Why Do People Need to Belong? Quotations (en español)
This handout contains cards that teachers can print and distribute to students for a "Mix and Mingle" activity about membership. This resource is in Spanish.
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Why Do People Need to Belong?
This informational text about belonging explores why humans seek belonging and the positive and negative aspects of forming social groups.
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Why Do People Need to Belong? (en español)
This informational text about belonging explores why humans seek belonging and the positive and negative aspects of forming social groups. This resource is in Spanish.
![A student highlights a paper at their desk.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Roosevelt_Classroom_2017_FH260867.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=Du27Tsuf)
“Rehearsal for the New World” with Introduction by Ada Limón
In this podcast episode of “The Slowdown,” poet Ada Limón reflects on belonging and reads a poem by Hazem Fahmy.
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Blank Mask Template
Students use the template of a mask to reflect on their identities and the ways in which they blend in and stand out in dominant culture.
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“Rehearsal for the New World” Transcript
Students use this handout to read, analyze, and discuss the poem “Rehearsal for the New World”.
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Historical Context and Excerpts from the Purim Story
Students use this handout to complete a Purim text study.
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Two Names, Two Worlds
Jonathan Rodríguez reflects on his name through poetry. How does his name “place him in the world”?
Two Names, Two Worlds (en español)
In Spanish, Jonathan Rodríguez reflects on his name through poetry. How does his name “place him in the world”?
Still Me Inside
A teenager describes how changing her appearance affected the way that others perceived her identity and how she thought about herself.
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Still Me Inside
In Spanish, a teenager describes how changing her appearance affected the way that others perceived her identity and how she thought about herself.
![Female student learning in a classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/2015_AD9A0664_FH221025.jpg?h=59f9d53c&itok=m4cVPcs7)