Plus, webinar next week, Covid-19 lessons & more Morningside Center NEWSLETTER Dear Morningside Center friends, We send you our warmest wishes and encouragement at this time of hardship and uncertainty. In the face of "social distancing" and shuttered schools, we'll be sharing ways that we and our students can connect and draw strength from each other. SEL and community-building strategies have never been more needed! Please let us know how we can support you if you're taking on the challenge of teaching and learning during this crisis. Below, we offer two simple virtual activities that may help. And if your school is transitioning to online learning, we want to remind you that we have well over 900 free classroom lessons and resources on TeachableMoment. Let's stay connected! Coming Together in Difficult Times If your staff, or your students, are coming together via an online platform, these simple activities, built around poems, may help you as a you create a new, supportive virtual community. Virtual Gathering for Adults Virtual Gathering for Students Webinar Next Week: Culturally Responsive Instruction Join our webinar on AFT's Share My Lesson! How do we as educators ensure that we’re creating classroom and school communities that welcome, respect, and honor all our students, including students of color? We'll provide guidelines - including for when your classes have gone online. Join us on Wednesday March 25th at 6 pm for this engaging webinar with our staff developers Dionne Grayman and Marieke van Woerkom, part of AFT's 2020 Share My Lesson Virtual Conference. Register now! Coronavirus: Lesson Plans & Resources Guidelines for Talking with Students about the Coronavirus Young people need a supportive, caring, and constructive environment where they can learn about, discuss, and share their feelings about the coronavirus. Here are some strategies for shaping the conversation. What does the Pandemic Reveal about Our Public Health Systems? Students consider how the coronavirus pandemic has revealed gaps in our public health system, amplifying calls for universal health insurance and a national paid sick leave policy. Alternatives to the Talking Piece at a Time of Coronavirus Six suggestions for how to facilitate a circle without passing a talking piece from person to person. All of our coronavirus lessons can be found here. Additional resources on the coronavirus: EdSurge: Teacher, Interrupted: Leaning into Social-Emotional Learning Amid the COVID-19 Crisis NY Times Learning Network: Coronavirus Resources: Teaching, Learning and Thinking Critically AFT Share My Lesson: Coronavirus Lesson Plans & Resources Teaching Tolerance: Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus Facing History & Ourselves: Protect Yourself & Stand Against Racism ADL: The Coronavirus Surfaces Fear, Stereotypes & Scapegoating Education Week: 6 Lessons Learned About Remote Learning During the Coronavirus Outbreak "Rely on human goodness. Stay together." - Margaret Wheatley Visit our website Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility www.morningsidecenter.org ‌ ‌ ‌ Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility | 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 550, New York, NY 10115 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected]