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Bullying Prevention & Intervention - School Specialty, LLC
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K to 12
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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 (55), classroom management (152), empathy (80)
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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 No Way - Australian Education Authorities
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K to 12
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Make bullying prevention an ongoing part of school life with this extensive collection of evidence-informed information and ready-to-use resources for educators, students, families,...more
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Make bullying prevention an ongoing part of school life with this extensive collection of evidence-informed information and ready-to-use resources for educators, students, families, and other adults supporting young people. Bullying No Way explains bullying and cyberbullying, provides guidance for preventing and responding to harmful behavior, and maintains a searchable library of classroom materials. Teachers can filter resources by age group, topic, audience, and format to find lesson plans, videos, posters, articles, and professional learning. Classroom materials address areas such as social-emotional skills, cyberbullying, belonging, stereotypes, inclusion, safe bystander behavior, help-seeking, and strategies for responding to bullying. Resources span Foundation through Year 12, with several activities offering clear teaching sequences and links to the Australian Curriculum.
tag(s): bullying (55), cyberbullying (52), empathy (80), social and emotional learning (220)
In the Classroom
Ask students to work through the site's short daily activities on stereotypes, inclusion, and support, then create a paper reflection journal or a digital one using Book Creator, reviewed here recording one practical action they can take each day to strengthen belonging in their school community. Invite students to participate in a classroom gallery walk using the site's bullying-prevention posters. Ask groups to identify each poster's main message and record one practical strategy they could use when experiencing or witnessing bullying. Have students explore belonging through the site's activities, then work in small groups to brainstorm actions that help classmates feel accepted and connected. Ask groups to sort their ideas into actions for students, classrooms, and the wider school community.
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Anti-Bullying Week - Teachwire
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K to 12
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Planning an Anti-Bullying Week at your school? Teachwire brings together activities, lesson resources, and videos for the 2026 event, along with ideas teachers can use throughout the...more
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Planning an Anti-Bullying Week at your school? Teachwire brings together activities, lesson resources, and videos for the 2026 event, along with ideas teachers can use throughout the year. The article covers ways to prevent and address bullying, the psychology behind it, advice for teachers experiencing bullying, and guidance on making school policies LGBT+-inclusive. The page includes many advertisements, so be careful when selecting links.
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tag(s): bullying (55), cyberbullying (52), digital literacy (40)
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Create a kindness virtual bulletin board using Stickies.io, reviewed here. Students can create an infographic using Answer Garden, reviewed here on strategies for people who are being bullied. Ask students to create a podcast using Spotify for Podcasters, reviewed here to share personal stories of being bullied.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wisconsin First Nations Education - Wisconsin First Nations
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K to 12
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Looking for classroom-ready materials that present Wisconsin's Native nations through accurate, place-based perspectives? Wisconsin First Nations offers lesson plans, videos, books,...more
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Looking for classroom-ready materials that present Wisconsin's Native nations through accurate, place-based perspectives? Wisconsin First Nations offers lesson plans, videos, books, maps, interactive activities, professional learning materials, and teacher exemplars to teach the histories, cultures, governments, treaty rights, and contemporary experiences of the American Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Teachers can browse by grade level, resource type, tribal lands, and tags, then use the interactive maps to identify the ancestral lands and present-day tribal nations nearest their schools. Many entries include printable teaching guides, discussion questions, assessments, extension activities, and academic standards, making the collection especially useful for meeting Wisconsin Act 31 requirements. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
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tag(s): native americans (169), preK (342), primary sources (171), professional development (305)
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Conduct a close reading of a treaty, citizenship document, oral history, or lesson text from the collection by asking students to annotate claims, unfamiliar terms, perspectives, and supporting evidence before discussing how tribal sovereignty differs from state or federal authority. Stage a structured discussion about treaty rights, land use, natural-resource management, or self-determination by assigning students stakeholder perspectives, requiring them to cite evidence from the site, and collecting final claims or questions on Padlet, reviewed here. Have groups build an illustrated chronology with the Timeline Tool by Read Write Think, reviewed here, and add a written explanation of two important cause-and-effect relationships.
