Plus, stories from the summer and more!     Morningside Center NEWSLETTER     Dear Morningside Center friends, Read on to find out what elementary students have to say about our national parks. Also below, we share a new lesson for Hispanic Heritage Month and some thought-provoking articles you might want to read. Misty Mountains, Fruit Bats, Civics: My Summer Rising Tour! What do you really know about our national parks? Maybe not as much as these kids, says Morningside ED Cassie Schwerner, after visiting our summer program for elementary students in Brooklyn. Read more > New & Featured Lessons Hispanic Heritage: Culture Community Gallery Students celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by uplifting - and making a gallery of - all things Hispanic in our lives, from everyday items to sounds to people in our lives. Resources for Teaching on Indigenous History & Culture Indigenous People's Day is coming right up, and Native American Heritage Month is in November. Here are ideas for exploring Indigenous peoples' history, culture, and perspectives in your classroom. Names and Storytelling: A Session for Educators Educators learn about the neuroscience of storytelling and experience for themselves a storytelling activity they can use with students, in this first session from our new guide, Teaching as an Act of Solidarity. What We're Reading Radical Dreaming for Education Now "If we focus only on what has been lost, we will miss an incredible opportunity to find new paths and passions in schools." By Jamila Dugan at ASCD What People Don’t Get About Being a Principal: Reflections From 3 Leaders "Education Week spoke with three principals about what drew them to the profession, what people don’t get about it, and what they’ll remember long after they’ve turned in their keys and walkie-talkies." By Denisa R. Superville at Education Week Nikole Hannah-Jones on history, book bans, CRT, disrespect for teachers "Teachers should be treated like the professionals that they are," says Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist behind 'The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,' a book that expands on a controversial 2019 article of the same name." By Trigie Ealey at SmartBrief “Listen, stories go in circles. They don’t go in straight lines. So, it helps if you listen in circles because there are stories inside and stories between stories and finding your way through them is as easy and hard as finding your way home. And part of the finding is the getting lost. And when you’re lost, you really start to open up and listen.” – Fisher, et al., co-founders of A Traveling Jewish Theatre   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]