A Spirit of Community: Partnering with Families During the Pandemic
Schools and educators are working with students and families to strengthen and preserve the spirit of community partnership despite the ongoing pandemic.
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Disenfranchised: How Felony Convictions Affect Voting Rights
Use this free lesson plan to discuss what it means to be disenfranchised, what voter suppression looks like and how people are fighting back.
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How COVID-19 Disproportionately Affects People of Color
#11 Top News Lesson of 2020Use this PBS lesson with your students to examine the growing COVID-19 race gap and how preexisting social disparities are laid bare by the pandemic.
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Meeting Online, School Support Staff Up Their Game
Read how school support staff are organizing to support and comfort students, feed communities and protect each other during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Online Learning and Teaching in the Age of Coronavirus: “Week 6: The New Normal?”
Follow week 6 of Sari Beth Rosenberg's series on teaching during coronavirus as she examines the effects of online learning on her course.
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Choose Your Own Current Event Activity: Photography, Pandemic Architecture, Mother's Day and More!
Use this choose your own current event activity with your students to see what's driving the world today and compare stories from around the globe.
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Super Civics 2020: Voting during a pandemic
What is it like to be voting during a pandemic? Use this lesson to explore why or why not people support mail-in ballots and how it may affect elections.
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Shields and Brooks on the Politicization of American Institutions
Use this free current events lesson plan to join a conversation with experts on PBS NewsHour Extra discussing the politicization of American institutions.
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Student Surveys: Capturing The Magic That Occurs in Personal Finance Classes
Read about what a personal finance educator learned from a student survey and how valuable it can be to know what students got out of a course.
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AFT's Reopening Plan: Taking Gradual Steps for Safety
Read this blog from AFT on a reopening plan that takes gradual steps while ensuring we protect communities, schools, educators and students.
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