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Inclusive School Network - Inclusive School Network
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K to 12
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Inclusive School Network is an educational resource for families, schools, and communities that facilitates inclusive education practices by sharing information and resources. Under...more
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Inclusive School Network is an educational resource for families, schools, and communities that facilitates inclusive education practices by sharing information and resources. Under the Learn tab, the Resource Hub includes tools, tips, and strategies to help you evaluate and improve inclusiveness in your school. Some Resource Hub features include: The Role of Universal Design for Learning in Inclusive Schools, 5 Essential Items to Include in a Starter Kit for Inclusive Classrooms, Assistive Technology 101, Special Education Terminology, and more.
tag(s): classroom management (152), Special Needs (46)
In the Classroom
This is a great resource to add to a Wakelet, reviewed here for parents. Students can use Mentimeter, reviewed here to create a word cloud about the meaning of inclusive. Have the whole class plan an Inclusive Schools Week activity centered on the current annual theme, assigning teams to research, develop messaging, plan activities, and communicate with the school community. Students can use the site's downloadable theme resources and activity suggestions as a starting point.
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American Indian Resources - Utah Education Network
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K to 12
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Bring contemporary Native voices, tribal histories, and culturally informed teaching materials into the classroom with UEN's American Indian Educator Resources. This organized collection...more
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Bring contemporary Native voices, tribal histories, and culturally informed teaching materials into the classroom with UEN's American Indian Educator Resources. This organized collection connects teachers to lesson plans, primary-source activities, videos, professional learning, background information, and answers to frequently asked questions about topics such as Thanksgiving, Indigenous Peoples' Day, classroom costumes, and mascots. Featured materials address Utah's five tribal groups and eight sovereign nations, boarding-school history, cultural arts, movement, storytelling, geography, government, and current issues. Resources come from UEN and organizations such as the Smithsonian's Native Knowledge 360''''?, the National Indian Education Association, the BYU ARTS Partnership, and the Utah State Board of Education.
tag(s): native americans (169), preK (342), primary sources (171)
In the Classroom
Conduct a close reading of a tribal history, oral tradition, or boarding-school account from the collection; have students annotate evidence, distinguish firsthand experiences from later interpretations, and write a reflection explaining whose voices are represented and whose may still be missing. Research a Native leader, artist, educator, knowledge keeper, or community contributor connected to Utah; have students create a biography card with Trading Card Creator, reviewed here. Have sompare two tribal nations using the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teaching and Learning About Native Americans - Illinois Early Learning Project
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K to 2
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Teaching and Learning About Native Americans is a practical collection for early childhood teachers, caregivers, and families seeking accurate, respectful materials about Native peoples....more
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Teaching and Learning About Native Americans is a practical collection for early childhood teachers, caregivers, and families seeking accurate, respectful materials about Native peoples. It brings together Illinois Early Learning articles, recommended books for children and adults, lesson-plan background, museum collections, Indigenous-led organizations, maps, podcasts, videos, current news sources, and professional learning materials. Especially useful features include resources about contemporary Native communities, Indigenous peoples of Illinois, tribal nations, children's literature by Native creators, land acknowledgments, boarding-school history, Native art and music, and guidance for avoiding myths and stereotypes.
tag(s): native americans (169), preK (342)
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Students can contribute illustrations and dictated sentences to a shared digital book using Book Creator, reviewed here. Pair a picture book with photographs, artwork, music, or museum objects from one of the listed collections. Locate Illinois and the Great Lakes on a classroom map, introduce the names of specific Native nations, and compare the natural materials, foods, homes, transportation, or artistic traditions associated with different places and times. Have students complete a family interview, classroom reflection wall, collaborative book, or neighborhood-community investigation focused on whose histories and present-day experiences are represented.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kids Math Talk - Desiree Harrison
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K to 8
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Looking for practical ways to strengthen math instruction while helping children see themselves as capable mathematicians? The Kids Math Talk Podcast is for parents and educators...more
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Looking for practical ways to strengthen math instruction while helping children see themselves as capable mathematicians? The Kids Math Talk Podcast is for parents and educators and shares strategies and conversations to deepen children's mathematical understanding while keeping talk about mathematics active and positive. Episodes address topics such as fact fluency, math anxiety, mathematical identity, equity, culturally responsive teaching, accessible tasks, growth mindset, assessment, and student-centered instruction. Some episodes feature interviews with mathematics educators and researchers, while others provide concrete strategies teachers and families can use with children. Episode pages may include show notes, references, downloadable guiding questions or tip sheets, and classroom-ready suggestions, making the collection useful for both professional learning and instructional planning.
