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Reading Treks: Front Desk - TeachersFirst
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3 to 7
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Front Desk by Kelly Yang follows Mia Tang, a ten-year-old Chinese immigrant who helps her parents manage a California motel in 1993. While secretly helping her parents shelter other...more
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Front Desk by Kelly Yang follows Mia Tang, a ten-year-old Chinese immigrant who helps her parents manage a California motel in 1993. While secretly helping her parents shelter other immigrants, she faces bullying at school and her family's financial struggles. Through determination, kindness, and a love of writing, Mia finds her voice and learns to stand up for herself and others. The novel explores immigration, resilience, social justice, and the power of speaking up. This Reading Trek includes interactive maps--available as both a Google My Maps link and a downloadable Google Earth (KMZ) file--that trace key locations from the story. A downloadable teacher guide (PDF) also supports classroom instruction and provides activities and extensions.
tag(s): Reading Treks (62), immigrants (49), social justice (45)
In the Classroom
Use the interactive maps to trace Mia's journey and the story's key locations as students read. Invite students to write a letter to Mia or to a character who stood up for others, discuss how Mia uses her voice to create change, or write about a time they spoke up for something important. The teacher guide offers additional activities and extensions.
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Create a Goal and Discover Your "Why" - Facing History & Ourselves
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6 to 12
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Help students move beyond choosing a goal to understanding why it matters with this ready-to-go reflection activity. Designed for grades 6-12, the 50-minute lesson guides students through...more
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Help students move beyond choosing a goal to understanding why it matters with this ready-to-go reflection activity. Designed for grades 6-12, the 50-minute lesson guides students through selecting a personal goal, making it specific and realistic, and repeatedly asking "why" to uncover the intrinsic motivation behind it. Students can choose goals related to positive choices, belonging and inclusion, wellness, academics, or extracurricular activities. They then consider how their goal connects with their identity and the person they hope to become and identify a small step they can take toward it. Teaching notes, discussion prompts, extension activities, and student handouts support implementation. Materials are also available through Google Drive with a free Facing History account.
tag(s): identity (48), social and emotional learning (235)
In the Classroom
Ask students to use the "Create a Goal and Find Your Why" handout to choose a personal goal for the school year and revise it until it is specific, realistic, and personally meaningful. Ask students to revisit their goals periodically throughout the semester or school year using a paper reflection log to record progress, setbacks, small wins, and a new short-term goal. Invite students to create a digital version of their "Why" poster with Canva for Education, reviewed here.
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Self-Awareness Lesson Plans - Nebraska Department of Education
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K to 12
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Build self-awareness and career-readiness skills across K-12 with this collection of ready-to-use lesson plans from the Nebraska Department of Education. Teachers can filter resources...more
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Build self-awareness and career-readiness skills across K-12 with this collection of ready-to-use lesson plans from the Nebraska Department of Education. Teachers can filter resources by grade, career-development model area, and Nebraska Career Readiness Standard. Lessons address age-appropriate topics such as friendship, responsibility, cooperation, interests, strengths, conflict resolution, respect, peer pressure, communication, stress management, personal beliefs and values, career interests, goal setting, and workplace habits. Each listing includes a grade level, learning objectives, applicable career standards, and a downloadable lesson plan, making the collection especially useful for counselors, advisory programs, career education, and teachers seeking structured activities rather than background information alone.
tag(s): communication (128), conflict resolution (11), careers (186), social and emotional learning (235)
In the Classroom
Have younger students complete one of the friendship, responsibility, or cooperation lessons, then create a class anchor chart illustrating behaviors that help people work successfully with others. Invite students to use Padlet, reviewed here, to build a class collection of career interests, strengths, skills, and goals, allowing students to notice shared interests and possible career connections. Assign older students the "Personal Roadmap" activity to examine short- and long-term goals and the personal assets that could help them reach those goals, then have students create a visual roadmap with Canva for Education, reviewed here.
