Transforming Schools: Empowering Student Voice and Civic Participation
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Learn ways to empower students to find their voice, a framework for youth participation, and examples of civic participation.
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Summative Performance Task & Taking Informed Action
Students culminate their arc of inquiry into the US founding by completing a C3-aligned Summative Performance Task and Taking Informed Action.
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Lilian Baylis Technology School: An Upstanders Journey
Programme Associate Aqsa Islam spent an engaging day with students taking part in our Upstanders: Choosing to Act drop down day.
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Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship Lesson Plan Ideas
Use these media literacy and digital citizenship lesson plans to foster students’ digital literacy and spur healthy habits around media and technology use.
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How Can People Promote Belonging in Their Communities?
In the fifth lesson in a five-part series, students learn about community initiatives that promote belonging and counteract hate.
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5 Tips for Speaking across Difference over the Holidays
As social gatherings commence this holiday season, explore these suggestions to help keep dialogue around sensitive topics productive and meaningful.
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Supporting Question 1: Defining Educational Justice
Students explore the supporting question, “How did African American, Latinx, and Chinese American Bostonians envision educational justice for their children in the 1960s and 1970s?”
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Reflecting on Media Literacy Skills and their Importance
Students reflect on what they learnt during the unit and discuss the importance of media literacy skills
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Staying Safe Online
Students consider the benefits and risks of the Internet, and reflect on what they can do to stay safe online.
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Assessing How the Media and Information Landscape Impacts Democracy
Students reflect on the relationship between democracy and the media and information landscape.
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Learning to Navigate Generative AI
Students explore what generative AI is and the impact that it can have on both education and society.
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