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tag(s): number sense (75), parents (54), podcasts (183), professional development (305), teaching strategies (86)
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Have students draw themselves as mathematicians and discuss what their drawings reveal about their experience of math, adapting the mathematical-identity activity described in Episode 2. Students can repeat the activity later in the year and reflect on how their perceptions have changed. Have students create a math-identity collage combining drawings, words, equations, and examples of mathematics in their lives, then use Google Drawings, reviewed here, to produce a digital version for a class gallery. Have students create strategy cards showing multiple approaches to a fact or problem and use Trading Card Creator, reviewed here, to turn each approach into a visual study aid.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AI-Ready Educators and Students: Using the AUGMENT Framework to Teach and Learn with Generative - Torrey Trust, Robert Maloy, Patricio Bastida Nava, Chenyang Xu
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K to 12
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AI-Ready Educators and Students is an ebook that shares practical, proven ways to use GenAI technologies to support teaching and learning across grade levels. Each chapter features...more
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AI-Ready Educators and Students is an ebook that shares practical, proven ways to use GenAI technologies to support teaching and learning across grade levels. Each chapter features a component of the AUGMENT model, showing how to use GenAI to support educators in using AI through research-based methods. Use the accordion boxes in each portion of the AUGMENT model to find sample prompts and action steps to utilize and adapt to your needs. Read or listen to this ebook online or download chapters as a Word Document, PDF, or audio file.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (354), collaboration (141), professional development (305), Whiteboard (11)
In the Classroom
Use the information in this book to enhance your understanding of GenAI and as a resource for incorporating research-based and safe AI tools in your classroom to enhance student learning. Use the prompts to learn how to successfully prompt AI to generate resources that work for you and your students. Include this book with your other professional resources for learning about AI in Wakelet, reviewed here for easy access. Share this book with peers to do a book study (perhaps review a chapter monthly), then share your thoughts on a collaborative whiteboard such as Stickies.io, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Indian Education for All Resources - Buffalo Bill Center of the West
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K to 12
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Bring Plains Indian history, cultures, art, sovereignty, and contemporary life into K-12 classrooms with this collection of Indian Education for All resources from the Buffalo Bill...more
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Bring Plains Indian history, cultures, art, sovereignty, and contemporary life into K-12 classrooms with this collection of Indian Education for All resources from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. The page gathers Indigenous content collections, boarding school resources, art materials, buffalo resources, sovereignty and tribal government materials, reading recommendations, educational videos, virtual and onsite field trips, outreach trunks, primary-source research opportunities, and professional development for teachers. A downloadable Buffalo, Deer, Bird activity workbook connects students with a 2025 mural by John Hitchcock (Kiowa/Comanche) and Emily Arthur, while the interactive Plains Indian Map traces 230 years of movement among more than 45 Indigenous cultures and allows users to pause the animated timeline to study territorial, treaty, reservation, and state boundaries. Teachers can also access information about the Plains Indian Museum, the Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection, and direct links to tribal nations for further research.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (169), primary sources (171), professional development (305), virtual field trips (153)
In the Classroom
Have students choose a Montana state park and research its history, geography, wildlife, and cultural significance. Create a one-page park profile or digital slide using Canva for Education, reviewed here. Have students create a field journal using Book Creator, reviewed herewith sketches, vocabulary, observations, questions, and facts about plants, animals, geology, or cultural features found in a selected park. Present students with a conservation challenge involving wildlife, natural resources, or historic sites. Have students develop a solution and create a poster or short presentation explaining how visitors can help protect the park.