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Purpose Compass - Good in Education
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6 to 12
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Help students turn their interests and strengths into ideas that could make a difference with this ready-to-go purpose-building activity. Middle and high school students identify three...more
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Help students turn their interests and strengths into ideas that could make a difference with this ready-to-go purpose-building activity. Middle and high school students identify three key areas: what they love to do, their strengths and skills, and needs in the world they care about. They then work with a partner to combine ideas from those areas and brainstorm purposeful projects. The lesson includes an active warm-up, guided reflection, brainstorming directions, discussion questions, extensions, learning objectives, materials, accommodations and supports, and background research. Extensions encourage students to scale an ambitious idea into a manageable project, take purposeful action in their community, journal about purpose, or interview someone who has completed a meaningful project.
tag(s): Project Based Learning (32), social and emotional learning (235)
In the Classroom
Have students complete the three-circle Purpose Compass activity with sticky notes, identifying what they love to do, their strengths and skills, and the needs they care about, then work with a partner to generate possible projects. Invite pairs to turn their Purpose Compass ideas into a visual comparison with the 3 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here, placing interests, strengths, and community needs in the circles and using the intersections to identify possible projects. Ask students to choose one ambitious project idea and redesign it as a small action they could realistically complete in an afternoon or weekend, adapting the resource's "Smallest Project" extension.
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Stand Out and Be Unique - TEDx Talks
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2 to 8
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Use this short YouTube video to start a conversation about celebrating differences and recognizing what makes each person unique. Schools have used the video in activities where students...more
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Use this short YouTube video to start a conversation about celebrating differences and recognizing what makes each person unique. Schools have used the video in activities where students and staff watch it and then share something unique about themselves. The simple theme makes the video useful for morning meetings, character education lessons, inclusion activities, or discussions about appreciating classmates. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the video.
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tag(s): classroom management (155), diversity (62), social and emotional learning (235)
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Ask students to share one quality, interest, talent, tradition, or experience that makes them unique, then discuss how differences can strengthen a classroom community. Have students work in pairs to identify similarities and differences between themselves, then create a Venn diagram using 2 and 3 Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here. After viewing, ask students to reflect by completing prompts such as "Something that makes me unique is..." and "One way I can show respect for someone different from me is...," using their responses as a quick formative check.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Overcoming Obstacles - Community for Education Foundation
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K to 12
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Looking for ready-to-go lessons that build practical life skills across grade levels? Overcoming Obstacles offers a free K-12 curriculum with hundreds of activity-based lessons that...more
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Looking for ready-to-go lessons that build practical life skills across grade levels? Overcoming Obstacles offers a free K-12 curriculum with hundreds of activity-based lessons that address 30+ skills, including communication, decision-making, goal setting, conflict resolution, problem-solving, respect, coping skills, career readiness, and financial management. Teachers can browse separate K-2, grades 3-5, middle school, and high school collections, then view or download individual lessons, activity sheets, complete curricula, student surveys, training materials, and translated resources. You can also customize many lessons in Google Docs, while activity sheets are available in Google Slides, PowerPoint, and PDF. The library includes translated activity sheets in more than 30 languages. You can access Core Digital Library materials without registration, but you need an account to use the site's personalized "My Overcoming Obstacles" features.
tag(s): social and emotional learning (235), communication (128), problem solving (284), empathy (80), financial literacy (91)
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Students can explore a life skill, such as empathy, perseverance, responsibility, or conflict resolution, through a ready-to-use lesson, then write an individual reflection connecting the skill to a situation they have experienced. Assign students to examine advertising techniques using the high school Managing Your Life materials, then have teams analyze sample advertisements for persuasive techniques and present evidence about how those techniques may influence consumer decisions. Ask students to synthesize a completed unit by creating their own review questions, then use Wordwall, reviewed here, to turn selected questions into a class review game or formative assessment.
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Quick Digital Citizenship Lessons for Grades K-12 - Common Sense Education
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K to 12
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Make room for digital citizenship with short, video-based lessons designed for 20 minutes or less. This collection is organized into four grade bands, helping teachers find age-appropriate...more
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Make room for digital citizenship with short, video-based lessons designed for 20 minutes or less. This collection is organized into four grade bands, helping teachers find age-appropriate activities about media balance, online safety, digital footprints, cyberbullying, relationships, and evaluating online information. Essential questions and short videos provide starting points for meaningful conversations about students' digital lives. The collection works well for morning meetings, advisory periods, technology lessons, or brief discussions woven into other subjects. If your district blocks YouTube, students may not be able to view the videos.
