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Ideas for Morning Meeting/DEI: Week of 9/20/21
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 [...]
Ideas for Morning Meeting: Week of 9/13/21
Activity Ideas — Week of 9/13/21 DEI/Current Events Ideas –Week of 9/13/21 Two Truths and a Dream Wish A variation of “Two Truths and a Lie” [...]
Weekly Ideas for HR/Advisory and DEI Connections 5/31/21
HR/Advisory Activities Week of 5/31/21 DEI/Current Events Connections Week of 5/31/21 Ending the Year with a Gratitude Activity Ideas from Greater Good
Weekly Ideas for Advisory/DEI Connections 5/24/21
HR/Advisory Activities Week of 5/24/21 DEI/Current Events Connections Week of 5/24/21 End-Of-Year Student Surveys We talked about surveys in the last [...]
Weekly Ideas for Advisory/DEI 5/17/21
HR/Advisory Activities Week of 5/17/21 DEI/Current Events Connections Week of 5/17/21 Easy and Fun Advisory Game! Video Quiz: Are You Smarter Than A Fifth [...]
Weekly Ideas for 2/1/21
HR/Advisory DEI/Current Connections Week of 2/1/21 February is Black History/Black Futures Month! Started by Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950), Black History [...]
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 12/14/20
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 12/14/20 Current Events / Diversity & Inclusion 12/14/20 Video Share: How is it made? Here are some fascinating “How [...]
Weekly Ideas for HR/Advisory: Week of 11/16/20
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 11/16/20 DEI / Current Events Connections 11/16/20 This week’s Affinity/Alliance Group Meetings Flocabulary Current [...]
Weekly Ideas: Week of 11/9/20
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 11/9/20 DEI / Current Events Connections 11/9/20 Wednesday 11/11: Affinity/Alliance Group Meetings HR Morning Energizer [...]
Weekly Ideas for HR/Advisory Week of 11/2/20
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 11/2/20 DEI Connections / Current Events 11/2/20 Announcements: Affinity/Alliance Group Meetings Wed 11/4 Activity: [...]
Weekly Ideas for HR/Advisory: 10/18/20
HR Activity Ideas Week of 10/19/20 DEI Connections / Current Happenings Homeroom Activity Ideas: Play “Two truths and a lie” Play a Halloween Kahoot [...]
5/26/20: Weekly MM and Advisory Ideas
REMOTE: MM/Advisory Ideas (5/25/20) Current Events/Happenings (5/25/20) End-of-the-Year Reflection Prompts: Game Ideas for the Final Weeks: 1. “Name that [...]
Weekly Morning Meeting/Advisory Ideas: Week of 5/18/20
REMOTE: MM/Advisory Ideas (5/18/20) Current Events/Happenings (5/18/20) New Yorker: Caption Contest! Conduct an advisory challenge, classwide contest [...]
Weekly Morning Meeting Ideas: 5/11/20
REMOTE: MM/Advisory Ideas (5/11/20) Current Events/Happenings (5/11/20) A “Sweet” MM game: Split into groups or have each student complete on their own [...]
Weekly MM Ideas: 4/27/20
REMOTE: MM/Advisory Ideas (4/27/20) Current Events/Happenings: 4/27/20 Indoor Scavenger Hunt: All players look for items typically found in homes and [...]
4/20/20 Weekly Ideas for MM and Advisory
REMOTE MM/Advisory Ideas (4/20/20) Current Events Connections (4/20/20) Sharing Prompts: What’s something new you’ve been learning about yourself and your [...]
Weekly MM Ideas (4/13/20)
REMOTE Morning Meeting Ideas Current Events Connections (4/13/20) 1. One-Word Writing Prompts by Fawn Nguyen (shared by Michelle B!): Think / write about [...]
Morning Meeting Prompts: 3/30/20 *Remote Learning Edition*
REMOTE LEARNING EDITION: Morning Meeting Share Ideas (3/31/20) Current Events Connections Prompt ideas for Morning Meeting: Students can pre-think of [...]
Weekly News
Weekly News Quiz for Students: Coronavirus, Afghanistan, New York State Ban Statistics in School Week (Census 2020) “This weeklong series of fun classroom [...]
March is Women’s History Month
The theme for 2020 is “Valiant Women of the Vote.” Honor the women who fought to win the right to vote and for those who still fight to win the right for [...]
Connections
News Literacy Project (The SIFT) “A national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teaches students how to know what to [...]
Black History Month/Super Bowl LIV/Elections
Black History Month Carter Godwin Wooden: “The History Behind Black History Month” (from TT) “In perhaps his most significant effort to improve the quality [...]
“Week-In-Rap”
Flocabulary “Week-In-Rap” Weekly hip-hop videos about current events AND great videos about all subjects and topics! (subscription needed for some videos)
Tech in 2020: Seeing a Positive Reflection of Yourself in Media
Tech in 2020: “Seeing a Positive Reflection of Yourself in Media” – from Anti-Defamation League View and Discuss: What emojis would reflect you, your [...]
The 2020 Census Count Begins in March
Census Resources (Latin censor, from censere “to appraise, value, judge,”) Informational video“2020 Census: What is the Census?” (1.51 min) [...]
Person of the Year…
Time Magazine: Person of the Year… Read and discuss this recent award! (Will this have an impact?) -Short article: “The Power of Youth” Times for Kids [...]
What’s going on with the picture & Climate Change Protest
From New York Times Learning Network: “What’s going on with the picture?” Image from: Dec. 2, 2019 From New York Times Learning Network: ‘Climate Change [...]
We Are Family
We Are Family: 50-Plus NYTimes Articles, Photos, Maps and More About Families of All Kinds “How does family shape who we are? Linked is a nonfiction [...]
Indigenous Perspectives on Thanksgiving
From Teaching Tolerance: “As Thanksgiving approaches, it’s important to remember that some Indigenous communities observe the holiday as a day of [...]
China Sets Rules for Young Gamers
Featured Article: “90 Minutes a Day, Until 10 P.M.: China Sets Rules for Young Gamers” No playing video games after 10 p.m. No more than 90 minutes of [...]
Current Events
Current Events Idea: Impeachment Infographic (attached)  Students can read this over together, in groups, as a class. Define bribery, treason, discuss [...]
Current Events Connection
This past Saturday, September 28, 2019 marked the first National TransVisibility March on Washington. Part of the March’s aim was to fight transphobia, [...]
Climate Strike Conversations
1) Video of Friday’s Climate Marches from around the world. (3.58 min – The New Yorker) 2) These handouts can be shaded in and then discussed as a [...]
Juliana v The U.S. 
In 2015, 21 young Americans filed suit against the federal government. The plaintiffs, ages 11 to 22, demanded that the U.S. government take action to stop [...]
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