It's transition time. See below for tips for easing student anxieties as we leave this year behind.

Also below, a new lesson on the battle over DC statehood, some good things to read, and an invitation to help schools become "places of growth, empathy and compassion." Enjoy!

For many students, the close of the school year comes with anxiety about the transitions ahead. Try these strategies to help you and your students address those anxieties in a positive way.

Students explore arguments for and against DC statehood and consider growing efforts by advocates, including young people, to fight for representation.

The question “who owns the land?” underlies many conflicts. Students explore issues surrounding land, place, and belonging – especially as they affect Native Americans and African Americans.

"Milk’s expansive, evolutionary political perspective can serve as inspiration for today’s activists..." By Lexi McMenamin at Teen Vogue

"Over the last several months, officials nationwide have raced to enact new laws and introduce new policies meant to shape how students discuss the nation’s past — and its present." By Cathryn Stout and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee at Chalkbeat

We Need a Reckoning: Clint Smith on Slavery and the Truth About America’s History. "All of these things we are taught growing up — the Founding Fathers, “manifest destiny” — if our young people don’t understand what undergirds these things that are seemingly reflective of the greatness of America, then we are doing them a disservice." Interview by Joshua Collins at Colorlines.

"Across the U.S, LGBTQ history is not often taught in schools. According to 2019 research from GLSEN, a national advocacy group for LGBTQ students, less than 20% of students are taught any positive representations of LGBTQ history, people, or events at their schools." By Pooja Salhotra at Chalkbeat

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