We hope you're weathering the storms of these past weeks, including the most contentious election in living memory.

In this issue, we offer up lessons for students from grades 3-12 on the historic election of Kamala Harris as vice president, which has inspired girls of color in particular. Also, a lesson to help you and your students discuss election news and an SEL tip on one simple strategy for giving students a confidence boost.

Students (grades 3-6) find out about Kamala Harris's background and her election as vice president - and reflect on their own dreams for the future.

Students (grades 6-12) reflect on and write about Kamala Harris and the continuing "fight to be heard," and hear the voices of young people about the barriers she has broken and what it means to them.

Students review and discuss the news that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been declared winners of the 2020 presidential election.

Using a “power pose” can help young people and adults increase their confidence before anxiety-producing activities. Here's a step-by-step process to help students develop the practice.

"The pandemic, the protests, the economic downturn—the events of this year have made any notion of the classroom as an oasis moot." By Clint Smith at the Atlantic

Transgender Awareness Week Resources from Teaching Tolerance

November 13–19 is Transgender Awareness Week, followed by Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. Here are resources to advocate for trans students and fellow educators, in person or remotely.

"When I'm teaching kids about values, what's more important—what I say or what I do?" By Angela Duckworth at EdWeek

"It just made me feel like we are able to do anything." - HS sophomore Kailei Brown