Plus, lessons on civil rights myths & free preK Morningside Center NEWSLETTER Dear Morningside Center friends, As the year comes to a close, we want to tell you how glad we are that you're part of our community. We send you our warmest wishes for 2020! Below, we share staff developer Dionne Grayman's article in Chalkbeat about the importance of honoring our students' names. Plus, new lessons on the debate over free preK and college tuition for all and on civil rights movement history and mythology. And a note: Our webinar on Using Classroom Circles to Foster SEL and Build Community was one of the year's most popular items on AFT's invaluable Share My Lesson website. See all of Share My Lesson's most popular resources of 2019 here! My teachers mispronounced my name. Decades later, it influences the way I coach educators Whenever teachers mispronounced my name, it made me feel they had taken a shortcut and that the added step of learning the correct pronunciation wasn’t worth the effort. Which meant, to some degree, that I wasn’t worth the effort. I returned the favor by not participating in class or doing just enough to pass. Read staff developer Dionne Grayman's essay at Chalkbeat New on TeachableMoment Should Public College & PreK Be Free to All? The 2020 election campaign has opened up a debate about whether public programs should be offered to everyone or only to low-income families. In this lesson, students consider arguments about universal versus means-tested public college and Pre-K. Civil Rights History & Mythology Did the Civil Rights Movement only involve the South? Was it the product of a few great leaders? In this lesson, students deepen their understanding of the civil rights movement, explore some mythologies surrounding it, and consider how sometimes "history" distorts the truth. Donate 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]