tag(s): digital citizenship (113), digital literacy (42), cyberbullying (52), social media (65), social and emotional learning (235), media literacy (140)
In the Classroom
Assign students to record a brief digital citizenship advice segment using Online Voice Recorder, reviewed here, explaining a common digital dilemma and a responsible response. Have small groups use Toony Tool, reviewed here, to create a comic showing how an upstander can respond to cyberbullying. Have students complete an individual exit ticket describing a digital decision, its possible consequences, and the lesson idea that supports their recommended action.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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5 Things I've Learned from Malala Yousafzai - Girls' Globe
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6 to 12
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Wondering who Malala Yousafzai is? Introduce students to Malala Yousafzai's advocacy through a short, approachable reflection on five lessons drawn from her life and work: speak up,...more
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Wondering who Malala Yousafzai is? Introduce students to Malala Yousafzai's advocacy through a short, approachable reflection on five lessons drawn from her life and work: speak up, be brave, be determined, be knowledgeable, and be humble. Author Eleanor Gall connects each lesson to Malala's advocacy for girls' education, her courage after being attacked by the Taliban at age 15, and her continued commitment to education and human rights. Each section pairs the author's reflection with words from Malala, providing useful starting points for discussing courage, activism, education, leadership, and the power of individual voices. The article also links to Malala's United Nations speech and additional resources about her work.
tag(s): womenchangemaker (95)
In the Classroom
Students can create a timeline of Malala Yousafzai's life using Turbo Timeline Generator, reviewed here. Have students compare Malala with another young activist or historical figure, then organize similarities and differences with Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here. Students can use Kialo Edu, reviewed here to debate who is the most influential young changemaker to date.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Simone Biles and the Olympics: Championing Mental Health and Human Resilience - Share My Lesson
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K to 12
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Use Simone Biles' Olympic experience to start meaningful conversations about mental health, resilience, pressure, self-care, and sports' broader role in society. This Share My Lesson...more
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Use Simone Biles' Olympic experience to start meaningful conversations about mental health, resilience, pressure, self-care, and sports' broader role in society. This Share My Lesson blog post explains Biles' decision to step away from competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to protect her mental well-being and connects that choice to empathy, perseverance, and changing attitudes toward athletes and mental health. The page also gathers ready-to-use classroom resources about the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games, Olympic history, civics and social justice, disability representation, medal tracking, mental health, and breaking's Olympic debut. The resources range from activities for younger learners to middle- and high-school lessons, making the page a useful starting point for cross-curricular Olympic studies.
tag(s): diversity (62), womenchangemaker (95), olympics (65), mental health (65)
In the Classroom
Students can use Mentimeter, reviewed here to create a word cloud describing mental health. Students can fill out a Google Form, reviewed here sharing their emotions. Assign students to learn more about Simone Biles using Kiddle, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civic Engagement for Students - Greater Good in Education
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4 to 12
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Help students see civic engagement as more than voting or learning about government with this research-based overview from Greater Good in Education. The resource defines civic engagement...more
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Help students see civic engagement as more than voting or learning about government with this research-based overview from Greater Good in Education. The resource defines civic engagement as taking action to improve communities and shape the future through volunteering, advocacy, and community projects. It links civic participation to social responsibility, empathy, teamwork, fairness, civility, community awareness, and the belief that one's voice matters. Teachers can also explore a large collection of related practices for different grade levels and time commitments, including activities on collaborative problem solving, bridging differences, speaking up against prejudice, community listening, climate awareness, and civic empowerment. This page also summarizes research connecting civic engagement with resilience, well-being, school engagement, connectedness, and positive youth development.
In the Classroom
Most activities and ideas on the site work for middle and high school; however, you can adapt them for upper elementary students. Have students identify a school or community issue they care about, research who it affects and why, and create a realistic action plan that includes at least one way young people can contribute. Invite pairs to investigate a community problem and organize possible causes, stakeholders, and solutions on Padlet, reviewed here, before combining ideas into a class civic-action board. Have students research a person who improved a community or advocated for change and create a biography or concept card with Trading Card Creator, reviewed here, emphasizing the person's actions, goals, and impact.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FIRST Free STEM Activities - FIRST
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K to 12
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Bring hands-on engineering challenges into your classroom with FIRST's collection of free STEM activities for learners from pre-kindergarten through high school. The activities are...more
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Bring hands-on engineering challenges into your classroom with FIRST's collection of free STEM activities for learners from pre-kindergarten through high school. The activities are organized by grade range and include teacher and student guides. Each challenge focuses on a specific skill or topic and guides students through the engineering design process. Use lessons independently or combine them into a longer series. The collection also includes activities focused on FIRST Core Values and social-emotional learning, plus STEM activity cards featuring familiar building materials. Some activities introduce coding, programming, and computer-aided design.
