This is a resource that you can use online or in class. It is a great way to start a conversation with a student on the importance of just living for today.
10-lesson fifth grade unit to build classroom culture focused on identity, diversity and community.
10-lesson fourth grade unit to build classroom culture focused on identity, diversity and community.
10-lesson second grade unit to build classroom culture focused on identity, diversity and community.
Changemakers can be activists, non-profit workers, volunteers and even kids.
Explore the sweet, slimy world of snails (and worms!) as you discover the difference between fact and fiction with videos, stories and games.
This resource should be used as a lesson in social emotion learning along with the health standards. This lesson touches on the meaning of feeling worried.
Use this resource to support student personal reflection, community building, and mental health. Online and in-person courses can use this resource.
This module provides a overview of the power of teaching with a trauma-informed lens. The content was created by the faculty members at the following institutions: Chicago State University, Olive-Harvey Community College, South Subrurban College and Prairie State College. The module was designed to be added to the child development course or other introdcutory educationals course that are taken by education majors. The module was developed by Dr. Ty Jiles, Chicago State University, Professor Mario Wright Olive Harvey, Dr. Donna Walker, South Suburban Collge and Dr. LaTia Collins, Prairie State College. The module is designed to enhance the instructional skills and confidence for pre-service teachers and teacher candidates at minority-serving institutions. The module offers a multicultural narrative as it relates to trauma-informed teaching practices and includes the following: 1) Engaging all students in the learning process, 2) Classroom environment, 3) Planning instruction and learning design for all students, 4) Developing as a professional.
This module provides a overview of the power of teaching with a trauma-informed lens. The content was created by the faculty members at the following institutions: Chicago State University, Olive-Harvey Community College, South Subrurban College and Prairie State College. The module was designed to be added to the child development course or other introdcutory educationals course that are taken by education majors. The module was developed by Dr. Ty Jiles, Chicago State University, Professor Mario Wright Olive Harvey, Dr. Donna Walker, South Suburban Collge and Dr. LaTia Collins, Prairie State College. The module is designed to enhance the instructional skills and confidence for pre-service teachers and teacher candidates at minority-serving institutions. The module offers a multicultural narrative as it relates to trauma-informed teaching practices and includes the following: 1) Engaging all students in the learning process, 2) Classroom environment, 3) Planning instruction and learning design for all students, 4) Developing as a professional.
This lesson engages students with identifying their own emotions through responding to artworks with body language, facial expressions, and their own artwork.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students identify different emotions and identify their emotional responses to artworks.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students engage with their emotions and share their emotions about climate change artworks.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students share their emotional responses through the creation of a collaged emotions artwork.