Honest and courageous conversations are just the beginning of our work for social justice. When we develop safe spaces to have these conversations, we work together to dismantle oppression. Let’s get talking!
Elementary Lesson
Please start by sharing this video with your students
Instructions:
Watch the video about discrimination.
Think about how Pop gets treated throughout the video. Share how you think Pop feels.
Explain how discrimination--what happens to Pop--has happened to you or other people you know here in America.
Make a plan to do something to stop discrimination.
This week, take your first step to engage in this plan.
Secondary Lesson
Please start by sharing this video with your students
Instructions:
Watch the video.
Consider the courageous conversations highlighted here--students and their teacher building connections and speaking from the heart.
Think about a safe space where you can work with other students and teachers to have similar conversations. Make a plan and commit to not only talking, but doing something in your life to make things more equitable for others.
This week, take your first step to engage in this plan.
We’ve heard so much about resilience recently but what is it and why do we need it? Let’s take a look at what resilience looks like and how it benefits us!
To understand others, sometimes it helps to “walk in their shoes”. This SEL lesson gives a brief glimpse into the experience of others. Take a moment to listen and reflect.
Oftentimes we learn of or hear about social injustice but we do not feel equipped to make a difference. The first step in becoming an advocate is to understand that we are all different and accept that difference is good!
Honest and courageous conversations are just the beginning of our work for social justice. When we develop safe spaces to have these conversations in schools, we work together to dismantle oppression. Let's get talking!
There have been many conversations going on about equity and equality in education. You might hear these words on TV or on social media, but what do these words mean? What is the difference? Our new SEL lesson offers an answer.