tag(s): critical thinking (194), creativity (95), problem solving (284), engineering (136), STEM (387), preK (355), collaboration (146), coding (111), social and emotional learning (235)
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Guide students through the activities on the site. Have students use Canva for Education, reviewed here to create blueprints for their designs. Ask students to keep an individual engineering journal with labeled drawings, test results, and reflections about what they would change.
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Summer and Winter Games Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students - HMH Education
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K to 9
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Bring the Summer and Winter Games into several subject areas with this collection of 12 HMH classroom activities. Seven social studies and language arts activities ask students to explore...more
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Bring the Summer and Winter Games into several subject areas with this collection of 12 HMH classroom activities. Seven social studies and language arts activities ask students to explore Olympic history, Jesse Owens, prominent athletes, host cities, life during a particular Games year, differences between the Summer and Winter Games, and details from a Winter Games scavenger hunt. Five additional math activities connect sports to graphing, angles, pacing, nutrition, medal data, rates, and goal setting. Many activities include suggested grade ranges, downloadable materials, or teacher guides, making the collection especially useful for teachers seeking ready-to-go ideas they can adapt across elementary and middle school classrooms.
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tag(s): timelines (61), sports (107), olympics (65), charts and graphs (183), angles (51), nutrition (140)
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Ask students in grades 6 and up to research Jesse Owens, choose one of his quotations, and write a reflection explaining what the quotation reveals about his experiences, achievements, or challenges during and after the 1936 Games. Assign editorial teams in grades 4-8 an Olympic year and have them research what life was like during that time, then create a collaborative "Year in Review" digital magazine using Canva Edu, reviewed here covering arts, fashion, sports, government, and international affairs. Have students complete the Winter Sports Scavenger Hunt while watching selected events, looking for age-appropriate features such as shapes and numbers, countries and continents, winter vocabulary, or examples of figurative language, and then compare their findings in pairs or small groups.
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10 Winter Olympic Games Classroom Activities - Newsela
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K to 12
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Newsela's Winter Olympics article offers teachers ten classroom activity ideas to bring the excitement of the Winter Olympic Games into instruction. The activities can build reading,...more
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Newsela's Winter Olympics article offers teachers ten classroom activity ideas to bring the excitement of the Winter Olympic Games into instruction. The activities can build reading, writing, discussion, research, and critical-thinking skills while helping students learn about Olympic sports, athletes, traditions, and related topics. Teachers can use the ideas as whole-class lessons, small-group activities, enrichment projects, or connections to current events. The blog article is free to read and requires no registration. However, some Newsela articles, lessons, or resources linked within the post may require a paid Newsela subscription. Newsela does offer a free Newsela Lite account, but it provides access to a limited, rotating selection of content rather than the full Newsela library.
tag(s): sports (107), climate change (115), data (215), matter (51), motion (60), forces (54), olympics (65)
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Have students choose a Winter Olympics research topic such as a famous athlete, the history of the Games, or a recent Olympic event and use Newsela's suggested readings to gather evidence before presenting their findings to classmates using Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here. Ask students to use the snowboarding dataset highlighted in the article to explore incline angle, speed, trick height, or potential and kinetic energy, then write a claim supported by calculations and observations from the data. Invite students to write review questions about Olympic history, athletes, physics, climate, and vocabulary, then use Wayground (formerly Quizizz), reviewed here, to create a class formative-assessment game.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NFPA Home Fire Safety Lesson Plans - National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
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1 to 12
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Make fire and life safety instruction practical with this collection of ready-to-use lesson plans from the National Fire Protection Association. These materials cover home fire escape...more
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Make fire and life safety instruction practical with this collection of ready-to-use lesson plans from the National Fire Protection Association. These materials cover home fire escape planning, calling 9-1-1, responsible decision-making, fire risks, and other safety topics for different ages and audiences. Several resources are designed as concise 10-minute mini-lessons, while others provide more extensive instruction for specific groups. For example, an early-adolescent lesson for grades 6-8 focuses on fire-safe behaviors for students who may stay home alone, while another helps young adolescents evaluate risky fire-related behaviors and make safer choices. Lesson materials typically provide an audience, objective, suggested timing, instructional steps, discussion questions, and supporting safety messages, making the collection useful for classroom health lessons, community safety programs, and visits from firefighters or other safety educators.
