameters. Students will understand the motivations and perspectives of various people during the Wyoming gold rush.
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