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Montana History Portal - Montana State Library
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4 to 12
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Dig into Montana history through a large, free collection of digitized primary and secondary sources from cultural institutions across the state. The Montana History Portal includes...more
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Dig into Montana history through a large, free collection of digitized primary and secondary sources from cultural institutions across the state. The Montana History Portal includes photographs, maps, rare books, historic documents, diaries, letters, school yearbooks, oral histories, audio and video clips, paintings, illustrations, art, and other materials documenting Montana's cultural heritage. Teachers and students can browse or search collections, examine digitized artifacts from many contributing institutions, and use curated digital exhibits that pair primary sources with explanatory text. The portal is especially useful for local-history research, document analysis, inquiry projects, and lessons that ask students to work directly with historical evidence rather than relying only on a textbook. Montana Historical Society materials alone include digitized books, diaries, letters, advertisements, photographs, maps, and other records, and the broader portal now contains well over 100,000 items.
tag(s): evaluating sources (56), montana (34), native americans (169), primary sources (171)
In the Classroom
Have students search for historic photographs of their town, county, or another Montana community, then compare the images with the location today. Have students examine a historical photograph closely, record observable details before making inferences, and annotate important evidence with Image Annotator, reviewed here, to create a visual primary-source analysis. Ask students to explore historical maps and other geographic records from the portal, then create an annotated comparison map with Google My Maps, reviewed here, explaining how settlement, transportation, industry, land use, or community boundaries changed over time.
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Indian Education For All - Office of Public Instruction
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Bring culturally responsive American Indian education into lessons across the curriculum with this extensive collection from the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Indian Education...more
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Bring culturally responsive American Indian education into lessons across the curriculum with this extensive collection from the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Indian Education for All (IEFA) provides classroom-ready lessons, curriculum guides, videos, posters, professional learning materials, and implementation resources developed with advice and assistance from cultural consultants from Montana Tribal Nations. Tribal-specific materials also receive input and review from members of the Montana Advisory Council on Indian Education who represent those Tribal Nations. Teachers can browse resources by areas including art, language arts, mathematics, music, science, social studies, health and family-consumer sciences, videos, and remote learning. Materials span early elementary through high school and address topics such as tribal diversity, sovereignty, traditional knowledge, contemporary Native experiences, history, literature, art, mathematics, science, and Montana's Tribal Nations. The site also features the Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians, implementation guidance, recorded professional-development sessions, and links to additional tribal and national resources. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (169), preK (342), primary sources (171), professional development (305)
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Have students engage in the lessons and stories of Indian culture through the resources. Students can share facts or new information using Lino, reviewed here. Students can work in pairs to trace important events in American Indian education, tribal history, or sovereignty and build a chronological study aid with the Timeline Tool by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here.
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Lessons of Our Land - Indian Land Tenure Foundation
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Lessons of Our Land offers teachers more than 200 ready-to-use lessons to bring Native American histories, cultures, land relationships, languages, inherent rights, and tribal sovereignty...more
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Lessons of Our Land offers teachers more than 200 ready-to-use lessons to bring Native American histories, cultures, land relationships, languages, inherent rights, and tribal sovereignty into regular classroom instruction. Developed by the nonprofit Indian Land Tenure Foundation, the interdisciplinary curriculum spans Pre-K through grade 12 and is designed for both Native and non-Native students. Teachers can search lessons by grade, subject, and academic standard, and some materials are tailored to California, South Dakota, Montana, or Minnesota while remaining adaptable for use elsewhere. Individual lessons may include teacher background, achievement goals, materials, student activities, discussion questions, maps, stories, research tasks, and downloadable PDFs. Sample topics range from creating neighborhood maps and studying wild rice to land stewardship, treaty-making, sovereignty, and the relationship between geography and cultural identity. The site also includes professional-development resources and the educational game When Rivers Were Trails, which follows an Anishinaabeg character displaced from Minnesota in 1890.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (169), preK (342), professional development (305)
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Have students explore a lesson about land, place, or community and create an annotated map showing important locations and explaining how geography connects to identity using Google My Maps, reviewed here. Invite small groups to complete one of the curriculum's hands-on or inquiry activities, then post a claim, supporting evidence, and one remaining question to Padlet, reviewed here for whole-class discussion. Students can compare two perspectives on land use, stewardship, sovereignty, or cultural identity from selected lessons and organize similarities and differences with Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here.