tag(s): fire prevention (19), fire safety (22), fire (29)
In the Classroom
Have students analyze fictional situations involving cooking, fireworks, bonfires, electrical equipment, or other potential hazards. Ask them to identify the risk and propose a responsible choice that could reduce it. Invite students to practice explaining what they would do when a smoke alarm sounds. Have pairs role-play getting outside, going to a designated meeting place, and explaining when and how to call 9-1-1 from a safe location. Ask students to create a fire-safety infographic using Canva for Education, reviewed here. Students can focus each infographic on one NFPA lesson topic, such as escape planning, smoke alarms, responsible behavior, or emergency calls.
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This is What Courage Looks Like - Scholastic Action
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4 to 12
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Learn about Claudette Colvin through this readers theater activity from Scholastic Action and accompanying presentation. Although the content is for middle and high school students,...more
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Learn about Claudette Colvin through this readers theater activity from Scholastic Action and accompanying presentation. Although the content is for middle and high school students, the readers theater reading level is scaffolded to a 3rd- to 5th-grade level to make the materials accessible to all students. In addition to the script, the materials include an introductory vocabulary slideshow, an activity focused on inferencing, an ELL lesson plan, a video, and an interactive presentation view. Another accessibility feature is the option to use text-to-speech on the site with standard or slower audio.
tag(s): Accessibility (13), text to speech (25), multilingual (84), readers theater (13), civil rights (230), women (198), womenchangemaker (95)
In the Classroom
Use this readers theater script to engage students as they learn about Claudette Colvin and the civil rights movement. Use an AI tool such as Claude, reviewed here, to rewrite the script for different reading levels. For example, ask Claude to rewrite the script for a 10th-grade reading level. Include this activity as part of a choice board that includes videos, articles, and other activities to learn about Claudette Colvin. Students can record their video and share it with the class. Use MagicSchool, reviewed here, to create and share a rubric as part of your assessment of students' choice board activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Take a Stand Against Bullying with Rules of Kindness - Share my Lesson
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K to 12
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Make kindness and empathy part of bullying prevention with this brief resource from Share My Lesson. Created for National Bullying Prevention Month, the resource directs teachers to...more
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Make kindness and empathy part of bullying prevention with this brief resource from Share My Lesson. Created for National Bullying Prevention Month, the resource directs teachers to the Rules of Kindness campaign, which gives children and teens tools to stop bullying and help prevent it by building empathy and kindness. Teachers can use the linked campaign materials and kindness lesson plans to move beyond identifying hurtful behavior and focus on positive actions students can take to create a more caring classroom or school community. The Share My Lesson entry itself contains little instructional content, so teachers will need to use the linked external resources to build out the lesson.
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tag(s): social and emotional learning (235), empathy (80), bullying (56)
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Have students brainstorm what kindness looks, sounds, and feels like in the classroom. As a whole class, turn their ideas into several simple rules of kindness students can practice throughout the week. Have students create kindness reminder posters with Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here. Ask students to pair one practical action with a clear visual and display the finished products around the classroom or school. Invite students to participate in a classroom kindness challenge. Have each student select one achievable action, such as including someone in an activity, offering encouragement, helping a classmate, or expressing appreciation, then write about it in a class book using Book Creator, reviewed here,Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bullying Prevention & Intervention - School Specialty, LLC
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School Specialty's Bullying Prevention & Intervention page gathers articles for teachers looking to build a safer, more welcoming school environment. Topics include books that prompt...more
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School Specialty's Bullying Prevention & Intervention page gathers articles for teachers looking to build a safer, more welcoming school environment. Topics include books that prompt discussions about bullying, classroom prevention strategies, friendship and social skills, cyberbullying and internet safety, and bullying during recess and physical education. Teachers can browse the articles for ideas to use in class or across the school.
