Plus, a new lesson on the fight to reduce student debt Morningside Center NEWSLETTER Dear Morningside Center friends, In schools everywhere, we're hearing about the need to reduce stress for both students and adults. Below, we offer strategies for using crafting - and music - to promote self-care. Plus, a new lesson exploring the student debt issue, and of course, some good stuff to read. New Lessons & Activities Can We Cancel Student Debt? Students learn about and discuss the ongoing problem of student loan debt and find out how grassroots youth activism has elevated this issue in American politics. Crafty Self-Care for You & Your Students Making time for students to do a bit of crafting can provide joy and comfort - and brighten up your classroom. Read on for some guidelines and a couple of project ideas for your class! Featured: Self-Care & Music Music can be healing, uplifting, and calming for both adults and children. These lessons have young people experience how we can use music to care for ourselves during times of stress. Teaching Self-Care for Grades K-2: Music Teaching Self-Care for Grades 3-5: Music Teaching Self-Care for Middle & High School: Music What We're Reading and Watching What Is Nonviolent Direct Action? Here Are MLK’s 6 Principles "The best way to learn from history is to see how our past struggles and triumphs continue to inform our present — and to use that knowledge as a call to action." By Nya Grantham at Teen Vogue Teaching Black History, Thought, and Culture Through Art "As a teacher, I like to use art as a way to celebrate Black artists and start conversations that help situate their experiences in the larger framework of American and world history." By Tanya Brown Merriman at Edutopia Sotomayor: Civic Participation has No Age Limit "Sotomayor mentioned more than once that students need to realize what happens when they choose the role of bystanders in life — that they are ceding control of their lives to other people." By Trigie Ealey at SmartBrief “I wasn’t doing something just for me. And not just for another person, but for my community. I realized that that feeling was wonderful.” - Sonia Sotomayor 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 | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected]