While I’m not naive enough to believe we will ever live in a world void of hate, I do think we can mitigate the hatred through education. Educators have the best chance of molding young minds and making future generations more tolerant of one another’s differences. In this post, I’m sharing some of my favorite…
This is a popular activity that I do with students to teach them about archetypes, compare and contrast, and developing an argument. I’ll change the characters / films based upon who my audience is, but Luke Skywalker v. Harry Potter seems to be the most popular incarnation of this lesson plan. If you have any…
This is a Coco spin to a lesson I created several years ago while working with dropout prevention students. The activity came out of an extensive trauma therapy training to reach students with emotional barriers due to various traumatic events. Students wrote a letter to someone they had lost and created a calaveras to celebrate…