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tag(s): bullying (56), empathy (80), classroom management (155)
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Have students read or listen to an age-appropriate bullying scenario and identify the roles of the target, the person bullying, and the bystander. Ask small groups to develop compassionate responses and explain how their choices could change the situation. Invite students to create a short anti-bullying public service announcement with Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here. Have groups focus each video on one concrete action students can take to create a respectful school environment. Invite students to create a class collection of strategies for being an effective bystander using Padlet, reviewed here. Ask students to categorize responses such as speaking assertively, supporting the targeted student, walking away from unsafe situations, and getting adult help.
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Bullying: The Heart Exercise for Groups Lesson Plan - PBS LearningMedia
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6 to 12
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Help students explore the emotional impact of bullying through a hands-on, small-group activity centered on a symbolic heart. Students begin by filling a large paper heart with positive...more
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Help students explore the emotional impact of bullying through a hands-on, small-group activity centered on a symbolic heart. Students begin by filling a large paper heart with positive words associated with a newborn, then consider how hurtful words, stereotypes, and bullying can damage a person's self-image. As the activity progresses, students mark the heart to represent hurtful language and add shields representing ways people may cope with emotional pain. Guided writing, group discussion, and a whole-class debrief encourage students to consider the lasting power of words, recognize coping behaviors, and develop greater empathy for others. Designed for middle and high school students, the activity takes approximately 50 minutes and works best in groups of at least four.
tag(s): empathy (80), bullying (56), social and emotional learning (235)
In the Classroom
Have students complete the Heart Exercise in groups of four or more, adding positive words, hurtful words, and symbolic shields to their group's heart before discussing how each stage changes its appearance and meaning. Have pairs compare supportive and hurtful communication with the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here, then ask each pair to identify behaviors that can help repair relationships. Invite small groups to brainstorm healthy ways someone might cope with hurtful words, then post their ideas on a Padlet Sandbox, reviewed here, for a class collection of supportive strategies.
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MBF Bullying Prevention Toolkit - Monique Burr Foundation for Children
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K to 12
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Build a safer, kinder school community with this collection of ready-to-go bullying prevention materials from the Monique Burr Foundation for Children. Designed for National Bullying...more
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Build a safer, kinder school community with this collection of ready-to-go bullying prevention materials from the Monique Burr Foundation for Children. Designed for National Bullying Prevention Month but useful throughout the school year, the toolkit includes classroom lesson plans organized for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12, along with Safety Spirit Week materials, an anti-bullying pledge, Student Upstander Cards, Kindness Bingo, a coloring activity, printable safety and kindness posters, and additional bullying-prevention resources. Teachers can use individual activities or combine several resources as part of a broader schoolwide effort to recognize, respond to, and prevent bullying.
tag(s): cyberbullying (52), social and emotional learning (235), bullying (56)
In the Classroom
Students can complete the age-appropriate lesson and identify examples of bullying, safe responses, and ways bystanders can become upstanders, then work in small groups to role-play realistic situations and discuss possible responses. Ask students to work in pairs to create an anti-bullying or kindness poster with Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here, then hold a gallery walk in which classmates identify the clearest and most actionable messages. Assign small groups a school-safety or kindness topic and have them create a brief presentation with Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here, that teaches peers how to recognize a problem and choose a safe response. Copy of 2026 Update_ Tool Optio...
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Stand Up to Cyberbullying - Federal Trade Commission
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3 to 8
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Give students straightforward strategies for handling cyberbullying with this short video from the Federal Trade Commission. Using situations familiar to young people, including texting,...more
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Give students straightforward strategies for handling cyberbullying with this short video from the Federal Trade Commission. Using situations familiar to young people, including texting, commenting, sharing, gossip, rumors, and hurtful online messages, the video emphasizes that respectful behavior matters online just as it does face-to-face. Students learn practical steps for responding to online harassment, including avoiding retaliation, blocking or ignoring the person when possible, saving evidence if the behavior continues, asking an adult for help, and standing up for someone experiencing cyberbullying. The video closes by encouraging students to treat others as they would like to be treated and to stop and think before clicking. Downloadable MP4 and WMV versions make the video convenient for classroom use even when streaming is impractical.
tag(s): digital citizenship (113), cyberbullying (52)
In the Classroom
Students can create their own game teaching about cyberbullying using Educandy, reviewed here. Ask students to create a podcast about cyberbullying using Adobe Podcast, reviewed here. Have students create an infographic using Infographics Presentation Templates, reviewed here, with the do's and don'ts of cyberbullying.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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