Plus, a lesson on Facebook & fact-checking Morningside Center NEWSLETTER Dear Morningside Center friends, We have some fresh lessons for you, including a new addition to our Teach 2020 collection and an activity on discrimination based on hairstyle choices. Also, tips on teaching during the holidays, good reads, and an invitation to a Parenting in the Age of Climate Change workshop in NYC on Nov. 20. Thanksgiving & the Holidays 3 Ways to Teach Thanksgiving How can you use the Thanksgiving holiday as a teachable moment for your students? We offer three ideas in our bundle of lessons: learn about the history of holiday, investigate the myths surrounding it, and invite students to a circle on gratitude. SEL Tip: Handle Feelings by 'Naming to Tame Them' The holidays can be a stressful time. Here are some simple steps to help us and our students handle heightened emotions - now or any time. New on TeachableMoment If I Am Not My Hair, Why Is Society So Freaked Out By It? Students explore how dominant culture beauty standards and discrimination based on hairstyle choices have impacted African Americans and learn about new laws that protect the right of people to wear their hair in its natural form. Criminal Justice Reform & the 2020 Election Public attitudes about crime and punishment have shifted over the past decade, including among politicians from both parties. In this lesson, students examine the move away from "tough on crime" approaches and consider new proposals for criminal justice reform that are in the spotlight during the 2020 election season. Also, see the rest of our Teach 2020 collection. Facebook & Fact-Checking: Exploring a Controversy Facebook's announcement that it would not fact check political ads touched off a controversy over social media and the First Amendment, among other things. In this lesson, students examine and discuss multiple points of view on the issue. What we're reading & watching Integrating SEL in PE nets gains for schools "'You can’t assume that, just because they’re adults, they have the skills and the mindsets they need to model healthy behaviors and understand the core knowledge of social-emotional learning,' Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen wrote in the commission's report. 'It’s hard for someone to give what they don’t have.'" By Naaz Modan at Education Dive NYC has the most diverse teaching force in the state. But it still doesn’t match the student body. "Students of color are more likely to have negative perceptions of school when they don’t see themselves reflected in their teachers and are more likely to be subjected to discriminatory discipline practices, according to research cited by state education department staffers." By Reema Amin at Chalkbeat Announcements Climate Wednesdays at the Brooklyn Public Library In this series of eight events,activists and thinkers will share their ideas and strategies for action. This month's event, Parenting in the Age of Climate Change, takes place on Nov. 20 and is moderated by Tom Roderick. “I see people helping others in our world and trying to make a difference in how people interact with each other. I can do this and change the world one step at a time by just being a kind human.” - Student writing submitted in our SEL Bulletin Board contest 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]