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IllumiNative - IllumiNative
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Explore research, classroom materials, campaigns, and media resources created to increase accurate, contemporary representation of Native peoples and challenge stereotypes and invisibility....more
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Explore research, classroom materials, campaigns, and media resources created to increase accurate, contemporary representation of Native peoples and challenge stereotypes and invisibility. IllumiNative worked with Native-led organizations, Tribal Nations, educators, artists, and community leaders to change public narratives about Native peoples. Although the organization sunset in 2025, its website remains available as an archive of research and projects. Educators will find especially useful K-12 activity guides developed with the National Indian Education Association, Amplifier, and Nia Tero, including materials on Native art, storytelling, food sovereignty, traditional games, language, notable Native leaders, boarding schools, contemporary identity, and Indigenous Peoples' Day. Resources are organized into collections for Pre-K-2, grades 3-5, and grades 6-8, with additional educator lesson plans and research to support older students.
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In the Classroom
Have students listen to or read a Native story and identify important details, themes, and lessons. Then have them retell, illustrate, or dramatize the story. Explore the geometry found in Navajo weaving, then have students identify patterns, symmetry, shapes, and tessellations before designing their own geometric pattern. Students can write an "I Remember" poem about family, traditions, places, or meaningful memories, then add illustrations or photographs to create a personal heritage page.
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Native Knowledge 360 - Smithsonian Institution
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Bring Native perspectives, contemporary voices, and more complete histories into the classroom with Native Knowledge 360 (NK360), the National Museum of the American Indian's education...more
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Bring Native perspectives, contemporary voices, and more complete histories into the classroom with Native Knowledge 360 (NK360), the National Museum of the American Indian's education initiative for K-12 teaching and learning. The collection features classroom-ready lessons, digital books, teaching posters, artist spotlights, online resources, reference guides, and professional-development materials created in collaboration with Native communities, scholars, and educators. Teachers can search by grade, subject, resource type, and classroom or educator use, with materials spanning art, English language arts, history and social studies, mathematics, and science. A central feature is the NK360''? Essential Understandings framework, which addresses themes such as American Indian cultures, identity, environments, governance, economics, science and technology, global connections, and civic life. Resources intentionally emphasize Native voices, cultural diversity, accurate information, and the ongoing presence and contributions of Native peoples, rather than presenting Native cultures solely in the past.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (169), preK (342), primary sources (171), professional development (305)
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Invite students to examine one of the ten NK360 Essential Understandings, create a short explanation supported by examples from a classroom resource, and then ask classmates to identify stereotypes or oversimplifications the evidence corrects. Ask small groups to explore an NK360 art or artist resource and discuss how a contemporary Native artist communicates identity, community, history, or personal experience, then have students design an original visual response with Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here. Ask students to compare two Native nations or communities featured in NK360''? resources and organize similarities and differences in geography, culture, historical experiences, or governance with the Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here.
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Anthropic Courses - Anthropic
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Anthropic offers a series of free courses teaching users about AI and using AI tools, such as Claude, reviewed here. Courses are available for beginners...more
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Anthropic offers a series of free courses teaching users about AI and using AI tools, such as Claude, reviewed here. Courses are available for beginners through more advanced users, and several are for students and educators. Each course includes video and lectures; course participants receive a certificate of completion after completing all course components. Educator topics include AI Fluency: Frameworks and Foundations, AI Fluency for PK-12 Educators, and AI Fluency for Educators. Each course is about one hour long. YouTube Disclaimer: If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the video.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (354), Online Learning (35), preK (342), professional development (305)
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Take advantage of these free courses to develop and learn AI skills. Share courses with your administrators for professional development, or include completed course information in your review and license renewal activities. Share this information with parents to help them stay up to date on using AI.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SEL 101: What Are the Core Competencies and Key Settings? - CASEL
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"SEL 101: What Are the Core Competencies and Key Settings?" is a brief animated overview of CASEL's social and emotional learning framework. The video introduces five interconnected...more
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"SEL 101: What Are the Core Competencies and Key Settings?" is a brief animated overview of CASEL's social and emotional learning framework. The video introduces five interconnected competencies -- self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making -- and shows how SEL develops across classrooms, schools, families, caregivers, and communities. It works well as a concise introduction for educators, families, or older students before a discussion, a professional learning session, or a deeper study of SEL. The video is free to view without an account, although YouTube may display advertising, collect viewing data, suggest unrelated videos, and be unavailable in districts that block YouTube.
