Morning Meeting/Advisory Activity Ideas:

Week of 9/20/21

DEIB/Current Events Ideas

Week of 9/20/21

Activity: Community Agreements

If you have not already co-created Morning Meeting community agreements, it might be a good use of time.

1. Review: What is the purpose of Morning Meeting?

• Welcoming each other

• Announcements and organization

• Activities: current events, weekend shares, community building, celebrating our identities, working through issues

2. Ask: To create our MM Community, what agreements should we make together?

Some examples:

• Be present

• Say “Good Morning”

• Respect the common space

• Try not to judge yourself or others

• Speak from the “I” perspective

• Make space for others to share

• W.A.I.T (Why are I sharing? Why aren’t I sharing?)

• Ask for what you need (self advocate)

Building Bonds w/ Venn Diagrams

Sometimes it’s nice to use a good ole’ Venn Diagram to help classmates get to know each other better. Create pairs among students who aren’t already close friends to record differences and similarities. Possible ideas: places of birth, siblings, pets, hobbies, talents, fears, dreams, languages, ethnicities, religions, races, music tastes, places visited, goals, favorite colors/TV shows, books, etc. Volunteers can share examples to the whole group.

Quick Class Warm-Up Activity : “Spontaneous Clap”

Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, con’t

Heritage months provide additional opportunities to spotlight groups not typically centered in our classrooms. Here are some more ways to help you discuss the diversity of Latinx culture this month. #representationmatters

*Highly Recommended*

Learning for Justice Webinar for Teachers: “Latinx History is Black History” – 45 Min (transcript)

Key ideas from webinar:

• “Latinx is NOT a race…”

• “…Within this huge term Latinx…we experience the world drastically differently depending on so many factors. Some of these factors include our phenotype, our race, how we are read…also our country of origin, our geography, our foods, etc.”

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Facing History and Ourselves: 5 Resources for Latinx Heritage Month

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Article: ‘Latinx’ explained — A history of the controversial word and how to pronounce it” (USA Today)

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Latinx Heritage Month: Message from GLSEN (3 min)

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Video: Celebrate National Hispanic American Heritage Month with 5 Stories from Mississippi to Brooklyn – 11 min (From Great Big Story)

• Watch one or more of these short stories that celebrate the complexity, diversity and beauty of “Latinx” or “Latinadad” culture.

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Other current events!

SPACE X Inspiration4 Highlights (NYtimes)

Build your own rockets! Video