Plus, an activity on the Roe v. Wade news Morningside Center NEWSLETTER Dear Morningside Center friends, In this issue, we share with you a collection of resources to honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a lesson on the Roe v. Wade news, and a new See and Be Seen blogpost on what educators can do to ensure that our kids are alright. Plus, more good stuff to read and watch. New Lessons & Stories Teaching for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Collected lessons and resources to increase knowledge and awareness during Asian American and Pacific Islander Month - or any time. Roe v. Wade: A Conversation on the News In this classroom lesson, students listen to and reflect on a range of voices about the leaked Supreme Court draft ruling that would reverse Roe v. Wade, enabling a rollback of people's reproductive rights in the U.S. Are the Kids Alright? Some adults seem unable to grasp that young people are scared. Terrified. And angry. They feel abandoned. What steps can we take to do better by our kids? Read the latest See and Be Seen blog. What We're Reading & Watching Are We Doomed to a Culture Where Fake News Wins? Not if Schools Can Help It. "Even once we have checked our own biases and tuned into our clickbait alert system, our work is not done." By Kimberly Rues at EdSurge. Poet Amanda Gorman delivers a devastating and precise argument in defense of reproductive rights. Opinion: Too many Black and Latino Students are ‘Academically Alone’ in Advanced Classes. School and district leaders should consider not just which rigorous classes are taught each semester but whether all students can actually access them, writes Howard Bell in Hechinger Report. “In a time of destruction, create something.” Maxine Hong Kingston 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]