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tag(s): classroom management (152), emotions (77), empathy (80), preK (342), social and emotional learning (220)
In the Classroom
For a technology-supported response, students can create an illustrated scenario or short digital book with Book Creator, reviewed here, showing a character applying one or more SEL competencies. Display or draw a five-part SEL wheel. Ask students to sort realistic school situations under self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, or responsible decision-making. Use role-play to practice responding to conflict, managing frustration, asking for help, including others, or making a safe and caring choice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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150+ Exit Ticket Questions And Prompts For All Subjects - Dylan Cable
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Exit tickets are an excellent way to gather formative assessment information and gauge classroom learning, but writing quick, effective questions can take time. This article shares...more
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Exit tickets are an excellent way to gather formative assessment information and gauge classroom learning, but writing quick, effective questions can take time. This article shares over 150 general prompts to open communication and give you the information you need to assess student learning. Find prompts sorted into several categories, including all subjects, math, reading comprehension, and student reflections on strengths and weaknesses.
tag(s): assessment (141), Formative Assessment (48)
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Bookmark and save this article for inspiration when creating exit tickets. In addition to paper-and-pencil exit tickets, try using digital tools like Socrative, reviewed here, Google Forms, reviewed here, and Kahoot, reviewed here to gather exit ticket responses.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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John McCoy (lulilas) Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State - Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
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The John McCoy (lulilas) Since Time Immemorial curriculum is a substantial collection of ready-to-use lessons and supporting materials about tribal sovereignty, Native history, culture,...more
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The John McCoy (lulilas) Since Time Immemorial curriculum is a substantial collection of ready-to-use lessons and supporting materials about tribal sovereignty, Native history, culture, treaties, government-to-government relationships, and the continuing presence of tribal nations in Washington State. Resources are organized for early learning, elementary, middle school, and high school and include unit overviews, downloadable lessons, videos, primary-source materials, assessments, implementation guides, and professional-learning resources. Individual units connect tribal perspectives with Washington history, geography, environmental study, English language arts, social-emotional learning, and civics. Many lessons encourage educators to work with local tribes and to teach about distinct sovereign nations rather than presenting Native peoples as one generalized group.
tag(s): cultures (301), native americans (169), primary sources (171)
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Engage students by having them closely read treaties, maps, oral histories, quotations, photographs, and tribal accounts. Ask them to annotate evidence of sovereignty, compare tribal and state or federal responsibilities, sort examples into cultural, political, economic, historical, and environmental categories, or discuss how historical decisions continue to affect communities today. Younger learners can listen to tribally appropriate stories, sketch connections among land, water, plants, animals, and community, and compare oral traditions with other ways history is preserved. Students can plot tribal homelands, treaty areas, waterways, and present-day tribal governments with Google My Maps, reviewed here, while clearly distinguishing historical territories from current reservation boundaries.
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Indian Education - Montana Office of Public Instruction
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Explore a central collection of Montana resources supporting Indian Education for All, American Indian student achievement, tribal relations, and Native language and culture. The Montana...more
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Explore a central collection of Montana resources supporting Indian Education for All, American Indian student achievement, tribal relations, and Native language and culture. The Montana Office of Public Instruction explains the state's constitutional commitment to recognizing and preserving the distinct and unique cultural heritage of American Indians. It provides pathways to curriculum materials, professional learning, tribal resources, language preservation initiatives, and student-support information. The linked Indian Education for All collection includes classroom lessons and resources in art, health, language arts, mathematics, music, science, and social studies, organized by grade level and Montana tribal nation. Educators can also find the Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians, implementation guides, tribal history resources, recorded webinars, professional-development opportunities, and links to additional Indigenous education organizations and materials. The page also links to a YouTube video titled We Are One. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the video.
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tag(s): montana (34), native americans (169)
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Students can locate Montana reservations and tribal communities while studying the geographic resources on the site, then build an annotated map with Google My Maps, reviewed here that connects locations with evidence from OPI or tribal sources. Assign students to explore one contemporary topic from the OPI resources, then write a short, evidence-based response that connects present-day issues to historical or governmental context, rather than treating American Indian cultures only as topics of the past.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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