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This activity explores the ideas of “power over” and “power with” using a brainstorm and journaling.
This two-part lesson, intended for high school students, consists of two readings that will examine the limits on presidential power in the United States government and examine what authority the president legally holds through executive orders. Questions for discussion follow each reading, feel free to modify the questions for your students’ needs and current knowledge base of US government processes.
What is the Department of Education, and what does it do? What impact does it have on students, and how would things change if it were abolished? This two-part lesson consists of two readings that investigate the Department of Education as a historic and modern governmental agency. Questions for discussion follow each reading.
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Elementary students hear the Banana Boat song, learn about Belafonte, and sing their own call-and-response song about justice.
A listing of novels and movies for high school students and adults exploring dystopic futures and the social and practical effects of climate change.
A listing of novels that take a positive, visionary approach to the subject of climate change, focusing on fighting and adapting to climate change. Includes discussion questions.
A listing of short stories on climate, with discussion questions to get your class reading, writing, and discussing climate fiction.
Students reflect on their feelings about standardized tests - and consider strategies to handle stress.
Looking for ways to engage your students in environmental issues and the climate crisis? Here are some of our latest lessons.
Students explore how massive new climate legislation might affect their lives and how climate activists are using it to propel greater change.
Students explore why more and more young adults are living with older family members, and consider some pros and cons.
Students explore terminology around power in light of Tyre Nichols' life and death, and then reimagine power through a positive lens.
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Through small-group activities, students learn about and discuss acts of solidarity and mutual support that can sustain us in difficult times.
The lesson supports students in discussing possible responses to the experience of feeling “sad, anxious, angry, powerless, helpless, or guilty” about the climate crisis.
In honor of the brave ones who have left behind everything they know, for an uncertain search of a chance to survive and, ultimately, thrive, I invite you to think of this: In
Should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote? Students learn about the debate to lower - or raise - the age, and consider the pros and cons.
Young people sued the state of Montana seeking climate justice - and won! Students learn about the new ruling and what it means going forward.
This start-of-the-school year reflection invites students to connect to their natural surroundings. With a focus on gratitude, students explore how nature positively impacts them.