Research Three Ways
Students learn about the different ways of researching by choosing a historical or contemporary issue in the text that interests them.
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Responding to Unfairness and Injustice
Students develop the vocabulary to talk about the range of human responses to injustice and then apply these labels to their analysis of a work of literature.
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Understanding Social Systems as an Element of Setting
Students explore setting by analyzing the impact social systems can have on how individuals think, feel, and care about issues, choices, and actions.
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Voice and Choice in Literature
Students analyze the voices and choices in a text in order to identify the perspectives that are represented.
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Exploring Borders and Belonging in Young Adult Literature
On-Demand
Virtual
In this webinar, Malaka Gharib and Randy Ribay discussed the complexity of belonging, and the tangible and intangible borders that can shape it.
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Creating Healthy News Habits
Help students develop healthy habits for protecting their mental health while staying informed and taking action.
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What Is Belonging? | Introductory Lesson
This lesson introduces students to the concept of belonging and the many factors that can shape one’s sense of belonging in the world.
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How Do Borders Shape Belonging? | Introductory Lesson
In this lesson, students will expand their understanding of borders and consider the ways in which borders can impact how individuals and groups experience belonging in the world.
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What Does It Mean to Come of Age? | Introductory Lesson
Students build a schema for the resources they’ll encounter in the Coming of Age collection by exploring what it means to “come of age” in the world today.
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What Is “Normal”?
Through quote and poetry analysis, students will consider the ways in which our desire to fit in can impact our identities and the choices we make.
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How Do Others See Me?
Students will define key concepts and discuss the impact that labels, assumptions, and stereotypes have on their identity development.
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